Travel RN - Operating Room

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an Operating Room position at a rural community hospital in Minnesota, requiring at least 3 years of OR circulator experience including general surgery and total joint orthopedic cases.

Job Details

• Acute care setting in a rural community hospital OR with 7 suites,

• Average caseload of 5-25 cases per day,

• Common case types include general surgery, orthopedics/sports medicine (including total joints), plastics and cosmetics, podiatry, cataract/eye procedures, OB/GYN/women's health (non-cancer), and endoscopy/colonoscopy,

• Charting performed in Cerner/Oracle EMR,

• Day shift, 8-hour shifts ), five days per week,

• Block scheduling managed by the unit manager; travelers are expected to be flexible in filling scheduling gaps,

• Weeknight on-call rotations required 1-2 times per week, with approximately 15.5 hours of weeknight call coverage,

• Weekend on-call required 1-2 times per month with 24-hour call shifts (Saturday 0645-Sunday 0645 and Sunday 0645-Monday 0645),

• 30-minute on-call response time required,

• Holiday call rotation may be required, covering the day before and day of a holiday, or day of and day after; if the holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, the adjacent weekend may be included,

• Floating may be required to OR scrub, PAA/PACU, sterile processing, or general support roles,

Job Requirements

• Active MN RN license required,

• Current BLS certification required; ACLS is a plus,

• Minimum 3 years of RN OR circulator experience required,

• Must be comfortable circulating across a wide variety of case types,

• General surgery and orthopedic experience required, specifically total joint procedures,

• Experience in similarly sized facilities such as Trauma Level 3 or 4 and/or Critical Access Hospitals required,

• Plastics/cosmetics experience preferred,

• Scrub experience preferred,

• Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility to qualify for travel rates,

Additional Information

• Circulate and scrub across a diverse range of surgical cases in a high-variety rural OR environment,

• OR techs are on staff to support the surgical team,

• Supervised by one charge nurse covering OR, PAA, and PACU,

• Orientation consists of 1-2 shifts with a preceptor plus 1-2 call shifts with a preceptor,

• Facility-provided scrubs must not be worn outside the facility; candidates should arrive dressed appropriately,

• 13-week contract