Charge Registered Nurse, Operating Room, Baptist South

Baptist Health

Baptist South

Jacksonville, Florida

You'll circulate in the OR, meeting patients and staying with them through their procedure until they go to PACU.

Posted Sep 29 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: Day shift · 12-⁠hour shifts This is a Full-time Day shift opportunity 3 12 hour shifts per week3 shifts per week
Unit and setting: Surgical Services unit · Hospital Baptist South is hiring a Charge Registered Nurse for our Surgical Services unit.
License: RN license Licensed Registered Nurse RequiredLicensed Registered Nurse
Term: Permanent This is a Full-time Day shift opportunityFull time

Do you qualify?

License: Licensed Registered Nurse Licensed Registered Nurse Required
Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
Education: Associate degree in nursing Associate of Science in Nursing Required
Experience: 2-3 years surgical services experience 2-3 years Surgical Services Experience
Also asks: 2-3 years critical care nursing education 2-3 years Critical Care Nursing Education

Preferred

Certification: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred
Certification: Conscious Sedation Certification Conscious Sedation Certification Preferred
Certification: Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) Preferred
Certification: Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Preferred
Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing Preferred

What it pays

Call differential: This role requires call with a 40-minute response time and qualifies for competitive call and differential pay. This role requires call with a 40-minute response time and qualifies for competitive call and differential pay.
Pay differential: qualifies for competitive call and differential pay. qualifies for competitive call and differential pay.
Extra pay: Competitive call pay and differential pay qualifies for competitive call and differential payThis role requires call with a 40-minute response time

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The role and schedule

Charge: Charge nurse for the Surgical Services unit Baptist South is hiring a Charge Registered Nurse for our Surgical Services unit.
Day to day: Receive patient assignments at check-in This Registered Nurse will check-in and receive patient assignments.
Day to day: One patient in complex cases or several in shorter procedures This RN may work with a singular patient in a complex case or may work with multiple patients having shorter procedures.
Day to day: Circulating nurse, staying with each patient until PACU transfer
Day to day: Patient positioning, room management and initiating counts This may include verifying patient information, positioning the patient, managing the room, and initiating counts.
Hours stated: 3 12 hour shifts per week (Two shifts on Saturday and Sunday and the 3rd variable to discuss during interview)
Weekends: Two weekend shifts, Saturday and Sunday Two shifts on Saturday and Sunday
On call: On call with a 40-minute response time This role requires call with a 40-minute response time
Employment: PRN, days This Registered Nurse, Surgical Services, PRN days position will be located at Baptist South.
Details: Primary location: South - Main Building at Baptist South South - Main Building

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About Baptist Health

Recognized as a top place to work in health care, Baptist Health cares for more patients in Northeast Florida than any other provider, ranking as “most preferred” for more than 30 years. We’re Jacksonville's only locally governed, faith-based, not-for-profit health system and provide a full spectrum of preventive and specialty care through 200+ locations and six hospitals. Our centers of excellence include Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute and Wolfson Children's Hospital.

Baptist South is hiring a Charge Registered Nurse for our Surgical Services unit. This is a Full-time Day shift opportunity with 3

12 hour shifts per week (Two shifts on Saturday and Sunday and the 3rd variable to discuss during interview). This role requires call with a 40-minute response time and qualifies for competitive call and differential pay.

As a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room, you will work closely with physicians and all operating room teams. This Registered Nurse will check-in and receive patient assignments. A day in the life of this Operating Room Registered Nurse will vary based on scheduled surgeries.

This RN may work with a singular patient in a complex case or may work with multiple patients having shorter procedures. This RN will work as a Circulating Nurse and will meet patients in the OR and remain with them for the duration of their procedure to ensure they are appropriately cared for until transferred to PACU care. As a Registered Nurse Circulator, you will be the patient’s primary advocate and responsible for the delivery and documentation of patient care during the intra-operative period.

This may include verifying patient information, positioning the patient, managing the room, and initiating counts.

Registered Nurse, Operating Room,

Experience

2-3 years Surgical Services Experience

2-3 years Critical Care Nursing Education

Registered Nurse, Operating Room, Education,Licenses and

Certifications

Associate of Science in Nursing Required

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Preferred

Basic Life Support (BLS) Required

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred

Conscious Sedation Certification Preferred

Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) Preferred Or

Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Preferred Or

Licensed Registered Nurse Required

This Registered Nurse, Surgical Services, PRN days position will be located at Baptist South. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply today!

Primary Location

South - Main Building

What's around it?

In Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent: $1,465/mo
Household income: $69,872/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Jacksonville, FL

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals and many relocating nurses cluster in Riverside/Avondale (about $425K median) for walkable historic streets and King Street/Five Points life, San Marco (about $525K) for restaurants and river access, and Murray Hill (typical values around $228K) for 1940s bungalows, Edgewood Avenue breweries, Community Loaves, and the Murray Hill Theatre at a lower entry than the core historic districts. Southside/Tinseltown (about $345K) and Southside Estates sit about 15 minutes from J. Turner Butler Boulevard and St. Johns Town Center; Arlington (list prices around $253K) offers mid-century homes under oaks and a short hop to Jacksonville University and the beaches. Family-oriented Mandarin (about $398K) and Orange Park/Fleming Island (about $365K) trade suburban lots and schools for a longer downtown run; Nocatee (about $525K) is amenity-heavy master-planned living with CDD costs and distance from downtown. Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach ($685K–$725K) and Ponte Vedra (about $895K) buy coastal or country-club lifestyle at premium prices, hurricane and parking trade-offs, and often high HOA/CDD; Westside (about $285K) and Springfield/Northside (about $245K) are the cheapest and highly variable block by block.

Young professionals and many relocating nurses cluster in Riverside/Avondale (about $425K median) for walkable historic streets and King Street/Five Points life, San Marco (about $525K) for restaurants and river access, and Murray Hill (typical values around $228K) for 1940s bungalows, Edgewood Avenue breweries, Community Loaves, and the Murray Hill Theatre at a lower entry than the core historic districts. Southside/Tinseltown (about $345K) and Southside Estates sit about 15 minutes from J. Turner Butler Boulevard and St. Johns Town Center; Arlington (list prices around $253K) offers mid-century homes under oaks and a short hop to Jacksonville University and the beaches.

Family-oriented Mandarin (about $398K) and Orange Park/Fleming Island (about $365K) trade suburban lots and schools for a longer downtown run; Nocatee (about $525K) is amenity-heavy master-planned living with CDD costs and distance from downtown. Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach ($685K–$725K) and Ponte Vedra (about $895K) buy coastal or country-club lifestyle at premium prices, hurricane and parking trade-offs, and often high HOA/CDD; Westside (about $285K) and Springfield/Northside (about $245K) are the cheapest and highly variable block by block.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: movewithmomentum.com Source 2: zillow.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: youtube.com

Getting aroundJacksonville’s land area makes commute the make-or-break variable: a 12-mile drive can be 20 minutes off-peak and 50 minutes at 8 a.m., and locals warn that one St. Johns River bridge can wreck a morning. J. Turner Butler Boulevard (JTB) is the main east–west spine toward Southside jobs, St. Johns Town Center, and the beaches; weekday river-bridge backups from about 4–6 p.m. are especially bad beach-bound. Neighborhood fit depends on the hospital—Mayo Clinic versus NAS Jacksonville versus Baptist Health’s large campus network are different maps—and Nocatee is workable for JTB, Town Center, and beaches but needs planning for downtown rush hour. Public transit is limited, a car is essential, and parking is a known hassle in Riverside, Avondale, and Jacksonville Beach; drive the real route at the real shift time before signing a lease.

Jacksonville’s land area makes commute the make-or-break variable: a 12-mile drive can be 20 minutes off-peak and 50 minutes at 8 a.m., and locals warn that one St. Johns River bridge can wreck a morning. J. Turner Butler Boulevard (JTB) is the main east–west spine toward Southside jobs, St. Johns Town Center, and the beaches; weekday river-bridge backups from about 4–6 p.m. are especially bad beach-bound.

Neighborhood fit depends on the hospital—Mayo Clinic versus NAS Jacksonville versus Baptist Health’s large campus network are different maps—and Nocatee is workable for JTB, Town Center, and beaches but needs planning for downtown rush hour. Public transit is limited, a car is essential, and parking is a known hassle in Riverside, Avondale, and Jacksonville Beach; drive the real route at the real shift time before signing a lease.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: movewithmomentum.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: flybreeze.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: exprealty.com

OutdoorsLife outdoors runs on 22 miles of Atlantic beach (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach—Jax Beach is the walkable, concert-and-surf hub), the north-flowing St. Johns River, and the salt marshes between them for kayaking, fishing, and paddling. Inland, the 136-acre Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 46,000-acre Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Tree Hill Nature Center, and Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens are the named weekend defaults. About 45 minutes northeast, Big and Little Talbot Island State Parks offer the region’s standout hiking; Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park near Mayport is described as Florida’s largest urban park, alongside Huguenot Memorial Park, Fort Caroline National Memorial, and Julington Durbin Creek Nature Preserve. The city claims the largest urban park system in the country across roughly 840 square miles.

Life outdoors runs on 22 miles of Atlantic beach (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach—Jax Beach is the walkable, concert-and-surf hub), the north-flowing St. Johns River, and the salt marshes between them for kayaking, fishing, and paddling. Inland, the 136-acre Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 46,000-acre Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Tree Hill Nature Center, and Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens are the named weekend defaults.

About 45 minutes northeast, Big and Little Talbot Island State Parks offer the region’s standout hiking; Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park near Mayport is described as Florida’s largest urban park, alongside Huguenot Memorial Park, Fort Caroline National Memorial, and Julington Durbin Creek Nature Preserve. The city claims the largest urban park system in the country across roughly 840 square miles.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: zillow.com Source 2: visitflorida.com Source 3: visitjacksonville.com Source 4: flybreeze.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com

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Jacksonville is the largest city by land area in the contiguous U.S., which means Riverside’s oak-lined bungalows, Mandarin’s big lots, and Jacksonville Beach’s surf towns share a name but not a daily rhythm. That sprawl is the draw: 22 miles of public beach, the north-flowing St. Johns River, Timucuan Preserve, and a housing market still listing around the high $200Ks citywide—far below Miami or Tampa—plus about 225 mostly sunny days. It is also the trap. A 12-mile hop can be 20 minutes or 50 at 8 a.m.; river bridges clog 4–6 p.m., and Google Maps routinely understates the trip to Mayo Clinic, NAS Jacksonville, or Baptist campuses. Young professionals gravitate to Riverside, Avondale, San Marco, and cheaper Murray Hill for King Street brunch, Five Points bars, and the Saturday Riverside Arts Market; families often pay up for Nocatee’s splash pads and St. Johns County schools or stay in Mandarin and Orange Park. Bring a car, check flood zones and CDD fees, and drive your real commute before you sign.

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As of 2026Source 1: movewithmomentum.com Source 2: zillow.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: flybreeze.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com Source 6: youtube.com

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