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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Evening Shift

Description:

**Job Title:** Registered Nurse - Operating Room

**Employment Type:** Full time / 40 hours weekly

Shift:** **Evening Shift

**Location:** Germantown, MD

Position Highlights:

+ **Competitive pay; Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus to qualified applicants**

+ **Benefits –** Medical, Dental & Vision, PTO, Free Parking, Metro Access, Tuition Reimbursement, 403(b)

+ **Quality of Life:** Flexible work schedules

+ **Advancement:** Opportunities to advance through the Clinical Advancement Program

Description** **:

+ Using the Quality Caring Model, the Operating Room Nurse (OR RN) demonstrates expertise in performance and application of the nursing process to plan and manage the care of patients in the operating room setting to patients undergoing surgical or other invasive procedures.

+ An innovator in minimally invasive surgery, Holy Cross Hospital was first in Montgomery County to offer robotic surgery with the _da Vinci_ ® surgical system.

Responsibilities** **:

+ The OR Nurse plans and delivers patient care

+ Collaborates with the surgical team to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients

+ Perform pre-operative assessments, including reviewing patient histories and conducting physical examinations

+ Perform scrub functions including selection and handling of instruments and supplies during procedures

+ Perform circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communication of patient condition

+ Monitor patients' vital signs and ensure their safety and comfort throughout the surgical process

+ Assist with specimen collection, processing, and documentation

+ Educate patients and family

+ Plan continuum of care

What you will need

Required:

+ Graduation from an accredited nursing program; basic professional nursing degree (with requirement to obtain a BSN/MSN within a specific time frame)

+ Current licensure by the Maryland State Board of Nursing or Compact State as a Registered Nurse.

+ BLS certification (American Heart Association)

+ At least 1 year of nursing experience in a surgical setting (scrubbing and circulating)

Preferred:

+ BSN or MSN preferred

Pay Range: $35.41 – $54.19

Pay is based on experience, skills and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location.

About us:

Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services.

_Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer._

_Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to Minority/Females/disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) status._

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran