OR RN Circulator-Evening Shift - UT Medical Center Orthopedic Institute - Hospital Site

Knoxville, Tennessee

This full-time RN Circulator position supports the Orthopaedic Institute-one of UT Medical Center’s nine Centers of Excellence-through its long-standing partnership with KOC providers.

Posted Sep 29 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: Evening shift OR RN Circulator-Evening Shift - UT Medical Center Orthopedic Institute - Hospital Site
Unit and setting: Orthopaedic Institute · Hospital orthopaedic trauma cases
License: RN license Current Registered Nurse license through the Board of Nursing.Registered Nurse license
Term: Permanent Full-time

Do you qualify?

License: Registered Nurse license Current Registered Nurse license through the Board of Nursing.
Certification: AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required; certifications may be obtained and coordinated upon hire.
Education: Associate of Science in Nursing Associate of Science in Nursing from an accredited school required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
Experience: registered nursing experience Minimum of two years of registered nursing experience required.
Also asks: approximately three to four months of day-shift training for candidates without surgical experience Candidates without surgical experience must complete approximately three to four months of day-shift training.
Also asks: ability to meet holiday-coverage requirements Ability to meet holiday-coverage requirements.
Also asks: ability to take call and respond to the hospital within 30 minutes after orientation Ability to take call and respond to the hospital within 30 minutes after completing orientation.

Preferred

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Experience: surgical or operating room experience Previous surgical or operating room experience preferred.

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The role and schedule

Day to day: plan, prepare, and support assigned orthopaedic surgical procedures Plan, prepare, and support assigned orthopaedic surgical procedures as the RN Circulator.
Day to day: assist with orthopaedic surgeries including trauma cases Assist with highly specialized orthopaedic surgeries, including trauma cases.
Day to day: perform and document surgical counts Perform and document surgical counts.
Day to day: coordinate specimen collection, labeling, and management Coordinate specimen collection, labeling, and management.
Day to day: assist with patient positioning Assist with safe and appropriate patient positioning.
Day to day: electronic medical record documentation Complete accurate and timely electronic medical record documentation.
Day to day: collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, scrub techs, and clinical team Collaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, and other clinical team members.
Day to day: patient advocacy Advocate for patients throughout the surgical experience.
Day to day: follow AORN standards and departmental, hospital, and KOC policies Follow AORN standards and all applicable departmental, hospital, and KOC policies and procedures.
Day to day: participate in holiday coverage and on-call rotation after orientation Participate in holiday coverage and the on-call rotation after completing orientation.
On call: on-call rotation
Holidays: holiday coverage
Details: 30-minute call response time to hospital
Details: Level I Trauma Center Join the Orthopaedic Surgery Team at UT Medical Center, the region’s only academic medical center and Level I Trauma Center.

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The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.

Orientation: 3–4 month orientation

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Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic (KOC)

Hiring organization

Hospital: University Health System, INC
Address: 1924 ALCOA HIGHWAY, KNOXVILLE, TN, 37920
CMS rating: 4 of 5 stars
Beds: 698
Magnet: Designated since 2011

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Join the Orthopaedic Surgery Team at UT Medical Center, the region’s only academic medical center and Level I Trauma Center. This full-time RN Circulator position supports the Orthopaedic Institute—one of UT Medical Center’s nine Centers of Excellence—through its long-standing partnership with KOC providers.

The RN Circulator will assist with highly specialized orthopaedic procedures, including orthopaedic trauma cases, while working closely with surgeons and other clinical team members to promote patient safety and optimal outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Plan, prepare, and support assigned orthopaedic surgical procedures as the RN Circulator.

Assist with highly specialized orthopaedic surgeries, including trauma cases.

Perform and document surgical counts.

Coordinate specimen collection, labeling, and management.

Assist with safe and appropriate patient positioning.

Complete accurate and timely electronic medical record documentation.

Collaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, and other clinical team members.

Advocate for patients throughout the surgical experience.

Follow AORN standards and all applicable departmental, hospital, and KOC policies and procedures.

Participate in holiday coverage and the on-call rotation after completing orientation.

Qualifications

Current Registered Nurse license through the Board of Nursing.

Associate of Science in Nursing from an accredited school required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.

Minimum of two years of registered nursing experience required.

Previous surgical or operating room experience preferred.

Candidates without surgical experience must complete approximately three to four months of day-shift training.

American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required; certifications may be obtained and coordinated upon hire.

Ability to meet holiday-coverage requirements.

Ability to take call and respond to the hospital within 30 minutes after completing orientation.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is

A dependable team player

A strong patient advocate

Trustworthy and accountable

Energetic and outgoing

Committed to a strong work ethic

Able to work efficiently in a busy, fast-paced surgical environment

Join a collaborative team dedicated to delivering exceptional orthopaedic care at the region’s only academic medical center and Level I Trauma Center.

What's around it?

University Health System, INC · Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, TNFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,191/mo
Household income: $54,039/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Knoxville, TN

NeighborhoodsCedar Bluff is the West Knoxville base nurses and young professionals actually use: 2-bedroom apartments run about $1,400-$1,700, with medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away and a 10-15 minute I-40 or Kingston Pike run downtown. Bearden (median sale about $372,000) and West Hills (about $537,500) offer tree-lined suburban streets that also feed Pellissippi Parkway toward Oak Ridge; Sequoyah Hills is the river-view premium tier near $697,500 with Sequoyah Park. Downtown and Fourth & Gill are the walkable central pair, with median rents about $1,013 and $802. Budget and outdoor-oriented movers look at Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, and South Knoxville; Farragut’s rolling hills, plus Maryville and Dandridge, come up when people want a quieter or cheaper ring.

Cedar Bluff is the West Knoxville base nurses and young professionals actually use: 2-bedroom apartments run about $1,400-$1,700, with medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away and a 10-15 minute I-40 or Kingston Pike run downtown. Bearden (median sale about $372,000) and West Hills (about $537,500) offer tree-lined suburban streets that also feed Pellissippi Parkway toward Oak Ridge; Sequoyah Hills is the river-view premium tier near $697,500 with Sequoyah Park.

Downtown and Fourth & Gill are the walkable central pair, with median rents about $1,013 and $802. Budget and outdoor-oriented movers look at Oakwood, Old North Knoxville, and South Knoxville; Farragut’s rolling hills, plus Maryville and Dandridge, come up when people want a quieter or cheaper ring.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: randpropertymanagement.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: sparefoot.com Source 5: fowlergrouptn.com

Getting aroundMost West Knoxville rentals sit 10-15 minutes from downtown on I-40 or Kingston Pike; metro-wide average commute is about 20 minutes. The west-side cluster—Cedar Bluff, Bearden, West Hills—uses Pellissippi Parkway, Kingston Pike, I-40/75, and Alcoa Highway, which also reach Oak Ridge about 22 miles northwest. Knoxville is car-dependent, with limited public transit, growing congestion, and ample complex parking in West Knoxville; Cedar Bluff’s medical centers and offices can shrink a healthcare commute to minutes, though sources do not name hospital-specific routes or bus lines.

Most West Knoxville rentals sit 10-15 minutes from downtown on I-40 or Kingston Pike; metro-wide average commute is about 20 minutes. The west-side cluster—Cedar Bluff, Bearden, West Hills—uses Pellissippi Parkway, Kingston Pike, I-40/75, and Alcoa Highway, which also reach Oak Ridge about 22 miles northwest.

Knoxville is car-dependent, with limited public transit, growing congestion, and ample complex parking in West Knoxville; Cedar Bluff’s medical centers and offices can shrink a healthcare commute to minutes, though sources do not name hospital-specific routes or bus lines.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: randpropertymanagement.com Source 2: fowlergrouptn.com Source 3: extraspace.com

OutdoorsKnoxville’s Urban Wilderness is a 1,000-acre oasis two miles from downtown with more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain-bike trails and Mead’s Quarry for paddleboarding. Sequoyah Park and the Sequoyah Hills Greenway follow the river; Zoo Knoxville and Navitat Canopy Adventures cover family days and ziplines. The Tennessee River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park shape weekends, with Norris Dam State Park about 20 miles north.

Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness is a 1,000-acre oasis two miles from downtown with more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain-bike trails and Mead’s Quarry for paddleboarding. Sequoyah Park and the Sequoyah Hills Greenway follow the river; Zoo Knoxville and Navitat Canopy Adventures cover family days and ziplines.

The Tennessee River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park shape weekends, with Norris Dam State Park about 20 miles north.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitknoxville.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: fowlergrouptn.com Source 5: livability.com

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Living in Knoxville

Knoxville—Scruffy City on the Tennessee River—is the practical East Tennessee base for a nurse who wants mountains, a real downtown, and prices still below the national average, with no state income tax. Most relocating clinicians land in West Knoxville. Cedar Bluff puts medical offices, West Town Mall, and Turkey Creek a few minutes away, 2-bedrooms around $1,400-$1,700, and downtown 10-15 minutes via I-40 or Kingston Pike. Bearden and West Hills trade a bit of convenience for trees and a Pellissippi Parkway path toward Oak Ridge, about 22 miles northwest. Off-shift life is Market Square (JC Holdway, Radius rooftop), the Tennessee and Bijou theatres, UT football in 101,915-seat Neyland Stadium, and the 1,000-acre Urban Wilderness plus Mead’s Quarry two miles from downtown. Tradeoffs are blunt: you need a car, traffic is growing, sales tax is about 9.25%, housing is climbing, summers are hot and humid, and pollen is heavy. Crime is block-by-block, not citywide—Downtown and Fourth & Gill grade relatively safe; Hardin Valley and Farragut are the school play. Pick the neighborhood, not the headline.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: randpropertymanagement.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: sparefoot.com Source 4: fowlergrouptn.com Source 5: visitknoxville.com Source 6: downtownknoxville.org Source 7: extraspace.com Source 8: livability.com

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