RN Operating Room

Location Address:

4050 Coon Rapids Blvd NW Coon Rapids, MN 55433-2522

Date Posted:

August 13, 2026

Posting Expiration Date:

August 21, 2026

Department:

38015810 Mercy Operating Room

Shift:

Permanent Evenings (United States of America)

Shift Length:

8 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

20

Union Contract:

MNA-05-Mercy RN-RMC

Weekend Rotation:

Occasional

Job Summary:

Step into a fast‑paced surgical services team with 18 operating rooms and an exciting mix of specialties, including Cardiac, Vascular, Urology, Gynecology, General, Colon/Rectal, Plastics, Neuro, Spine, and Robotics. We average 50 cases a day, offering constant exposure to diverse, high‑acuity procedures. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow across all services, supported by a collaborative team committed to excellence.

Key Position Details:

• 0.5 FTE (40 hours per two-week pay period)
• 8-hour evening shifts
• Per department rotation for weekends

Job Description:

Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.
Provides leadership in the surgical environment applying the nursing process to ensure safe and efficient operating room care.

Principle Responsibilities

• Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care; supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
• Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
• Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
• Establishes, in the collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
• Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
• Fulfills all organizational requirements.
• Supplemental roles:
  • Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
  • Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's or Vocational degree
• RN experience
• Completion or in process of completing an approved Periop 101 program

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• OR experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire / WI Department of Safety & Professional Services required if working in the state of WI upon hire
• Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below:
  ◦ Current ACLS certification from the American Heart Association
  ◦ Current ALS certification from the American Red Cross
  ◦ Allina in-house ACLS training (within 60 days)
• Location Specific: St. Francis, Abbott Northwestern, Mercy, Buffalo Hospitals
  • Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below:
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross
  ◦ Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
• CNOR Certified Nurse Operating Room preferred

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently

Pay Range

Pay Range: $44.64 to $74.33 per hour

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