Staff Nurse II OR - $10,000 Sign-On Bonus

Schedule

Operating Room at Main Campus Children’s of Alabama. Work schedule will be 7on/7off on the Evening Shift, Monday‑Sunday, 3pm‑11pm.

Summary

The Operating Room Nurse II is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the nursing care of surgical patients and their families when appropriate, that come to the Operating Room for a Surgical Procedure.

Responsibilities

• Proficient in circulating and setting up all trauma/emergent cases in Ortho, General, ENT, Plastics, GU, and Eyes.
• Proficient in setting up, troubleshooting, and operating all equipment including Stryker, Storz, and Olympus towers; air and electric Ortho equipment; air and electric General equipment; Sternal Saw; Derma Tome; sterilizers (Steris and DSD unit for flex scopes), etc.
• Proficient in setting up and performing assist to Surgeon for ECMO cannulation and decannulation in NICU.
• Proficient in performing all types of Shunt procedures (includes Endoscopic and Third Ventricular shunts) and minor burr holes in Neuro surgery; maintaining the function and sterilization of equipment.
• Proficient in performing all types of Laparoscopic procedures and the function of Lap Equipment; monitoring and documentation of biologicals.
• Defrosting the medication refrigerator and monitoring refrigerator temperatures.
• Proficient in entering blood bank orders, ordering cultures from lab, entering patient charges, etc.
• Proficient in functionality and order of a disaster, fire, code, etc.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.

Experience

• 2 years or more of recent operating room nursing experience post orientation.

Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries

• Current BLS Certification.
• Current Alabama Registered Nurse License required.

Essential Credentials / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse AL Single State or equivalent qualifications (AL NLC Multi State, Non‑AL NLC Multi State, Basic Life Support).
• Associate of Science Nursing.

About the Center

Children’s of Alabama is a Level 1 Trauma center providing a full-service operating room with surgical procedures in Orthopedics, Otolaryngology (ENT), Urology, Neurosurgery, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Dental, Gynecology, Pulmonary, and Transplant Surgery (liver and kidney).