Registered Nurse - CVOR

Job Description Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is hiring for an Operating Room Nurse in the CVOR. This role will give you the opportunity to scrub and circulate for various leading cardiac procedures including vascular, thoracic, open heart and heart transplants. This is a challenging position that will allow you expand your skills as an operating room nurse and learn more about forward thinking procedures and use of robotics. As a Magnet Designated Academic Medical center, this team is leading the way in heart care and cardiac procedures. This position is full time days and takes call. The call response time is 30 minutes. This is a patient centered diverse team that is focused on innovation and exceptional care. They are drivers of continuous improvement and always looking for ways to improve their skills and improve the patient experience. This team has completed 850 heart transplants, has a strong history of heart experts and works with cutting edge procedures and technologies daily. We are looking for a team oriented registered nurse who has a strong attention to detail, is patient centered, flexible and willing to go above and beyond for their peers, patients, and patients’ loved ones. To be successful in this role, you must be able to stay positive in a fast-paced, unpredictable, changing environment and the drive to do what is best for the patient at that time within your scope of practice. You will need to be confident in your skills and speak up for your patient. Strong patient advocacy is required for this position. Functions independently and accountable for utilizing the nursing process. Coordinates the care for a group of patients with the Multidisciplinary Team. Delegates tasks appropriately. Identifies hospital resources. Serves as a clinical resource for new employees. Demonstrates positive formal or informal leadership within unit or department. Job Requirements Applicable Experience: Less than 1 year Basic Life Support RQI - Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI), Registered Nurse (MO) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS) Associate Degree Job Details Full Time Day (United States of America) The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter. Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer. Saint Luke’s Health System includes 18 hospitals and campuses across the Kansas City region, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, dozens of physician practices, a life care senior living community, and more. Find out more about what Saint Luke’s offers: http://www.saintlukeskc.org/about-saint-lukes Are you interested in staying up to date on openings at Saint Luke’s Health System? Simply sign up for job alerts at https://careers.saintlukeskc.org/job-alerts When we have opportunities that meet your interests, you will receive an email with the job details. Saint Luke’s Health System values our employees and we encourage them to apply to any internal openings. If you are a current Saint Luke's Health System employee, please apply through your Workday account by typing "Find Jobs" in the top left corner search bar. You can also follow the link below to the current internal career site to apply. http://www.myworkday.com/saintlukes/d/task/1422$1011.htmld