RN OR Inpatient

Operating Room Nurses are responsible for performing competent nursing practice and providing patient care through a multidisciplinary team approach. They maintain an environment of caring, patient‑focused care, and customer service.

Department:
Operating Room.

Hours:

Full‑time, 40 hours per week. Pay: $41.10–$63.71 per hour, based on experience.

• Assess patients’ conditions and care delivery through direct observation, rounding, and data input from team members.
• Collect pertinent data and recognize normal and abnormal findings.
• Verify operative procedures, identify specimens, complete sponge, sharp and instrument counts, and ensure sterile integrity.
• Coordinate bed and patient care assignments during and between shifts.
• Plan and evaluate care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines for assigned patients.
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Document and report care delivered to physicians and team members.
• Enhance professional growth through annual education in communication, teaching, stress management, conflict resolution, and team building.
• Evaluate outcomes of care and adjust nursing approach accordingly.
• Implement care and supervise other team members in alignment with the plan of care and safety/infection control standards.
• Pursue required knowledge and skills through orientation, unit in‑services, literature, and clinical learning opportunities.
• Perform circulating and scrub duties as assigned.
• Predict potential risk to patients and initiate actions to minimize or prevent risk.
• Provide leadership and supervision to the healthcare team during the shift.
• Provide patient and family teaching, utilizing available resources.
• Provide performance feedback to team members and input to management regarding appraisals.
• Provide rationale for patient‑care decisions based on AORN standards for perioperative patients.
• Establish effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and healthcare team members.
• Serve as a strong, positive role model for other team members.
• Takes call after hours as assigned.

• Registered Nurse (RN) or Advanced Diploma in Nursing (ADN).
• ACLS certification within 90 days of hire.
• BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
• Eligibility to practice nursing in the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.