Full-Time

Operating Room Registered Nurse

Operating Room

Posted on 10/3/2025

University Health

University Health

1,001-5,000 employees

Academic health system with teaching hospitals

No salary listed

Kansas City, MO, USA

In Person

Category
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1)
Requirements
  • Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
  • Current state of Missouri license as a Registered Nurse, or eligibility for Missouri RN licensure.
  • Current BCLS card.
  • If the position involves radiologic functions, employee must have received radiology certification or training through their nursing program or complete training validated through a radiology competency checklist.
Responsibilities
  • Caring for Surgical Patients: From acute to chronic conditions, you’ll provide top-notch care tailored to each patient’s unique needs.
  • Assessing & Planning: You’ll use your nursing expertise to assess surgical patients, plan care, and deliver nursing interventions in the fast-paced OR environment.
  • Mentoring & Training: As an OR Clinical Nurse, you’ll mentor new nurses, help them navigate their orientation, and guide them through skills training and testing.
  • Collaboration & Innovation: Work closely with an interdisciplinary team to provide the best patient care and improve our surgical services programs.
  • Research & Education: Contribute to ongoing research, educational initiatives, and program evaluations to keep advancing the care we deliver.
  • Supervising Students: You’ll have the opportunity to share your expertise and supervise nursing students as they learn in the OR.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
  • RN Specialty Certification.
  • A passion for patient care and surgical services.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to foster team collaboration and mentoring.
  • Ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced environment.

University Health is an academic health system with two acute-care hospitals, a large behavioral health program, a long-term care facility, and multiple primary care clinics. It delivers inpatient, emergency, surgical, and outpatient care through a connected network and serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where doctors also train tomorrow’s physicians. Its downtown campus houses a Level One Trauma Center, and the system includes specialty centers like a cancer center, eye center, imaging, and a Family Birthplace. The goal is to provide accessible, high-quality care for the community, educate future healthcare professionals, and improve health outcomes for all patients.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$1M

Headquarters

Kansas City, Missouri

Founded

1962

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What believers are saying

  • $2.3M expansion into Independence office space starts April 2024.
  • $1M McCombs Foundation gift boosts pediatric transplant program.
  • $300M Belvidere Park hospital adds 100 University Health acute beds.

What critics are saying

  • UHS $63M mental health hospital opens 2026, capturing Independence market share.
  • State repurposes Center for Behavioral Medicine, eliminating 50 acute beds.
  • Belvidere Park state control sidelines University Health revenue from short-term care.

What makes University Health unique

  • Largest comprehensive behavioral health program in Kansas City area.
  • Primary teaching hospital for UMKC School of Medicine.
  • Two acute care academic hospitals with specialist physicians.

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intelligence360
Aug 14th, 2023
University Health Kc To Spend $2,301,000.00 To Expand Into New Space In Independence Missouri.

University Health KC to spend $2,301,000.00 to expand into new space in Independence Missouri. University Health KC to spend $2,301,000.00 to expand into new space in Independence Missouri.Independence, Missouri — According to state and local development sources, University Health KC plans to invest $2,301,000.00 to build out new space in Independence. The company plans to occupy the new space at 19000 E Eastland Center Ct in Independence, on or about April 1, 2024. According to the company website University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrows doctors the very latest updates

Ingram's Magazine
Aug 2nd, 2023
The Best hospitals in KC ranked and continue to break records

This would be the 14th consecutive year the University of Kansas Hospital was named the Best Hospital in Kansas City.

The University of Kansas Health System
Aug 1st, 2023
Best in Kansas City for 14 Consecutive Years

The University of Kansas Hospital is also nationally ranked among the country's top 50 hospitals in 8 specialties.

Ingram's Magazine
Jul 5th, 2023
Seven Hospitals in Missouri, Kansas Ranked Among Newsweek’s Top 150

The University of Kansas Hospital announced last week it has acquired $143 Million for the development of a new state-of-the-art cancer center.

The Business Journals
Jun 1st, 2023
McCombs Foundation contributing $1M to University Health

Late San Antonio businessman and philanthropist Red McCombs’ impact on the city has continued after his passing in February as the McCombs Foundation is contributing $1 million to the pediatric transplant program at University Health’s Transplant Institute.

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