Registered Nurse (RN) – Operating Room

Overview:

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at our Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, MN.

We are seeking a hardworking and motivated Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at our Woodwinds Health Campus which includes surgical technologists, nursing assistants, schedulers, instrument technicians, and MDs.

Schedule: This RN OR position will be working 80 hours every 2 weeks on the evening shifts. The schedule includes: 10 hour shifts, 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM M-Th, off premise call on weekends (3-4 per year) and holidays (1 per year). Staff need to be within 30 minutes of the hospital to meet call requirements.

Benefits: This position is eligible for full benefits. We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement options, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment program, and more!

Please click this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/noncontractrn

About the OR at Woodwinds:

Woodwinds Health Campus opened its 86-bed hospital in August 2000. Located on 30 acres of pristine wetlands in Woodbury, MN, it’s the only hospital in the southeast metro area.
Woodwinds is an acute care setting that can lead a variety of surgical specialties.
We have 6 Operating Rooms with surgical volumes on an average day can range from 15-25 cases.
Woodwinds Operating Room specifically focus on General Surgery, Orthopedics, Ortho Spine, Podiatry, OB/GYN, Plastics, ENT, and Ophthalmology.

This position will serve an adult patient population (16 years or older).

About Fairview:

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!

Responsibilities/Job Description:

As an Operating Room RN, you will be responsible for:

Implementing protective measures prior to operative or invasive procedure, including measures to prevent skin or tissue injury due to thermal, mechanical, electrical and chemical sources.
Confirming identity before the operative or invasive procedure and verifying operative procedure, surgical site and laterality.
Appling safety devices, performing required counts, managing specimen handling and disposition.
Demonstrating knowledge about the psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families regarding the operative or other invasive procedure.
Appling principles of aseptic technique while establishing and maintaining sterile fields.
Performing skin preparations, monitoring for wound contamination, and classifying the surgical wound.
Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

Must meet one of these requirements:
Operating Room RN experience
RN with current hospital experience and successful completion of Peri-op 101 course
New Grad RN with 3 years of Clinical OR experience
Required:
Valid Basic Life Support (BLS)
Valid RN Licensure from MN Board of Nursing

Preferred Qualifications:

BSN RN preferred with 2 years of OR RN experience