Registered Nurse (RN), Days, Operating Rooms
Company: Howard University Hospital
Location: Washington
Posted on: February 16, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description With over 150 years of caring
for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard
University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for
high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is
the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a
Historically Black University and has created a superior learning
environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient
outcomes. Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Registered
Nurse for our Operating Rooms who will embrace our rich and
historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference
in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of
professionals who are doing just that, making a difference. Being a
teaching hospital, we are education-driven and willing to train!
Required shifts: 6:30 am - 5 pm Required rotational on-call and
weekends Pay Range: $35.80-$59.89 (actual offer rates are based
upon the applicants relevant job experience and the requirements of
the position) The Operating Room Registered Nurse: Collaborates
with patient/family and health care team to determine health goals
and interventions and to revise plans of care as needed Maintains
awareness of the unit’s periodic statistics regarding core
measures, nursing quality indicators, and customer satisfaction
measures, and actively participates in activities/behaviors that
progressively improve the statistics Provides nursing care
consistent with the nursing practice standards, policies, and
procedures established by the unit, department, division, and
institution, professional ethics and standards, and legal
requirements Serves in the rotational role of charge nurse upon
completion of the 6 month orientation period, and with approval by
the nurse manager Participates in unit performance improvement
programs through ongoing design, assessment and measurement, and
performance improvement activities Identifies patient care
requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and
actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care
requirements Establishes a compassionate environment by providing
emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients,
friends, and families Promotes patient's independence by
establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and
family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills;
answering questions Assures quality of care by adhering to
therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient
care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary
adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies
and standards of care set by the Nurse Practice Act of the District
of Columbia, and other governing agency regulations Protects
patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies
and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures,
and controlled substance regulations Maintains nursing supplies
inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level;
anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for
supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and
supplies as needed to accomplish job results Demonstrates
competency in clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control,
physiological knowledge, administering medication, medical
teamwork, multi-tasking, listening, verbal communication, health
promotion and maintenance Qualified candidates will possess:
Associate's Degree in Nursing required. Bachelor of Science in
Nursing preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the District
of Columbia. Maintains active American Heart Association Basic Life
Support BLS certification Maintains active American Heart
Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS certification
CNOR preferred At least 12 months of RN acute care experience in
hospital-based nursing, OR scrub experience required At Howard
University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by
offering: Work-life balance Recognition and rewards for
professional expertise Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans
offered (including health, disability, vacation and sick leave, and
403B retirement plan) HRSA Loan Forgiveness available COVID-19
Vaccination: Howard University Hospital requires all external
applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing
employment. External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of
vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a
designated Howard University Hospital location. GR8nursing
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