OR Resource Nurse - Neuro Surgery

Additional Information About the Role

Location:

St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110

This position will be for the Neuro Surgery team.

Seeking candidates with at least 2 years of Operating Room nursing experience.

• Benefits eligible
• Full‑time; 40 hours per week
• 6:45am start time
• Days; five 8‑hr shifts or four 10‑hr shifts
• Call: optional
• Holiday requirement: minimal

• BSN
• Prior Neuro Surgery RN experience

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top‑ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury‑prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top‑ranked medical schools in the United States.

Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Provides and coordinates direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care. Supports the clinical manager with the delivery of safe patient care and building an effective work unit.

• Circulates and scrubs for assigned specialty and OR procedures.
• Serves as liaison between specialty physicians and hospital. Reviews and maintains physician preference cards from assigned specialty. Maintains proper function of equipment in assigned specialty.
• Serves as a clinical preceptor/mentor for orienteer and existing staff being introduced to the specialty area, providing them with clinical experience that promotes growth and competency. Presents training sessions on new equipment and instrumentation for nursing and technical staff members when the need arises. Provides feedback to the management regarding staff evaluations.
• Manages the inventory of specialty supplies to maintain par levels. Reviews specialty case cart supplies, custom pacts, for accuracy and cost effectiveness. Meets with vendors and serves as a liaison between them, management, and the physicians.

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's Nursing

• No Experience

• No Experience

• RN

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing