Operating Room RN
Oak Lawn, IL
PRIDE Health
5x8 hrs, Evenings
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Surgical Room Nurse

Position Details

• Employment Type: Contractor
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 8-hour evening shift (typically 1445-1915)
• Hours per Week: 40
• Schedule:

  • Weekend rotation every 4th weekend (Saturday-Sunday)
  • Various shift options including 12-hour and 8-hour shifts
  • Schedule is rotation-based; no self-scheduling
  • Operating Room (OR) open 24/7, 365 days/year
  • OR hours: Monday-Friday 0730-2300; after 2300 skeleton crew for trauma/urgent cases
  • Weekend hours: Saturday-Sunday 0700-1700; after 1700 skeleton crew for trauma/urgent cases
  • Holiday coverage required
  • On-call duties may be required with a 30-minute response time; sleeping room available for on-call staff

Unit and Patient Information

• Unit Beds: 28 (including 2 hybrid rooms for cardiovascular/vascular cases)
• Average Cases per Day: Approximately 60-75
• Patient Types: Outpatient, inpatient, trauma
• Common Diagnoses and Procedures:

  • Gunshot wounds, stabbings, kidney and heart transplants, donor cases
  • General surgery, gynecology, urology, robotics, vascular, orthopedic, neurology
  • Open heart surgeries including CABG (coronary artery bypass graft)
  • Hybrid room cases (5-10 per day): TAVR, AAA repairs, endarterectomies, angiograms, fistula revisions (adults only)
  • Pediatric cases (~20%): open hearts, appendectomy, cholecystectomy
  • No liver or lung transplants
  • Participation in organ donation cases ("Gifts of Hope")

Required Experience

• Minimum 3 years of acute care experience (or 3 years hybrid experience if applying as IR Hybrid Tech)
• First-time travelers are accepted (prior travel experience not required)

Required Licenses and Certifications (Based on Role)

• OR/CVOR Registered Nurse: BLS certification required
• Surgical Technician: BLS and CST certifications required
• Hybrid IR Technician: BLS and ARRT certifications required
• Surgical Assistant: BLS and CSA certifications required

Skills and Competencies

• OR RN: Ability to scrub and circulate; critical care experience preferred; trauma experience at Level 1-2; EPIC electronic medical record experience required
• CVOR RN: Ability to scrub and circulate adult or pediatric open-heart cases; critical care and Level 1 trauma experience; EPIC experience required
• CST: Ability to scrub the specified cases
• CVOR Tech: Ability to scrub adult or pediatric open-heart cases
• Hybrid IR Tech: Experience with hybrid patient types and Siemens equipment required

Support and Resources

• Charge nurse available (no patient assignment Monday-Friday; assists on weekends and evenings)
• Bedside monitoring by anesthesiologist
• Resource nurse support
• Surgeons with preference cards
• Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM)
• Educators and service line representatives
• EPIC super-user support

Technology and Equipment

• Electronic Medical Record: EPIC
• IV Pumps: Alaris
• Medication Dispensing: Pyxis

Orientation

• Day 1: Meet educators and ANM, gain login access, complete online modules and EPIC training
• Days 2-3: Unit orientation

Additional Information

• No floating to other units
• Scrub color provided
• Free parking available