Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room
Job Description
Position Overview
Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at our University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank location in Minneapolis, MN. We are seeking a hardworking and motivated RN to join a team that includes surgical technologists, nursing assistants, schedulers, instrument technicians, and MDs. This position serves an all-adult patient population.
Schedule: 64 hours every 2 weeks on rotating day/evening/night shifts (mostly day shifts) including 8-hour shifts, weekday call as needed, and 1 weekend shift (usually call) per schedule period.
About the OR at UMMC East Bank: University of Minnesota Medical Center is the flagship location for University of Minnesota Health. It offers a wide range of hospital and clinical services—from primary and emergency care to the treatment of complex conditions. Specializations include solid organ transplant, blood and marrow transplantation, heart disease, and cancer, with team-based surgeries across neurology, thoracic, cardiovascular, vascular, complex ENT, robotics, gynecology, oncology, and urology. The OR completes an average of 45–50 scheduled cases per day.
About Fairview: Fairview Health Services is an award-winning nonprofit with an extensive network of healthcare services across community and academic hospitals, clinics, senior facilities, rehabilitation centers, and more. Join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers who build lasting relationships with patients, communities, and each other!
Key Responsibilities
- Establish a safe environment for the surgical patient by assessing, diagnosing, implementing, and evaluating treatments; may serve as a circulator or scrub during operative procedures.
- Implement protective measures before operative or invasive procedures to prevent skin or tissue injury from thermal, mechanical, electrical, and chemical sources.
- Confirm patient identity, verify the operative procedure, surgical site, and laterality prior to procedures.
- Apply safety devices, perform required counts, and manage specimen handling and disposition.
- Demonstrate understanding of the psychological, sociological, and spiritual responses of patients and families during operative procedures.
- Apply aseptic techniques to establish and maintain sterile fields, including performing skin preparations and monitoring for wound contamination.
- Ensure perioperative environmental sanitation.
Required Qualifications
- MN RN license required
- BLS for Health Care Providers
- Minimum of 1 year OR RN experience or 2 years’ experience as a Surgical Technologist
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year Scrub Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing
Benefits & Perks
- Generous benefit package including medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- PTO, Sick and Safe Time, and tuition reimbursement
- Retirement plans and early access to earned wages
Compensation Disclaimer: An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors including skills, knowledge, education, experience, and market conditions. Our organization prioritizes pay equity and internal team equity. If eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program in place at the time of offer will be honored.
EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status.