Cardiac Operating Room Nurse

Join the Region's Leader in Advanced Cardiac Surgery

Tufts Medical Center's Cardiovascular Operating Room team delivers care to Boston's most complex cardiac cases, performing procedures that set the regional standard for innovation and excellence. Since 2000, our program has completed more adult heart transplants than any other hospital in New England—657 and counting—including a record-breaking 70 adult heart transplants in 2024. CVOR nurses here play an essential role in procedures ranging from heart transplants to complex valve and aortic repairs, working in a fast‑paced, high‑acuity environment where precision and teamwork drive every success.

In the Tufts MC cardiac surgical program, teamwork isn’t just a concept—it’s a culture. Nurses collaborate daily with world‑class surgeons, perfusionists, and anesthesiologists to ensure seamless, safe, and equitable care for every patient. You’ll join a department that welcomes new ideas, values open communication, and supports continuous professional growth through robust training, mentorship, and certification opportunities. If you’re an experienced OR nurse ready to take your cardiovascular expertise to the next level, this is where your skills make a lasting impact.

This role focuses on providing professional and non‑professional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Clinical Nurse duties: assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients; provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient’s plan of care as directed;

provides professional nursing care to patients; requires a nursing license. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower‑level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. A senior‑level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

Typically responsible for: managing projects/processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the work of lower‑level professionals, resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems.

The professional registered nurse possesses and applies the skills and knowledge necessary for the delivery and management of patient care from admission through discharge. The professional registered nurse is knowledgeable of current trends in healthcare including but not limited to advances in technology, pharmacology, treatment care modalities, quality and patient safety. The professional registered nurse serves as a patient and family advocate while facilitating a cooperative and collaborative environment among all health care providers.

The professional registered nurse is responsible for the planning, delivery and management of patient/family‑centered care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice embedded in research, evidence‑based practice and/or best practices. The professional registered nurse at Tufts Medical Center provides clinical excellence, which fosters and supports an environment central to our patient‑and‑family‑centered model of care.

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Certifications (i.e., ACLS, PALS) relevant to the department and type of care being provided may be required.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Specialty Nursing certifications.