SSC - Strong Surgical Center - RN 1 or 2
Rochester, New York
You'll prep, recover and discharge surgical patients in a fast-paced Surgical Center. University of Rochester is an academic medical center.
Posted Jul 21 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 8, 10 or 12-hour shifts · days, evenings and nights · rotating shifts 40 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Surgical Center · Clinic caring for the perianesthesia needs of inpatient and outpatient populationsinpatients and outpatients
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed New Grads are welcome to apply.
Preferred
- Experience
- 2 years medical-surgical nursing experience RN’s with 2 years medical surgical nursing experience preferred
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 market data, education, experience and internal equity.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- regional blocks
- Day to day
- interventional radiology recovery recovery of interventional radiology patients
- Day to day
- perianesthesia care caring for the perianesthesia needs of inpatient and outpatient populations
- Patients
- general, ENT, orthopedic, gynecology, urology, plastics, neurosurgery, colorectal, vascular, thoracic and cardiac surgery patients
- Hours stated
- FT position available, D/E/N; 8/10/12 hour shifts. Occasional holiday and weekends. Self-Scheduling.
- Weekends
- occasional weekends Occasional holiday and weekends.
- Scheduling
- Self-scheduling offered
- Holidays
- occasional holidays
- Details
- self-scheduling Self-Scheduling.
- Details
- expanding unit looking for motivated, flexible nurses This expanding unit is looking for motivated and flexible nurses who seek to expand their nursing assessment and intervention skills in the perioperative setting.
The workplace
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is an academic medical center located at 601 Elmwood Ave in Rochester, NY, and is part of the University of Rochester, the largest private employer in upstate New York and the seventh-largest employer…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
Original listing
Posted on University of Rochester’s careers page.
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Job Location (Full Address)
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642
Opening
Worker Subtype
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Department
500479 SSC-Surg Support Nursing/SMH
Work Shift
UR - Rotating (United States of America)
Range
Ur urce 215 h
Compensation Range
$39.25 - $52.99 The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.
Responsibilities
General purpose
Functions as a new graduate nurse with less than one year of experience. Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, continues to build competency in the provision of direct patient care. Contributes to unit activities and supports enhancement of the care delivery system at the unit level.
Supports peers in the delivery of patient care services. FT position available, D/E/N; 8/10/12 hour shifts. Occasional holiday and weekends.
Self-Scheduling. The Surgical Center is a fast-paced unit tasked with the preparation, recovery, and discharge of the surgical patient. Nurses participate in regional block procedures and recovery of interventional radiology patients, as well as caring for the perianesthesia needs of inpatient and outpatient populations.
This expanding unit is looking for motivated and flexible nurses who seek to expand their nursing assessment and intervention skills in the perioperative setting. The ideal candidate brings broad medical/surgical background to the many services our unit operates with including; general surgery, ENT, orthopedics, gynecology, urology, plastics, neurosurgery, colorectal, vascular, thoracic and cardiac surgeries. Candidates are expected to have strong interpersonal skills and should enjoy working as a part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast paced environment.
RN’s with 2 years medical surgical nursing experience preferred New Grads are welcome to apply. ACLS and PEARS certification preferred and required within 1 year. The University of Rochester is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving an inclusive and welcoming culture to advance the University’s Mission to Learn, Discover, Heal, Create – and Make the World Ever Better.
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What's around it?
Rochester, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,081/mo
- Household income
- $47,213/yr, all local households, not nurse pay