OR - Operating Room (RN)

Adventist Health

Adventist Health Portland

Portland, Oregon

Adventist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) OR - Operating Room for a nursing job in Portland, Oregon.

Posted May 13

Shift and hours: Day shift Posted job title: rn surgery, part time, day shift
Unit and setting: OR - Operating Room Specialty: OR - Operating Room
License: RN license Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: RequiredRegistered Nurse (RN) licensure in state of practice
Term: PermanentStaff

Do you qualify?

License: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in state of practice Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
Certification: CPR or BLS (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification from approved vendor Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
Certification: AHA-BLS or ARC-BLS AHA-BLS or ARC-BLS: Required

Preferred

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred
Experience: Acute care facility experience Acute care facility experience: Preferred

What it pays

Against similar roles: Top of Portland staff RN payPortland staff RN postings that state pay run $49/hr to $60/hr, the middle half $53/hr to $57/hr, across 138 postings.

Benefits

BenefitsContinuing EducationContinuing Education
BenefitsMedical benefitsMedical benefits
BenefitsDental benefitsDental benefits
BenefitsVision benefitsVision benefits
BenefitsHealth Care FSAHealth Care FSA
Benefits403b retirement plan403b retirement plan

More benefits (4)

BenefitsEmployee assistance programsEmployee assistance programs
BenefitsLife insuranceLife insurance
Benefits401k retirement plan401k retirement plan
BenefitsHealth savings accountHealth savings account

The role and schedule

Day to day: Collects relevant patient health or situation data Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
Day to day: Analyzes assessment data to determine diagnosis and care issues Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues.
Day to day: Develops a plan prescribing interventions to attain outcomes Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes.
Day to day: Implements plan, coordinates care delivery, and promotes safe environment Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
Day to day: Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes.
Day to day: Identifies outcomes for patient or patient situation Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient's situation.
Day to day: Collaborates with patient, family, and healthcare providers to provide care Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
Day to day: Provides learning opportunities for patients, family members, and team members Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members.
Day to day: Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
Day to day: Participates in discharge planning for continuity of care Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care.
Day to day: Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.
Start: ASAP Start Date: ASAP
Employment: part time Posted job title: rn surgery, part time, day shift
Details: 302-bed medical center
Details: Mandatory vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable.

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Adventist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) OR - Operating Room for a nursing job in Portland, Oregon.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty: OR - Operating Room

Discipline: RN

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Ongoing

Employment Type: Staff

Adventist Health Portland has been caring for East Portland since 1893, growing alongside the community we serve. Today, more than 2,300 employees are dedicated to whole-person care, mind, body and spirit, across our 302-bed medical center, emergency department, and network of clinics, urgent care, home care and hospice services. The Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center, located on our medical center campus, provides advanced cardiovascular care, bringing together expert providers, innovative treatments and compassionate support for patients across the region.

Job Summary

Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment.

Job

Requirements

Education and Work

Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred

Acute care facility

experience

Preferred

Licenses/

Certifications

Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required

Facility Specific License/

Certifications

AHA-BLS or ARC-BLS: Required

Essential Functions

Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient's health or situation. Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues. Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes. Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment. Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes. Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient's situation.

Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment. Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members. Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.

Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care.

Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational

Requirements

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.

Adventist Health Job ID #63440. Posted job title: rn surgery, part time, day shift

About Adventist Health

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of 37,000 includes employees, physicians, allied health professionals and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope.

We are committed to staying true to our heritage by providing patient-centered, quality care. Together, we are transforming the healthcare experience with an innovative and whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual and social healing to support community well-being.

Benefits

Continuing Education

Bereavement

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Health Care FSA

403b retirement plan

Employee assistance programs

Life insurance

Holiday Pay

401k retirement plan

Sick pay

Health savings account

What's around it?

In Portland, OR

Portland, ORFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 5% above the US average

Median rent: $1,655/mo
Household income: $90,919/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Portland, OR

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals cluster in Nob Hill (NW District) for Victorian streets and boutique retail ($340K–$400K), the Pearl District for loft-heavy walkable living ($365K–$455K), and Alberta Arts District for a hip, colorful, still-changing scene with $330K–$420K entry points. Hawthorne’s eclectic, bohemian, bookshop culture sits around $480K–$580K. Quieter residential bets include Sellwood-Moreland—historic, antique-district, river-oriented, $580K–$680K to buy, with a studio rent cited around $1,500—and Alameda, a stately tree-lined pocket of pre-1940s Craftsman, Tudor, bungalow, and Colonial homes (median purchase about $711,033, median rent $2,244) that is safer than 90% of Portland neighborhoods, under 15 minutes from downtown, and sandwiched between Alberta Arts, Williams, and Hollywood. Goose Hollow is the transit-first budget condo option at $290K–$340K. East of the Willamette is generally more sprawling and affordable; the west side is denser and more walkable. Just outside the city, Gresham is cheaper with an easier commute but higher crime than Beaverton, whose inbound trip is busier and more complicated.

Young professionals cluster in Nob Hill (NW District) for Victorian streets and boutique retail ($340K–$400K), the Pearl District for loft-heavy walkable living ($365K–$455K), and Alberta Arts District for a hip, colorful, still-changing scene with $330K–$420K entry points. Hawthorne’s eclectic, bohemian, bookshop culture sits around $480K–$580K. Quieter residential bets include Sellwood-Moreland—historic, antique-district, river-oriented, $580K–$680K to buy, with a studio rent cited around $1,500—and Alameda, a stately tree-lined pocket of pre-1940s Craftsman, Tudor, bungalow, and Colonial homes (median purchase about $711,033, median rent $2,244) that is safer than 90% of Portland neighborhoods, under 15 minutes from downtown, and sandwiched between Alberta Arts, Williams, and Hollywood.

Goose Hollow is the transit-first budget condo option at $290K–$340K. East of the Willamette is generally more sprawling and affordable; the west side is denser and more walkable. Just outside the city, Gresham is cheaper with an easier commute but higher crime than Beaverton, whose inbound trip is busier and more complicated.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: cities.livinginoregon.net

Getting aroundSources do not name hospital campuses, MAX lines to them, or parking at medical centers. What they do establish is that neighborhood choice locks in commute rhythm more here than in many cities: the west side is denser and more walkable, the east side more sprawling, and Goose Hollow is called transit-first. Walkability, a robust public-transit system, and a strong biking culture are consistent pros; worsening traffic is a consistent con. Gresham is described as an easier, more affordable commute into Portland than Beaverton, where inbound traffic is busier and more complicated. Relocators are warned not to pick a house before they understand the daily commute that neighborhood creates.

Sources do not name hospital campuses, MAX lines to them, or parking at medical centers. What they do establish is that neighborhood choice locks in commute rhythm more here than in many cities: the west side is denser and more walkable, the east side more sprawling, and Goose Hollow is called transit-first.

Walkability, a robust public-transit system, and a strong biking culture are consistent pros; worsening traffic is a consistent con. Gresham is described as an easier, more affordable commute into Portland than Beaverton, where inbound traffic is busier and more complicated.

Relocators are warned not to pick a house before they understand the daily commute that neighborhood creates.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: cities.livinginoregon.net Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: hellolanding.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsIn town: Washington Park and the International Rose Test Garden (over 10,000 bushes and 610-plus varieties since 1924), plus Wilshire, Grant, and Irving Parks within walking distance of Alameda, and the Willamette riverfront at OMSI. Within about an hour to 90 minutes you can hike waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge (Multnomah Falls), ski or snowboard on Mount Hood, reach the Oregon coast, taste Willamette Valley wineries, or paddleboard on the Columbia. Nature access is the lifestyle feature locals mention first—often “30 minutes away” for city-adjacent green, 90 minutes for completely different terrain. Summers can turn scorching and smoky from wildfires; the rest of the year is mild but gray.

In town: Washington Park and the International Rose Test Garden (over 10,000 bushes and 610-plus varieties since 1924), plus Wilshire, Grant, and Irving Parks within walking distance of Alameda, and the Willamette riverfront at OMSI. Within about an hour to 90 minutes you can hike waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge (Multnomah Falls), ski or snowboard on Mount Hood, reach the Oregon coast, taste Willamette Valley wineries, or paddleboard on the Columbia.

Nature access is the lifestyle feature locals mention first—often “30 minutes away” for city-adjacent green, 90 minutes for completely different terrain. Summers can turn scorching and smoky from wildfires; the rest of the year is mild but gray.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: travelportland.com Source 3: culturalfoodies.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: oregonessential.com Source 6: hellolanding.com Source 7: youtube.com

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Living in Portland

Portland is less one city than a stack of neighborhoods split by the Willamette, and a relocating nurse will feel that on day one: Nob Hill and the Pearl are walkable and loft-Victorian; Alberta Arts is colorful and still relatively reachable; Sellwood-Moreland and Alameda are quieter, historic, and family-scaled, with Alameda called safer than 90% of the city. What is genuinely distinct is the pairing of a James Beard–dense food-cart and coffee culture with nature that is actually close—Washington Park’s International Rose Test Garden in town, Multnomah Falls and Gorge hikes, Mount Hood skiing, and the coast inside about 90 minutes—plus no sales tax. The honest tradeoffs are a long gray winter (SAD comes up constantly), visible homelessness and drug activity concentrated downtown even as residential neighborhoods a few miles out feel quaint and safe, steep income taxes, and housing that still runs from Goose Hollow condos near $300K to Laurelhurst near $1 million. Transit, bikes, and walk scores are real assets; Beaverton-inbound traffic is not. If food, rain-tolerant outdoor access, and an easy-going pace matter more than winter sun or a polished core, Portland still earns the move.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: cities.livinginoregon.net Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: oregonessential.com Source 4: greaterportlandinc.com Source 5: travelportland.com Source 6: hellolanding.com Source 7: youtube.com Source 8: culturalfoodies.com

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