Operating Room Nurse I

Nursing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Position at West Penn Hospital

Date: 01/06/2016

Job Number: DORRNI6
Location: West Penn Hospital
Department: OR
Status: Full-time
Shift: Currently hiring for the following shift options:
Full time 6:45p- 3:15p, 11a-7p- May include occasional weekends if needed.
Full time 9a-9p
Full time 9a-7p
Full time Friday through Sunday 7a-7p, possible 9a-9p on Friday and 7a-7p Sat and Sun.

Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network focused on preserving health care choice and providing affordable, high-quality care to the people in our communities. With more than 14,000 employees including 7,400 health care professionals, nearly 200 primary care and specialty care practices, Allegheny Health Network includes seven hospitals in Pennsylvania with nearly 2,400 licensed beds.
Allegheny Health Network’s clinical expertise ranges from primary care to the most complex surgical procedures. Services include cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular care, neurological and neurosurgical services, organ transplantation, orthopedic and rehabilitation services, and women’s health.


Job Summary: Delivers professional nursing care in the perioperative settings to patients undergoing operative or other invasive procedures.
Job Responsibilities:
  • Utilizes the nursing process in providing care during perioperative phase and coordinates the plan of care for the age appropriate population.
  • Coordinates and performs circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of patient in the perioperative setting.
  • Demonstrates competent technical skills to implement the intraoperative plan of care.
  • Contributes to Division, Hospital, and Department goals.
  • Demonstrates effective leadership skills.
  • Performs other duties as assigned or required.
  • Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment. Incumbent has the ability to identify patient care needs and begin to prioritize patient care needs.
Required Experience
  • Current PA RN license, or eligible for PA RN license.
  • performed externship/internship or preceptorship in the OR
  •  1 year RN experience required.