Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN)

Distro
Indianapolis, IN
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced nurses with a strong background in operating room settings working in ambulatory surgery centers.

Best fit for

  • Experienced operating room nurses with a compassionate approach to patient care
    — “Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients”
  • Candidates who thrive in structured clinical environments with clear protocols
    — “Maintain a clean and safe work environment by handling and clearing instruments, equipment, and supplies in accordance with infection-control policies and protocols”
  • Nurses with strong communication and coordination skills for multidisciplinary teams
    — “Coordinate care delivery and employ interventions to improve patient outcomes while maintaining a safe, respectful, and ethical practice environment”

Things to consider

  • No weekend or holiday work, which may not align with candidates expecting flexible hours
    — “Schedule: No weekends / No holidays”
  • The role requires a balance between clinical tasks and patient-centered support
    — “Collaborate with patients, families (and/or primary caregivers), and multidisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in ambulatory surgery settings and patient-centered care on your resume
    — “Setting: Ambulatory Surgery Center”
  • Demonstrate adaptability to different clinical settings in your interview responses
    — “Ability to adapt to multiple clinical settings”
  • Emphasize your ability to manage conflict and complaints professionally
    — “Manage conflict and handle complaints tactfully”
  • Showcase your experience with electronic health records and HIPAA compliance
    — “Proficiency with electronic health records for planning, evaluating, and implementing patient care”
  • Demonstrate your ability to prioritize and delegate tasks effectively in a clinical environment
    — “Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • providing compassionate patient care
  • maintaining a clean and safe work environment
Typical background
registered nurse with operating room experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Operating Room ExperienceNursingPatient CareMultidisciplinary Team CollaborationElectronic Health Records

Preferred

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

Stack & domain

NursingElectronic Health RecordsHipaa GuidelinesEmotional SupportCommunicationTime ManagementBLSACLSHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from Distro via Lever

Franciscan Surgery Center — Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN)

  • Schedule: No weekends / No holidays
  • Setting: Ambulatory Surgery Center
  • Must have: Operating Room (OR) experience
  • What you will do:
  • Practice nursing according to organizational nursing philosophies and standards of care set by the state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing regulations.
  • Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, friends, and coworkers.
  • Collaborate with patients, families (and/or primary caregivers), and multidisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes and an improved patient experience.
  • Assess, collect, and analyze comprehensive objective, subjective, psychosocial, and cultural data relevant to patient condition.
  • Prioritize and implement the identified plan of care; coordinate care delivery and employ interventions to improve patient outcomes while maintaining a safe, respectful, and ethical practice environment.
  • Communicate timely changes in patient assessment and ongoing reassessment to providers when changes warrant consideration or adjustment to the plan of care; maintain and coordinate communication with all multidisciplinary team members to facilitate safe transitions and continuity of care.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work environment by handling and clearing instruments, equipment, and supplies in accordance with infection-control policies and protocols.
  • May maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock and outdated items to determine inventory levels, anticipating needed supplies, and placing orders for required inventory.
  • What it takes to succeed:
  • Active listening skills
  • Ability to adapt to multiple clinical settings
  • Maintain composure in difficult situations
  • Manage conflict and handle complaints tactfully
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks
  • Time management skills
  • Proficiency with electronic health records for planning, evaluating, and implementing patient care
  • Knowledge of HIPAA guidelines
  • Qualifications:
  • Required: Associate's Degree
  • Preferred: Bachelor's Degree
  • Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) — American Heart Association
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) — American Heart Association (required if specified by the unit; otherwise preferred)
  • Previous Operating Room experience

Franciscan Surgery Center

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Source: Distro careers (Lever)

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