Operating Room Nurse Internship

About the role

Your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn – whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Position Details

• Focused on training licensed Registered Nurses with no prior operating room experience to work in the intra-operative environment.
• Open to nurses who are either new graduates or seasoned nurses with a non-surgical background.
• This internship prepares nurses with the foundational skills that are essential for providing safe patient care in the operating room.
• The program is open to all Nashville area TriStar medical centers including Centennial, Summit, Southern Hills, StoneCrest, Horizon, Skyline, Hendersonville, Greenview and NorthCrest.
• Residents from all facilities will start the program as a cohort and attend didactic classroom days together.
• Clinical hours will be completed in the intern’s facility and department of hire.

Qualifications

• An active nursing license in good standing for the state of your hiring facility (Tennessee or Kentucky) is required to begin the program.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date (RN).
• A registered nurse degree (Bachelors Degree, Associate Degree, or Registered Nurse Diploma) and at least 1 year of RN experience required!
• Any specialty.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.

Pay and Schedule

• You are hired as an employee before the program begins and start earning wages on the first day of the program.
• Vacations are not granted during the didactic portion of the program. Completion criteria for the program includes attendance to all required classroom lectures, simulations, and skills days. Exceptions for clinical will be made on a case-by-case basis.