Registered Nurse - Surgical Specialty

Location: 700 NE 13th, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Pay Range: $60 - $65 per hour
Schedule: 36 hours per week, 12-hour shifts, 3 days per week
Start Date: 10/06/2025

Under general supervision, the Registered Nurse provides comprehensive nursing care to patients with a wide range of health issues, from simple to complex, primarily in a medical-surgical (med/surg) unit. This role requires the ability to manage post-operative care, including step-down patients, and involves working closely with patients, families, and the healthcare team to ensure optimal outcomes.

• Manage an assigned group of patients, providing safe and competent nursing care.

• Document patient responses to interventions, medical treatments, and physician orders accurately and promptly.

• Assist physicians with patient examinations and minor diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

• Monitor and assess patient physiological data and intervene as needed.

• Administer prescribed medications, intravenous infusions, and blood products.

• Communicate care plans with patients and families, including discharge instructions.

• Make appropriate referrals regarding patient care needs.

• Delegate tasks to support staff while ensuring quality care.

• Med/Surg Experience: Must have acute care surgical floor experience; OR candidates will not be accepted.

• Step-Down Experience: Required for care of patients with new drains, wounds, tracheostomies, ostomies, nasogastric tubes (NGT), or double-lumen hemodialysis catheters (DHT).

• 4E Unit: Focus on post-operative care for surgical patients with ratios of 5-6 patients per nurse.

• 4W Unit: Surgical transplant area caring for new and returning transplant patients requiring close monitoring for rejection, infection, and other complications, with ratios of 3-4 patients per nurse.

Preferred experience in ENT and/or transplant care is a plus.

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited program.

• Current RN license issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing or a multistate compact RN license (eNLC).

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience, preferably in acute care surgical settings.

• Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, and procedures.

• Strong organizational, planning, and coordination skills.

• Effective communication skills and cultural sensitivity.

• Basic computer proficiency.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or higher from a board-approved program