Job Description
Registered Nurse, Operating Room - (11024)
Job Type: Temporary Full Time
Organizational Department: Sinai Health -> Mount Sinai Hospital -> Surgery/Oncology, Operating Room
Employee Group: ONA
Location: Mount Sinai Hospital Campus - Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 CA (Primary)
Travel Requirement: Hours (subject to change) - Extended tours and rotating shifts + standby
Salary Scale
This is a temporary full-time assignment up to twelve (12) months.
Are you a Registered Nurse eager to enhance your surgical expertise? Join the Operating Room (OR) team at Mount Sinai Hospital! Our newly renovated facility offers a distinct chance to cultivate specialized technical proficiencies in surgical procedures, instrumentation, and equipment.
Is this you?
You thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where you can directly contribute to patient care during surgical procedures. This environment provides you an opportunity to work closely with renowned surgeons and other members of this intraprofessional and interdisciplinary team to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.
If gaining experience with advanced surgical technologies like the GTX OR, DaVinci Robot, and Velys Robot is a key factor in your career development, Mount Sinai offers an unparalleled opportunity. These technologies are utilized in a variety of specialties, including Gynecology, General Surgery, Urology, ENT, and robotic-assisted knee surgery.
About this team:
More than 16,000 patients undergo surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital every year. We are experts in and globally recognized for our specialized Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Orthopedic Surgery programs. Specialties utilizing the Main Operating Room/Cysto are General Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Otolaryngology, Lasers, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery and Orthopaedics - both Reconstructive and Sarcoma. The Main Operating Room has 3 state-of-the-art Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) suites.
This team has sponsorship opportunities available for nurses interested in obtaining OR certification. A unique staff recognition and appreciation program F.R.O.G. (Forever Recognize Others Greatness) enhances team dynamics, while a Pet Board and Tree of Kindness encourages staff to celebrate each other.
In this role you will:
- Perform scrubbing and circulating duties
- Provide direct nursing care to patients within the OR
- Work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team
- Facilitate the clinical needs of the surgeons and anesthesia in the OR
- Effectively manage a workload within a fast-paced environment
- Anticipate, recognize and address rapidly changing situations
- Document observations, assessments and care provision
- Collect information from a variety of sources using skills of observation, communication and physical assessment to enable the provision of appropriate nursing care
- Maintain clinical competence and knowledge base through continued education and life-long learning
- Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as assigned and/or requested
Job Requirements:
- Current certificate of registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
- Graduate of a CNO-approved bachelor’s degree in nursing program, or equivalent combined education and experience
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
- Successful completion of a post graduate Perioperative Nursing Certificate program or commitment to complete certificate within 3 years from hire date
Preferred:
- 3 years’ experience in a Perioperative setting
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
Skills and Knowledge:
- Commitment to professional practice and personal development
- Commitment to shared leadership and team-based decision making
- Demonstrated excellent critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills
- Superior interpersonal and communication skills
- Commitment to patient and family-centered care
- Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance history
If this sounds like you and you’re ready to build your career within surgical nursing, apply via the button below and let us know why you’d be a great addition to our team.
Open Date: 7/2/2024
Posting Deadline: 8/2/2024
All applications must be submitted by no later than 4:00pm of the posting deadline date.
Employment at Sinai Health is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and demonstrating proof of immunity and vaccination status of vaccine-preventable diseases. All employees and affiliates will follow safe work practices and comply with health and safety policies, procedures, and training.
Sinai Health is a scent-sensitive environment; please refrain from wearing or using scented products while visiting or working at any Sinai Health site.
Sinai Health is a leading academic health science center with a provincial, national, and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care. Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community, and home. Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educate future clinical and scientific leaders.
Sinai Health is fully committed to a culture of belonging and an inclusive environment that attracts and retains a diverse workforce, at all levels of the organization, that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and those from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know through the Accommodation Phone Line at 416-586-4800 ext. 7050, or email TalentAcquisitionAccommodation.msh@sinaihealth.ca.