Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (OR) Surgical Care Riverside

Bring your perioperative expertise to a highly specialized outpatient surgical environment where precision, efficiency, and teamwork shape every case. At Surgical Care Riverside, Operating Room nurses play a central role in delivering safe, high-quality surgical care in a setting built for focused workflows and strong work-life balance.

This is an opportunity for an RN who enjoys the pace of the OR, values procedural excellence, and wants a role with consistent weekday hours, no nights, no call, no weekends, and no holidays. You will support a high-efficiency surgical team in a standalone facility just a few miles from UVA Health's main hospital, with a case mix heavily focused on ophthalmology and additional exposure to multiple surgical specialties.

The Role

As an OR RN at Surgical Care Riverside, you will provide perioperative nursing care in an ambulatory surgical setting where collaboration, preparation, and clinical focus matter. Nurses in this role perform both scrub and circulating responsibilities, giving experienced perioperative clinicians the opportunity to stay hands-on across the full surgical workflow.

This role is especially appealing for nurses who enjoy efficient ambulatory surgery, thrive in a coordinated team environment, and want a schedule that supports life outside the hospital. The schedule is four 10-hour shifts per week, 6:45 AM to 5:15 PM, with free onsite parking and a convenient Charlottesville location.

In an average day, you can expect to:

• Provide safe, efficient perioperative care in a standalone surgery center environment

• Perform both scrub and circulate functions across scheduled procedures

• Support a high-volume surgical workflow with a strong focus on ophthalmology procedures

• Collaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, and perioperative teammates

• Prepare rooms, support patient readiness, maintain sterile technique, and contribute to efficient turnover

• Work within a compact surgical setting that includes 4 operating rooms and 1 procedure room

• Build expertise in ophthalmology while staying connected to a broader procedural skill set through additional surgical services

Why UVA Health

UVA Health offers the strength of an academic health system with the focused feel of a specialized outpatient surgical site. In this role, you can practice perioperative nursing in a setting where your OR skills are visible, valued, and directly connected to the patient experience.

At Surgical Care Riverside, the appeal is clear: specialized surgical care, efficient workflows, strong team collaboration, and a predictable schedule. For an experienced OR nurse, this is a chance to step into a role that combines technical skill with quality of life.

What makes this opportunity stand out:

• Approximately 80% ophthalmology case volume, ideal for nurses interested in building deep expertise in eye surgery

• No nights, no call, no weekends, and no holidays, offering rare predictability in perioperative nursing

• Scrub and circulate practice model, keeping nurses clinically engaged across the surgical process

• Cross-training opportunities across additional specialties including general surgery, GYN, urology, plastics, and orthopedics

• Standalone ambulatory surgery center environment located a few miles from the main hospital

• Fast-paced, short-case procedural workflow for nurses who enjoy rhythm, readiness, and teamwork

• Free onsite parking and a convenient Charlottesville location

• Access to UVA Health's broader nursing culture, including Magnet-recognized nursing excellence, professional governance, clinical career growth, nursing research, quality improvement, and recognition programs

As part of UVA Health, you join an integrated academic health system connected to a world-class academic medical center, advanced specialty care, education, research, and a mission to transform health and inspire hope for patients across Virginia and beyond. For perioperative nurses, that means the ability to practice in a focused outpatient OR while still being part of something larger: a health system grounded in clinical excellence, innovation, and professional growth.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

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Charlottesville offers a rare blend of career opportunity and livability, making it an attractive home base for healthcare professionals and their families. With access to the Blue Ridge Mountains, local wineries, historic neighborhoods, a vibrant food scene, arts and culture, and the energy of a major university community, Charlottesville makes it easier to build a life outside of work. For clinicians seeking balance, the area offers outdoor recreation, walkable destinations, strong community connections, and the kind of pace that supports both professional growth and personal well-being.