Operating Room RN
Oak Lawn, IL
PRIDE Health
4x10 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: Surgical Room Nurse (Nursing Administration)

Position Details

• Employment Type: Contractor
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 10-hour day shifts, 40 hours per week
• Schedule:

  • Weekend rotation every 4th weekend (Saturday-Sunday)
  • Multiple shift options including 6 AM–3:15 PM, 2:45 PM–7:15 PM, 10:45 PM–7:15 AM
  • OR operates 24/7, with full staffing M-F 7:30 AM–11:00 PM and skeleton crew after hours and on weekends
  • Holiday coverage required
  • On-call duties with 30-minute response time; sleeping room available for on-call staff
  • No self-scheduling; assignments based on rotation
  • 6-week schedule provided 2-4 weeks in advance

Unit and Patient Information

• Unit Beds: 28 (including 2 hybrid rooms for cardiovascular/vascular cases)
• Patient Volume: Approximately 60-75 cases per day
• 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 and CABG
  • Hybrid room cases (5-10 per day): TAVR, AAA, endarterectomies, angiograms, fistula revisions (adults only)
  • Pediatric cases (~20%): open hearts, appendectomy, cholecystectomy
  • No liver or lung transplants
  • Participation in organ donation cases

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Experience:

  • 2-3 years of acute care experience required
  • For Hybrid IR Tech role, 3 years of hybrid experience required
• Travel Experience: First-time travelers accepted (no prior travel experience required)
• Licenses and Certifications:

  • OR/CVOR RN: BLS required
  • Surgical Tech/CVOR Surgical Tech: BLS, CST required
  • Hybrid IR Tech: BLS, ARRT required
  • Surgical Assistant: BLS, CSA required

Skills and Competencies

• OR RN: Ability to scrub and circulate; critical care experience preferred; trauma experience at Level 1-2; EPIC EMR 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

Orientation and Support

• Orientation:

  • Day 1: Meet educators and nurse manager, gain system access, complete online modules and EPIC training
  • Days 2-3: Unit-specific orientation
• Support Team:

  • Charge nurse (no patient assignment weekdays, assists evenings/weekends)
  • Bedside monitoring by anesthesiologist
  • Resource nurse, educators, service line representatives, EPIC super-user, and nurse manager

Technology and Equipment

• EMR: EPIC
• IV Pumps: Alaris
• Medication Dispensing: Pyxis

Additional Information

• No floating assignments
• Scrub color provided
• Free parking available