Registered Nurse, Main Pediatric Operating Room, Full-Time, Weekend Days, Wolfson Children's Hospital

Sign-on bonus eligible—up to $10,000.

About the role

Baptist Medical Center is looking to add a Registered Nurse to join our Pediatric Operating Room at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. This is a full-time, day-shift position with weekend opportunities. This role requires call with a 30-minute response time and qualifies for competitive call and differential pay.

As a Registered Nurse in the Main Operating Room, you will work closely with physicians and all operating room teams. This RN will check-in and receive patient assignments. A day in the life of this Operating Room Registered Nurse will vary based on scheduled surgeries. This RN may work with a singular patient in a complex case or may work with multiple patients having shorter procedures.

This RN will work as a Circulating Nurse and will meet patients in the OR and remain with them for the duration of their procedure to ensure they are appropriately cared for until transferred to PACU care. As a Registered Nurse Circulator, you will be the patient’s primary advocate and responsible for the delivery and documentation of patient care during the intra-operative period. This may include verifying patient information, positioning the patient, managing the room, and initiating counts.

This role requires call, weekend, and holiday coverage.

Responsibilities

• Provide for patient needs as recognized through use of the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) and the mission statement organization.
• Supervision of care provided by supportive personnel and coordination of care provided by ancillary services.
• Include patients and significant others (SO)/families in developing an individualized plan of care.
• Educate patients/families/significant others about the disease process and plan of care.
• Coordinate and prepare the assigned room/case, assess patient care needs, and anticipate case requirements.

Requirements

• 1-2 years OR Circulating experience required or completion of an AORN Preoperative 101 Program.
• Associate of Science in Nursing required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• 1-2 years of cardiac experience preferred.
• 1-2 years of telemetry experience.
• Hospital experience.

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred.
• Conscious sedation certification preferred.
• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification preferred.
• Active Registered Nurse license required.
• Valid driver’s license.

Location

This Registered Nurse position is located at Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Downtown Jacksonville, FL (800 Prudential Dr, Jacksonville, Florida 32207).

Wolfson Children’s Hospital is recognized year after year as one of the best children’s hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and is a Magnet™-designated hospital, the gold standard for patient-care excellence.

This position requires a Level II background check (a detailed fingerprint-based investigation verifying state (FDLE) and national (FBI) criminal history) as a condition of employment and continued employment. For more information, visit the Florida Background Screening Clearinghouse for Healthcare Providers.