Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room/Surgery- Peri-Operative Program

Company: Ascension (System Office)
Location: Southfield
Posted on: September 9, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring

RN-Operating Room - Surgery 001 - Full-Time, Rotating - Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield Campus - Southfield, MI.

This Position would start in alignment with the Peri-Op Training Program which is set to beginning early Fall 2020.

If you have ever desired to be an OR Nurse, this is the opportunity for you!

The perioperative internship program is an intense 6-9 month orientation in which nurses are trained to work in the operating room following American Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) guidelines. The first month consists of didactic classroom learning and testing. Upon completion of the AORN exam, the interns are then placed in the clinical setting. Requirements: 1 year RN experience preferred and a BLS. Upon acceptance into the program, interns will be required to commit to 2 -- years of full-time employment within St. John Providence.

What We Offer You

* Competitive compensation
* Professional development
* Wellbeing programs and holistic growth opportunities
* Work-life balance through generous paid time off
* Tuition reimbursement
* Adoption assistance
* Medical, dental, vision and retirement match

Rotating shifts as needed. Weekends, on call.

Why Join Ascension?

In Michigan, Ascension operates 16 hospitals and hundreds of related healthcare facilities that together employ over 20,000 associates. Across the state, Ascension Michigan is working together to help bring patients more resources and better care. Ascension Michigan is also committed to its community; it provided over $272 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in FY2018. Ascension Michigan is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities.

Ascension is 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, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2019, Ascension provided $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.

Ascension includes more than 150,000 associates and 40,000 aligned providers. The national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care - including 150 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities - in 20 states and the District of Columbia, while providing a variety of services including clinical and network services, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, risk management, and contracting through Ascension's own group purchasing organization.

What You Will Do

As an associate with Ascension Michigan, 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):
* Registered Nurse credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
* One or more of the following:
* Advanced Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 12 Months (1 year) of hire date or job transfer date. Any issuing authority accepted.
* BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. American Red Cross (ARC) CPR for Professional Rescuers card will be accepted upon hire but renewal must be a BLS Provider card from AHA.





Education:

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



Work Experience:

* 6 month Perioperative Internship preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ascension Michigan is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The information requested on this application will not be used for any purpose prohibited by law. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete this application, please let us know.

For further information regarding your EEO rights, click on the following link to the "EEO is the Law" poster:

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

M/F/Disabled/Vet

EEO is the Law Poster Supplement

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

Reasonable Accommodation

Ascension Michigan provides reasonable accommodation so that qualified applicants with a disability may participate in the selection process. Please advise us of any accommodations you request in order to express interest in a position by e-mailing: reasonableaccommodations@stjohn.org. Please state your request for assistance in your message. Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a specific position within Ascension Michigan will be reviewed at the e-mail address supplied.

Thank you for considering a career with Ascension Michigan.

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

This employer participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click the E-Verify links below for more information.

eVerify

Right to Work

Keywords: Ascension (System Office), Southfield , Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room/Surgery- Peri-Operative Program, Healthcare , Southfield, Michigan