Clinical Nurse I - 9th Floor Ambulatory Surgery - Operating Room
New York, New York
You'll give primary nursing care in the operating room. Hospital for Special Surgery is a specialty hospital.
Posted Sep 14 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 7:30 am to 5:45 pm, four shifts 7:30 am - 5:45 pm x4
- Unit and setting
- 9th Floor Ambulatory Surgery
- License
- RN license NYS RN license and registration requiredNYS RN license and registration
- Term
- Permanent Regular Full timeFull time, regular
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program
- License
- NYS RN license and registration NYS RN license and registration required
- Certification
- AHA BLS certification AHA BLS certification required
- Education
- BSN from an accredited school of nursing BSN from an accredited school of nursing required
- Experience
- 1.5+ years of operating room experience 1.5 + years of operating room experience, preferably in orthopedics
Preferred
- Experience
- Orthopedic operating room experience
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Pay reviews
- Pay depends on role scope, experience, education, accomplishments and budget.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Circulating Serve as a Circulator
- Day to day
- Scrub role: passing instruments and supplies Understanding Scrub Role including passing instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgical assistants.
- Day to day
- Anticipating surgical team needs during the case Anticipate the needs of the surgical team during the procedure.
- Day to day
- Intraoperative patient assessment and monitoring Assess and monitor the patients during their surgical procedure
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Residency program
The workplace
You would step into Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, a hospital founded in 1863 and known for orthopedics, rheumatology, and rehabilitation. Our one posting here sits at $83 an hour, which lands above several nearby systems in our…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Operating Room has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
Posted on Hospital for Special Surgery’s careers page.
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How you move is why we’re here. ® Now more than ever. Get back to what you need and love to do. The possibilities are endless...
Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximize the abundant opportunities for growth and success. If this describes you then let’s talk! HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U. S. News & World Report.
As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment. Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.
Emp Status Regular Full time Work Shift Compensation Range The base pay scale for this position is $73.00 - $81.07. In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation. The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
What you will be doing 9th Floor Ambulatory Surgery 7:30 am - 5:45 pm x4 As an integral member of our Magnet Nursing team, the successful RN candidate will be focused on – patient advocacy and delivering the highest quality of care to our patients ! Working in an evidence-based nursing environment that commands excellence every day; you will have a strong patient centered approach with emphasis on providing exemplary and world-class customer service. As a member of our nursing team, you will demonstrate the ability to assess and interpret age specific and population-specific data and provide appropriate communication levels, treatment and care.
Your capacity to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and promote the highest standards of care and safety is critical to the mission of Nursing in HSS. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary health care teams to maintain the standards of professional nursing practices in the clinical setting. You will integrate patient care standards in all clinical activities; participate in performance improvement activities to improve patient safety, quality of care and patient outcomes.
The RN will maintain sensitivity and awareness of cultural and religious diversity when addressing patients, visitors, co-workers and other customers.
Responsibilities
Provide primary nursing care in the Operating Room Serve as a Circulator Understanding Scrub Role including passing instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgical assistants. Maintain a sterile environment to prevent infections. Ensure that the surgical team adheres to aseptic techniques. Anticipate the needs of the surgical team during the procedure. Assess and monitor the patients during their surgical procedure Serve as patient’s advocate, ensuring safety throughout the procedure. Accurately completes the Intraoperative record during surgical procedure to include patient's condition; supplies used and any occurrences during surgery.
Experience required
- 1.5 + years of operating room experience, preferably in orthopedics
- New Graduate RNs are hired into the Residency Program
- RNS with 1+ years of RN experience outside of the OR are hired into the Fellowship
Education required
BSN from an accredited school of nursing required
Certifications required
NYS RN license and registration required AHA BLS certification required Non-Discrimination Policy Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.
What's around it?
New York, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 13% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,821/mo
- Household income
- $80,483/yr, all local households, not nurse pay