RN Registered Nurse; Weekend - Operating Room

Overview

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus - eligible to those that qualify

Penn State Health
- Hershey Medical Center

Location: US:

PA:
Hershey,
Work Type: Full Time,
FTE: 0.90,
Shift: Night,
Night Shift Differential: $5.00/hour,
Hours: 7:00p - 7:00a Weekend RN

Recruiter Contact: Corey Cunningham

The Staff Nurse, RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for a designated group of surgical patients. Responsibilities include establishing care priorities, developing and executing perioperative nursing plans, providing patient and family education, supporting discharge planning, documenting care and patient progress, and collaborating closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe, high-quality surgical outcomes.

Through both circulating and scrub experiences, nurses play an integral role in procedural efficiency, sterile technique, and intraoperative patient advocacy.

Our progressive and innovative surgical team fosters an environment that is challenging, dynamic and state-of-the-art. Our operating room suites consist of 34 operating rooms and four procedure rooms. You will have the opportunity to work in a variety of cases. The operating room completes over 20,000 procedures annually. Because we are part of an academic medical center, as well as a Level I Trauma Center, you ll be exposed to a wide variety of patients and experiences.

Some of the OR services we provide on a daily basis include general, vascular, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic, orthopaedic, ENT, transplantation, gynecology, urology, plastic and reconstructive, and pediatric surgery.

Service lines include: General surgery, Vascular surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Transplantation, Thoracic, Ophthalmology, Gynecology, Urology, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Pediatric surgery.

• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse by state of employment or holds a multistate RN license through the Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact.
• AHA BLS prior to end of orientation period

Please note - Penn State Hershey requires all registered nurses hired after July 1st, 2015 to enroll in a baccalaureate in nursing degree program within one year of their hire date and complete the degree within 4 years of their hire date. (This does not apply if your hire date was prior to June 30th, 2015).

• Prior Operating Room experience or be enrolled in (or have successfully completed) the Hershey Medical Center Perioperative Course Program
• At least 1 year Operating Room experience preferred

Why Penn State Health? Penn State Health offers exceptional opportunities to learn and grow, exposure to a wide patient population, and the ability to provide individualized, innovative, and specialized care to patients in the community.

Benefits include medical, dental and vision with no waiting period as well as a Total Rewards Program that highlights multiple offerings such as Be Well, Be Balanced, Be Secured, Be Rewarded, and Be Supported.

Why Penn State Health Milton Hershey Medical Center? Penn State Hershey Medical Center is Central Pennsylvania s only Academic Medical Center, Level 1 Regional Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center, and Tertiary Care Provider. It is a Magnet-designated hospital that values professional development, specialty certification, continuing education, and career growth.

Note This job posting outlines duties and is not all-inclusive. Eligibility for shift differential pay is per company policy or union contract. A background check will be conducted for selected applicants.

Union: SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania