Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an Operating Room Scrub/Circulate position requiring cataract experience and VT or compact RN license.

Details

• Small community hospital setting with 2 operating rooms and a procedure room
• Mostly outpatient procedures with limited inpatient cases
• Service lines include general surgery, urology, ophthalmology, podiatry, pain management, and endoscopy
• Adult and geriatric patient population, ages 16 and older
• Cerner EMR used
• Days shift, 4x8-hour shifts per week, 7:00 AM-3:30 PM, 32-hour guarantee
• Weekend call required approximately 1 weekend per month with 1-hour call back time
• Weekday call required 2-3 days per week with 1-hour call back time

Requirements

• Active VT or compact RN license required prior to start
• BLS (AHA) and ACLS (AHA) certifications required
• Minimum 2-5 years of RN experience required
• Both scrubbing and circulating experience required
• Cataract experience required, non-negotiable
• Experience working in a smaller OR facility required
• Phase I/PACU experience required
• Multiple surgical specialty experience required
• Cerner EMR experience required
• BSN preferred
• Travel nursing experience highly preferred

Additional Information

• Functions as a key member of the surgical team in both circulating and scrubbing capacities
• Hospital-provided scrubs required
• Candidates must have their own vehicle due to lack of public transportation in this small community
• Not eligible for candidates residing within 50 miles of the facility
• RTO requests must be submitted at time of application and cannot be modified after offer, with a maximum of 5 days accepted
• Must work two of the following holiday blocks if scheduled: Thanksgiving Day through the following weekend, Christmas Eve through Christmas Day and the following weekend, and New Year's Eve through New Year's Day and the following weekend
• Strict attendance policy: contract eligible for termination after 3 call-offs
• Call-offs must be communicated to the unit supervisor at least 1.5 hours in advance