Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Registered Nurse – Operating Room

We are seeking an experienced and dependable Registered Nurse (RN) to join our plastic surgery practice.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on operating room experience and a strong understanding of sterile technique, surgical instrumentation, patient safety, and perioperative care.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care before, during, and after surgical procedures

• Prepare the operating room, supplies, medications, and equipment

• Assist the surgeon and surgical team during procedures

• Maintain strict sterile technique and infection-control standards

• Perform or oversee the cleaning, decontamination, packaging, sterilization, and proper storage of surgical instruments

• Monitor patients and accurately document all required clinical information

• Complete surgical counts and follow established patient-safety protocols

• Assist with wound closure, including suturing, when properly trained, deemed competent, and permitted under applicable law, physician direction, and practice policy

• Provide postoperative care and patient education.

• Maintain required logs and help ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards

• Support the surgical schedule and work collaboratively with surgeons and clinical staff

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Florida Registered Nurse license

• Previous operating room or surgical nursing experience required

• Plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, or ambulatory surgery experience strongly preferred

• Experience with instrument processing and sterilization preferred

• Wound-closure or suturing experience preferred

• Current BLS certification; ACLS certification preferred

• Strong knowledge of sterile technique and infection prevention

• Excellent clinical judgment, organizational skills, and attention to detail

• Dependable, professional, and able to function effectively in a fast-paced surgical environment

Position Details

• Location: [Celebration/Winter Park, Florida]

• Schedule: [Full-time/Part-time/PRN]

• Compensation: Based on experience

• Benefits: [Medical, Dental, Vision]

Qualified candidates are invited to submit a résumé outlining their operating room, sterilization, and surgical experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.

We are a large, well known Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics office. Our office locations are Celebration and Winter Park. Our OR is in the Celebration office.