Graduate Nurse - Operating Room (Neurosurgery Team) - Day

Schedule 

Full Time: 40 Hours/Week

Hours: (4) 10-hour Shifts 7am - 5:30pm

Rotating Call Schedule to cover Weekday, Weekends and Holidays with a 30 Minute Response Time Required

Sign-On Bonus Eligible

 

**Considering Dec 2025 and May 2026 Grads!**

York Hospital Nursing supports the mission and vision through a centralized department of nursing. We strive to be the best in the eyes of our patients, family, staff, and community by providing safe, evidence-based practice leading to exemplary outcomes. Each professional nurse accepts the accountability and responsibility for his/her professional practice by fostering an environment that supports leading change, responding to the healthcare needs of our community and advancing health. 

Nurses at York Hospital are lifelong learners who value continued professional development and education. They are role models in honesty, responsibility, upholding human dignity, ease of human suffering and equality of all patients. Helping others in need and improving the quality of life for all is the act of behaving in a manner defined by the profession. York Hospital nurses are active participants in decisions about patient care and nursing practice, and commit to upholding professional nursing standards at local, state and national levels.

Mentorship is a key component within the WellSpan Nurse Residency Program, an Accredited 12-Month Program for Newly graduated RNs that will assist with the transition from student nurse to registered nurse!  You can find more info by visiting https://www.joinwellspan.org/graduate-nurses/.  

 

Department Summary

WellSpan York Hospital's 18 - Room OR boasts a close-knit team of Registered Nurses (RNs) and Surgical Technologists (STs) who have a special interest in neurosurgery. With over 100 years of combined healthcare experience, the team is adept at performing a variety of complex procedures, including VP shunts, brain and spinal stimulator insertions, emergent craniotomies, craniotomies for tumors, and both open and minimally invasive spinal fusions. The team enjoys a supportive work environment with the benefit of a guaranteed week of summer vacation, and holiday and weekend shifts are "on call" only, ensuring a balanced work-life schedule.

 

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WellSpan's Intraprocedural Skills Execution (WISE) program provides formal learning opportunities to all perioperative Novice Nurse hires at WellSpan. Per AORN a Novice Perioperative RN is “any registered nurse who has not worked in the perioperative environment before, including a new graduate, an experienced nurse from another area of nursing, or a nurse with previous perioperative experience who has not maintained basic competency” (AORN, 2022). The program’s goal is to assist in decreasing the theory-practice gap by providing foundational learning, increasing confidence, knowledge, and competence; while improving professional interdisciplinary communication; and nurse retention rates in the perioperative environment at WellSpan. 

 

General Summary

Provides professional nursing care at the beginner practitioner level in accordance with the principles of patient and family-centered care based on the nursing process and according to the clinical standards of the hospital. Acts as a primary nurse for patients on the unit. Coordinates care planning with other disciplines. May require specialized skills depending on unit assignment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Provides and coordinates direct care in accordance with the principles of patient and family-centered care based on the nursing process and according to the clinical standards of the hospital. Acts as a primary nurse for patients on the unit. Synthesizes patient data to develop outcome-driven plans.
• Safely and independently administers prescribed treatments, medications, and nursing interventions based on assessment and plan of care.
• Appropriately organizes and prioritizes time based on patient condition and expected workload. Identifies changes in patients’ status and acts accordingly. Knows and can activate resources to achieve outcomes for patients.
• Identifies and communicates individualized patient needs for safe handoffs during transitions of care. Collaborates with patient/family in care planning with all disciplines.
• Appropriately and correctly documents the patient response to interventions and progress toward outcomes. Identifies and documents variances. Appropriately utilizes flow sheets, progress notes, and/or electronic medical re