Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room Kokomo Indiana

Company: Ascension (System Office)
Location: Kokomo
Posted on: October 10, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring

Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room - Surgery 001 - Full-Time, Rotating - St. Vincent Kokomo Hospital - Kokomo, IN

Schedule Details: 11A - 7:30P M-F is the biggest need but flexibility is a must.

Preferences: OR Experience highly preferred

Unit Details:

* Case Info: Davinci, General, GYN, Urology, Plastics, Ortho, Endo, Breasts, Podiatry, Vascular. No Open Heart.
* Call Shifts: 2 Weekday Nights a month (10P - 7A), 1 Weekend a month (Sat, Sun 24 hours). 30 minute response time.

Why Join Ascension?

In Indiana, St. Vincent operates 24 hospitals in addition to a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, and clinics. St. Vincent's more than 15,000 associates and 3,000 providers offer expertise in a wide range of services including acute/long-term acute care, bariatrics, cancer care, cardiovascular services, emergency/trauma services, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatric services, primary care, urgent/immediate care, women's health and more. St. Vincent has been serving central and southern Indiana for 145 years.

St. Vincent is part of Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.

What You Will Do

As a Registered Nurse (RN) with St. Vincent Health-IN, you will have the opportunity to deliver professional nursing care in the operative setting to patients undergoing surgical or other invasive procedures.

Responsibilities:

* Performs scrub functions including the selection and handling of instruments and supplies used during procedure.
* Performs circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of patient before, during and after procedure.
* Directly assists operating physician with surgical tasks including hemostasis, suturing and wound exposure as well as patient positioning.
* Prepares operating rooms and surgical instruments and equipment for use.

What You Will Need

Licenses/Certifications/Registration:

* Required Credential(s):
* One or more of the following:
* Advanced Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
* BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
* Registered Nurse credentialed from the Indiana Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
* Registered Nurse credentialed from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.





Education:

* Diploma
* Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required



Work Experience:

* None required.
* OR experience strongly preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity

St.Vincent is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. Please click the link below for more information.

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

EEO is the Law Poster Supplement

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/ofccp_eeo_supplement_final_jrf_qa_508c.pdf

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

E-Verify Statement

St. Vincent, a member of Ascension Health, participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click the E-Verify link below for more information.

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