
Registered Nurse Circulator
Milwaukee, WIPer Diem$43.14–60.9/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse Circulator works in the Surgery department at Columbia St Mary's Milwaukee. The role performs scrub and circulating functions, assists operating physicians with surgical tasks, and prepares operating rooms and equipment. The schedule is rotating shift and PRN. The posting lists a minimum salary of 43.14 and a maximum salary of 60.90.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Your future role at a glance
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Facility: Columbia St Mary's Milwaukee
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Department: Surgery
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Schedule: Rotating Shift | PRN
How you’ll make an impact in this role
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Perform scrub functions including the selection and handling of instruments and supplies used during procedure.
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Perform circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of patient before, during and after procedure.
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Directly assist operating physicians with surgical tasks including hemostasis, suturing and wound exposure as well as patient positioning.
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Prepare operating rooms and surgical instruments and equipment for use.
What minimum requirements you’ll need
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
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Advanced Life Support obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
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BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
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Registered Nurse credentialed from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Licensure from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing OR current home state license if considered multi-state/Compact State.
Education:
- Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire.
Additional Preferences:
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Minimum of 1 year of recent Operating Room experience in an acute care hospital setting.
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Demonstrated knowledge of perioperative nursing standards, sterile technique, aseptic practice, and patient safety.
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Strong communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
Benefits that help you thrive
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Retirement: 403(b) plan
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Well-being support: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.
Fraud prevention notice
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Min Salary: 43.14
Max Salary 60.90
How this job compares
Set against the 54,828 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43.14–60.9/hr
- Wisconsin median$38–53/hr808 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr22,535 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $52.02/hr, is 14% above the Wisconsin median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the top quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Wisconsin.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,398 open Registered Nurse jobs in Wisconsin and 54,828 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Wisconsin
- FROEDTERT549 open
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.379 open
- Advocate Health231 open
- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (26,712 postings).
- Education
- 4,442 of the 54,828 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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