Sarasota Memorial Health Care System·Sarasota, Florida
Operating Room Registered Nurses provide professional and skilled surgical care to patients utilizing the patient-centered care model, adhering to ANA Standards and AORN guidelines across numerous specialties including trauma, cardiac, orthopedic, and general surgery. Responsibilities involve complex nursing assessments and care for patients requiring elective, urgent, or emergent surgical intervention.
Welcome to our Operating Room Department! We provide professional and skilled surgical care to patients using the “patient centered care” model of SMHCS (policy 126.054) in accordance with the ANA Standards of Professional Practice, and with the AORN guidelines for Perioperative Practice. We are a 36 OR suite unit with numerous specialties that you can work in. Operating Room: Patient Population: patients with elective, urgent, and emergent need for a surgical intervention. Routine to traumatic diagnoses requiring complex nursing assessment skills and care including but not limited to:
Any trauma related fractures or orthopedic abnormalities requiring surgical intervention or traction application, splinting, casts, or other skeletal immobilization.
Acute Traumatic Brain Injuries.
Cardiac and Thoracic interventions.
Acute General Surgical care.
GYN, GU, Robotic, Oncology, Orthopedic, Podiatry, ENT, Vascular, and Plastics.
Work in state of the art facility, across the surgical suites.
Working with Anesthesia and an inter-disciplinary team focused on excellence in patient care. *Opportunities for Experienced Nurses
Individualized orientation.
Cross-trained in all Specialty areas.
Opportunities for paid certification and incentivized pay including but not limited to Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR).
PeriOp 101 Certificate of Completion.
Tools for CNOR Certification.
Career Ladder for advancement to Nurse in Professional Development, Specialty Lead, Clinical Coordinator, Assistant Manager.
Tuition Reimbursement. Work Days/Shifts/Times (8, 10, and 12 hour shifts) Salary Details: Hourly rate is determined by years of worked experience as an RN, education level, and internal equity within organization. Minimum rate starting at $35.75, max of salary range is $55.55. In addition to hourly rate, if candidate holds an approved certification position qualifies for certification pay of $1.50. Shift needed currently: 21:00pm-7:30am, Monday-Friday, overnight
Required Qualifications
Requires previous experience working as an Operating Room Nurse
Require excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Require basic working knowledge of commonly used computer applications.
BLS (Basic Life Support) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) recommended for experienced RNs.
PALS (Pediatric Life Support) recommended for experienced RNs.
Completion of PeriOp 101 for those new to the OR.
Successful completion of multi-specialty orientation.
BSN requirement within 5 years of date of hire for the ASN candidate
• Prefer certification in nursing specialty area.
BSN: Bachelor of Science Nursing
Required License and Certs
Preferred License and Certs
As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/
Market context
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