Registered Nurse - OR; RN

• Location >,Bethesda, MD, 20892,United States
• Base Pay $60.00 - $64.00 / Hour
• Employee Type Contract
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Manage Others No

Join AMI in Supporting One of the Nation's Premier Research Hospitals

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare is seeking experienced Operating Room Registered Nurses (OR RNs) to join our team supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This is an exciting opportunity to provide exceptional perioperative nursing care while contributing to one of the world's leading clinical research hospitals.

If you're passionate about patient safety, surgical excellence, and working alongside multidisciplinary healthcare teams in a highly respected academic and research environment, we'd love to hear from you.

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare is a physician-owned healthcare solutions company providing medical, public health, operational, and logistical support across five continents. Our teams deliver flexible, scalable healthcare solutions wherever they are needed while upholding our core values of adaptability, accountability, integrity, compassion, and collaboration.

As an Operating Room Registered Nurse
, you will provide comprehensive perioperative nursing care throughout the surgical experience. Working closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, and interdisciplinary care teams, you'll help ensure safe, efficient surgical procedures while delivering outstanding patient-centered care.

Schedule

• Monday-Friday 7am-3:30pm
• Intermittent On-call (14-17 times a month) on evenings, nights, weekends and holidays as needed

What You'll Do

• Provide professional nursing care before, during, and after surgical procedures
• Assess patients and develop individualized perioperative care plans
• Verify patient identity, surgical site, procedure, and informed consent
• Prepare operating rooms with appropriate instruments, supplies, medications, and equipment
• Maintain sterile technique and infection prevention standards throughout procedures
• Assist with patient positioning, skin preparation, and intraoperative care
• Monitor patient safety and advocate for patients during surgical procedures
• Perform instrument, sponge, and sharps counts according to established protocols
• Recognize and respond appropriately to surgical emergencies and changes in patient condition
• Ensure proper handling and documentation of surgical specimens
• Accurately document perioperative assessments, interventions, and patient outcomes
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and regulatory compliance activities
• Educate patients and families regarding perioperative care and recovery, as appropriate

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), Diploma in Nursing, or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited nursing program
• Successful completion of the NCLEX-RN
• Current, active, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in at least one U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification, if required by the facility
• Minimum 2–3 years of recent acute care hospital Operating Room experience
• Demonstrated experience scrubbing and circulating in the operating room
• Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) certification (preferred)

Inclusion & Cultural Competency

Utilize appropriate methods for interacting effectively and professionally with persons of all ages and from diverse cultural socioeconomic, educational, racial, and ethnic, sexual orientations, lifestyles, and physical abilities.

Deliver targeted, culturally appropriate information to help individuals and groups…