RN, Clinical Staff Nurse, Operating Room, Main OR, Jackson Main, FT, Days

Department: Jackson Memorial Hospital - Main Operating Room
Address: 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, Florida, 33136
Shift: Full-Time, Days

About the role

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Located in the heart of Miami, it is a world-class academic medical center with 1,500 licensed beds, offering nearly every medical specialty. As a Clinical Staff Nurse in the Operating Room (OR), you will function as a champion of quality patient care, demonstrating critical thinking and scientific judgment in planning and delivering care.

The CSN OR performs at a competent level of nursing, consistently applying the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, teaching, health promotion, and evaluation. You will uphold the highest standards of professional performance, including ethics, cultural diversity, communication, collaboration, evidence-based practice, research, quality, resource utilization, and environmental health.

The role operates within the JHS CARE Model, ensuring accountability for all phases of nursing care for assigned patients. You will possess clinical knowledge and skills specific to the OR and related areas.

Responsibilities

• Implement and coordinate the delivery of care in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare staff.
• Apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) in providing nursing knowledge.
• Document all pertinent information regarding nursing care, care plans, and observations.
• Account for narcotics and emergency equipment on each tour of duty.
• Maintain a working knowledge of facility infection control procedures.
• Recognize, question, and report significant patient findings or inconsistencies in medical/nursing orders or treatment regimes; collaborate and seek corrective action.
• Select, individualize, update, and adhere to clinical procedures, protocols, standards, clinical pathways, plans of care, narcotics policies, and discharge/teaching plans.
• Complete and submit patient/unit charges.
• Recognize and prioritize overt and covert unit needs, problems, and implement corrective action independently.
• Assume the charge nurse role when assigned, supervise designated personnel, and take action as needed.
• Apply logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions and approaches to problems.
• Provide functional direction and assistance to LPNs, CNAs, MAs, and complete new staff orientation as assigned.
• Make rounds on a timely basis to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintain HIPAA compliance at all times.
• Follow and perform all related unit-specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit-specific competency checklist.
• Utilize job and unit-specific equipment as required.
• Demonstrate behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Expertise).
• Perform all other related job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of in-patient Operating Room RN experience.
• Associate's degree in Nursing is required; BSN degree is preferred.
• For employees performing Point of Care testing in the Operating Room, Neuro ICU, NICU, PICU, Pedi-ER, Cath Lab, and/or Interventional Radiology, the educational degree must be verified at the time of hire (minimum Associate's degree).

Skills

General Competencies

• Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Effective communication in both oral and written form.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
• Understanding and following instructions.
• Ability to exercise sound and independent judgment.
• Proficiency in job-appropriate technology and software applications.

Nursing Competencies

• Ability to understand, respect, and accommodate patients' preferences and needs regarding their individual beliefs, customs, and practices.
• Ability to clearly, accurately, and effectively provide information to doctors, nurses, patients, and family members.
• Compassion, patience, and a non-judgmental approach to patients, families, and colleagues.
• Clinical knowledge, skill, and ability to fully and accurately complete all required unit competencies, as indicated in the unit competency checklist.

Qualifications

• Valid Florida RN license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers required upon hire, with at least 6 months validity, and must be maintained for the duration of employment.
• Must meet and maintain all unit-specific and organizational skills, competencies, certifications, and licensures required by regulatory and nursing standards of practice for the specialty.
• Unit-specific credential: FL-BLS.