Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN-Operating Room with required circulate and scrub experience and prior charge experience for a high-volume surgical unit.

Details

• Operating Room setting within a hospital environment, including an on-site pharmacy
• Adolescent to geriatric patient population
• 16 operating rooms with an average daily census of 35
• High volume of total joint replacements (hips, knees, shoulders), robotic surgeries (general, urology, colorectal, gyn), and spine/neuro cases (cervical, lumbar, thoracic fusions, craniotomies)
• Day shift schedule, 4x10 hour shifts from 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM
• Rare floating within facility and scope of practice as needed
• Call required: 7-8 calls per 8-week schedule, including 1 weekend call and 1-2 weekend call shifts, plus 2-3 weekday night calls
• Weekend commitment of 2-3 weekends per 8-week schedule, either in-house or on-call
• Uses Epic EMR, Pyxis, SBAR, 2 DaVinci Xi robots, and 1 Mako Ortho robot

Requirements

• Active RN license (GA or Compact)
• BLS certification required; ACLS and CNOR preferred
• Minimum 3 years of OR experience required
• Previous charge nurse experience required
• Circulate and scrub experience required (hard stop requirement)
• Community hospital experience required
• Trauma Level II experience required; Trauma Level I and teaching hospital experience preferred
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• 1:1 patient ratio experience
• Epic charting system experience required
• Skills across multiple specialties preferred, including vascular, gynecology, neurology, orthopedic, general surgery, robotics, urology, and ENT procedures

Additional Information

• Perform vital sign checks and blood glucose checks as part of standard RN duties
• Scrubs provided by facility
• Maximum RTO of 7 days per contract, must be finalized at time of consideration
• Holiday coverage required: if 1-2 major holidays fall during the assignment, both must be worked; if 3 major holidays fall during the assignment, 2 must be worked
• Major holidays include Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Black Friday, Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Previous perm, per diem, or internal staff must be away from all facilities within the health system for one full year before returning as a traveler
• Returning travelers who were cancelled or not approved to return must complete one successful assignment outside the health system before reapplying