Registered Nurse Operating Room Circulator Float Pool

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Love the OR? Crave variety? Thrive on adventure? Join Intermountain Health as a Float Pool RN Circulator and bring your surgical expertise to multiple facilities across the Salt Lake Metro area. This is your chance to scrub into a dynamic role that offers flexibility, professional growth, and a front-row seat to Utah’s most stunning landscapes.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Circulate in a wide range of surgical specialties including ortho, neuro, general, and cardiovascular.

• Float between Intermountain facilities in the Salt Lake Metro area, bringing your skills where they’re needed most.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, efficient, and compassionate care.

• Maintain sterile technique and uphold the highest standards of infection control.

• Be the calm, confident presence in the OR—because you’ve got this.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive pay with shift differentials and float incentives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Generous PTO and 401(k) with employer match.

• Tuition reimbursement and up to $5,250 in annual education assistance.

• Access to Intermountain’s “Be Well” wellness program and Employee Assistance Program.

• A supportive, team-oriented culture that values your voice and your growth.

Live, Work, and Play in the Salt Lake Metro:

Local Attractions:

• Explore Temple Square, Red Butte Garden, and the Natural History Museum of Utah.

• Catch a show at Eccles Theater or cheer on the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center.

• Shop and dine in the vibrant Sugar House and 9th & 9th neighborhoods.

Outdoor Entertainment Galore:

• Hike Big Cottonwood Canyon, bike the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, or paddleboard at Jordanelle Reservoir.

• Ski or snowboard at Snowbird, Alta, or Park City—all within an hour’s drive.

• Enjoy summer concerts at Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre or stargaze from Antelope Island.

• With 300+ days of sunshine a year, your off-shift adventures are practically guaranteed.

Essential Functions:

• Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

• Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).

• Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

• Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.

• Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.
  Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills:

• Patient Care Delivery

• Nursing Fundamentals

• Interdisciplinary Teams