Operating Room Nurse
Hot Springs, Arkansas
RN
Sign-on bonusStill listed, seen last week · Posted Aug 26
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Role
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- Days
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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Pay
- Against the board
- Sign-on bonus
- $25,000
- Relocation
- Help offered
The median for nursing in Arkansas is $32/hr, across 48 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
*Job Summary and Responsibilities*
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
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Assessment
Performs complete patient assessment. Recognizes significant changes in patient status and seeks appropriate resources. Coordinates or collects physiologic monitoring data: vital signs, monitor results, lab and diagnostic test results. Performs ongoing assessment according to unit policy. Documents assessment in compliance with hospital policy.
*We are offering a **sign on bonus up to $25,000 depending on shift** to hires who meet the eligibility requirements. We also offer additional pay for participation in our clinical ladder as well as referral bonuses, excellent benefits, and relocation assistance. *
- Job Requirements*Required
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: AR, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Where You'll Work
CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers, we consistently receive praise for care advancements.
With more than 280 licensed beds, CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization serving the health care needs of Hot Springs, Ark., and surrounding communities. CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs and CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock are two of just over 400 Magnet hospitals nationwide and two of just four in Arkansas. As a Magnet institution, CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs achieved Magnet status for the first time on October 14, 2020 and employs the highest standards of quality and ensures that patient care and safety are the top priority.
Studies show that Magnet hospitals have better overall patient outcomes than non-Magnet hospitals.
CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance
*Pay Range*
$32.38 - $43.68 /hour
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Requirements
- RN
Place
- City
- Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Median rent
- $914/mo
- Local household income
- $47,760/yr
- Metro price level
- 14% below the national average
- Address
- Hot Springs, AR, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Hot Springs area index 85.7, where 100 is the national average.
Hot Springs sits in the Ouachita Mountains, built around natural thermal springs that drew visitors for over a century. Hot Springs National Park and historic Bathhouse Row anchor downtown, while nearby Lake Hamilton and Lake Ouachita offer weekend recreation. A small-town pace with a vintage resort-town feel—worth a scouting trip before committing.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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CommonSpirit Health is a large, faith-based nonprofit healthcare system formed in 2019 through the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). Headquartered in Chicago with a significant operational presence in Los Angeles, CA, the system operates 2,200+ care…
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