RN Cardiovascular Operating Room
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The RN Cardiovascular Operating Room position provides perioperative nursing care for patients undergoing cardiovascular and thoracic procedures, including open-heart and vascular surgeries. The nurse collaborates with the surgical team, prepares operating rooms and specialized equipment, circulates during cardiac surgeries, and monitors patients during procedures. The role is full-time at Forsyth Medical Center, with four 10-hour shifts and some call and weekend call requirements.
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What We Offer
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Schedule: 6:30A-5PM, Full time, 40 hours, four 10 hour shifts. M-F with some call and weekend call requirements (will be reviewed more upon interview).
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Department: Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
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Location: Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
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Requirements: This position requires CVOR experience.
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Benefits effective day one!
What You'll Do
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Provide comprehensive perioperative nursing care for patients undergoing cardiovascular and thoracic surgical procedures, including open-heart and vascular surgeries
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Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical technologists to ensure safe and efficient surgical outcomes
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Prepare operating rooms with specialized cardiovascular equipment, instrumentation, and sterile supplies
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Circulate during cardiac surgeries
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Monitor patient status during surgery and promptly communicate significant changes to the surgical team
What We're Looking For
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Education :
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2 Year / Associate Degree, required.
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4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred. BSN.
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Experience :
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1 year of Cardiovascular surgical and/or Operating Room experience, preferred.
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Licensure/Certification:
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RN license in Appropriate State, required.
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BLS, required.
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Additional Skills (required):
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Highly trained to perform open-heart surgical procedures.
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Highly specialized in cardiovascular procedures and acuity, instrumentation, and breath of knowledge.
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Ability to manage the increase workload that may be experienced in the Cardiovascular Operating Room.
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Ability to take high volume of on call for cardiovascular cases.
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Ability to handle difficult situations and effectively perform under the highest levels of stress.
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Ability to accommodate varying schedules.
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Ability to effectively work with and manipulate equipment such as tandem heart, balloon pump, cardiopulmonary bypass/heart-lung machines, and perfusion cannulation.
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Med-Rad injector skills.
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Ability to perform operations of hybrid CV suite, equipment and bed.
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Additional Skills (preferred):
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Critical Thinking Skills.
Why Choose Novant Health?
At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves.
Job Opening ID
199935
How this job compares
Set against the 58,891 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$77–106K/yr135 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$38–53/hr1,161 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,379 open Registered Nurse jobs in North Carolina and 58,891 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Advocate Health514 open
- UNC Health Care377 open
- Novant Health (this employer)338 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 (28,682 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 16,163 of the 58,891 open Registered Nurse jobs (27%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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