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Registered Nurse (RN), Operating Room
Location: Abrazo West, Level 1 Trauma Center
Are you looking to take your perioperative nursing career to the next level? Join our dynamic team of skilled professionals in a Level 1 Trauma Center where you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact every single day. As a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room, you'll be working in a high-acuity, fast-paced environment across 11 state-of-the-art operating rooms. Our facility features cutting-edge technology, including a hybrid vascular room, two DaVinci robotic systems, and two Neuro/Spine Navigation platforms to support a wide range of surgical specialties.
We perform approximately 500-600 complex cases per month, including Total Joints, Ortho Trauma, Urology, Neuro/Spine, and Vascular procedures. This diverse caseload offers the chance to continually grow your skills while working alongside expert surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical teams.
When you join Abrazo Health, you're not just stepping into a new role-you're becoming part of a mission-driven organization that values collaboration, compassion, and clinical excellence. We are proud to foster a supportive, empowering work culture where nurses thrive both personally and professionally. You'll be part of a tight-knit team that's passionate about patient care and dedicated to creating a healthier future-one patient at a time.
Job Summary:
The Operating Room RN is responsible for delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care throughout the perioperative period. This includes pre-op assessment, intraoperative assistance, and post-op evaluation, always keeping the patient and their family at the center of all decisions.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Perform continuous assessment and develop individualized perioperative care plans.
- Prevent surgical errors by adhering to safety protocols, including site verification and accurate surgical counts.
- Administer medications and manage specimens in accordance with policies.
- Maintain critical system functions (cardiac, respiratory, neurological) and ensure patient safety during procedures.
- Promote patient education, engagement, and emotional support before and after surgery.
- Ensure patient dignity, privacy, and culturally competent care.
- Accurately document all care activities and communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary team.
- Participate in ongoing performance improvement initiatives.
- Uphold organizational values and serve as a patient advocate.
Who We Are
We are a community built on care. Our caregivers and supporting staff extend compassion to those in need, helping to improve the health and well-being of those we serve, and provide comfort and healing. Your community is our community.
Our Story
We started out as a small operation in California. In May 1969, we acquired four hospitals, some additional care facilities and real estate for the future development of hospitals. Over the years, we've grown tremendously in size, scope and capability, building a home in new markets over time, and curating those homes to provide a compassionate environment for those entrusting us with their care.
We have a rich history at Tenet. There are so many stories of compassionate care; so many "firsts" in terms of medical innovation; so many examples of enhancing healthcare delivery and shaping a business that is truly centered around patients and community need. Tenet and our predecessors have enabled us to touch many different elements of healthcare and make a difference in the lives of others.
Our Impact Today
Today, we are leading health system and services platform that continues to evolve in lockstep with community need. Tenet's operations include three businesses - our hospitals and physicians, USPI and Conifer Health Solutions.
Our impact spreads far and deep with 65 hospitals and approximately 510 outpatient centers and additional sites of care. We are differentiated by our top notch medical specialists and service lines that are tailored within each community we serve. The work Conifer is doing will help provide the foundation for better health for clients across the country, through the delivery of healthcare-focused revenue cycle management and value-based care solutions.
Together as an enterprise, we work to save lives and can accept nothing less than excellence from ourselves in service of our patients and their families, every day.
Careers at Tenet
At Tenet Healthcare, the heart of what we do centers on caring with compassion, which ultimately creates a bond between our caregivers and patients. Everyone contributes to these moments, whether providing care directly or supporting those who do.
As an organization, we provide employees with resources, tools and support to serve our patients and customers in the best way possible. We also take care of one another, helping team members further develop their career pathways and maximize their potential.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Current RN license in the state of practice
- BLS and ACLS certifications
- Minimum 2 years of OR experience in acute care
- Basic computer proficiency
Preferred:
- CNOR certification
- Experience in trauma, neuro, spine, ortho, or vascular procedures
- PALS certification (if applicable)
Let your nursing career find its purpose at Abrazo Health-where passion meets performance.
