Registered Nurse - Surgery

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Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced, high-acuity surgical environment where every shift directly impacts patient outcomes and the success of complex procedures.

Working within a 16-bed operating room, you will collaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, efficient care across a diverse range of specialties, including robotic, thoracic, orthopedic, orthopedic-spine, gynecologic, gynecologic oncology, general, breast, plastic, urology, urogynecology, hand, podiatry, ENT, vascular, laparoscopic, open, and arthroscopic procedures. Department: Surgery

Schedule

Full time, day shifts with varied start times and on-call requirements. Sign-On Bonus: Ask your recruiter about sign-on bonus eligibility Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, every day.

Job Summary

Delivers professional nursing care in the operative setting to patients undergoing surgical or other invasive procedures.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

Primary responsibilities

Performs scrub functions including the selection and handling of instruments and supplies used during procedure. Performs circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of patient before, during and after procedure. Directly assists operating physician with surgical tasks including hemostasis, suturing and wound exposure as well as patient positioning.

Prepares operating rooms and surgical instruments and equipment for use. Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service. As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model.

Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

Experience

No experience required

Physical requirements

Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. Constant standing and walking. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving of patients. Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

Occasional driving. Rare crawling and running.

Required professional license and/or certifications

State of Work Location: Illinois Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) State of Work Location: Missouri Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State State of Work Location: Oklahoma Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) State of Work Location: Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

4403000100 Surgery

Scheduled Weekly Hours

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