Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

About the Role

The General Surgery Team provides patient-centered care within a fast-paced Level 1 Trauma Center. Types of cases include Acute Care Surgery, Colorectal, General Surgery, Endocrinology, Urology, Gynecology, and Oncology. The role functions in both scrub and circulating roles. Shifts involve on-call and weekend/holiday rotation. When on call, the response time is 30 minutes. All levels of nurses—both new grad and experienced—are encouraged to apply.

Employment type: Full time
Shift: Rotating

Responsibilities

• View patients holistically, considering physical, psychosocial, emotional, age-specific, cultural, and spiritual factors.
• Demonstrate appropriate assessment skills for identified patient populations.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by gathering and analyzing patient information, then responding to patient situations.
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise an individualized plan of care using evidence-based interventions and standards of care.
• Identify needs and begin to plan for care across the continuum, considering patient and family preferences.
• Identify patient and family education needs; develop and implement teaching plans based on evidence-based practice, utilizing teach-back methodology to ensure effective learning.
• Identify necessary resources to assure readiness for discharge and begin to develop a plan in collaboration with other disciplines.
• Create an environment that promotes a positive patient experience.
• Communicate both verbal and written information (including documentation in the EMR) that is accurate, timely, concise, and thorough.
• Effectively communicate patient status, priority goals, and interventions to colleagues and other disciplines during consultation, rounds, and handoffs.
• Maintain good rapport and cooperative relationships; approach conflict constructively, help identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• All new hires must have a BSN degree or must agree in writing to obtain their BSN within five (5) years from the date of hire or transfer to an RN role.
• Current Michigan Nursing License.
• BLS certification.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of nursing theory, practice, and age-specific needs.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to initiate and maintain collegial relationships with coworkers and therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to perform principal duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when planning and performing professional nursing care.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with a pay range of $35.64 - $49.53, depending on experience/licensure date.
• DailyPay available.
• Benefits effective Day One with no waiting periods, including:
  • Full benefits package: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-term Disability.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions.
• Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout SJMHS and Trinity Health.
• Tuition reimbursement.