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Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse: Position: Operating Room RN Contract: 13 Weeks
7:00 AM–3:30 PM
8-hour Days Weekend: Required Holiday: Required Call: Required Call Response Time: 30 minutes Radius Rule: 100-mile radius Requirements Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing. Current, active New York State RN license . BLS required.
ACLS preferred. Previous Operating Room/OR experience required. Preceptorship, charge, and leadership experience preferred for experienced RNs.
Role Responsibilities The OR RN will provide safe, high-quality patient care while demonstrating strong clinical judgment, organization, and leadership skills. Responsibilities include: Assessing and responding to patients' clinical, educational, mental, and spiritual needs. Providing quality nursing care in an OR/ASU environment.
Maintaining a safe and aseptic environment. Properly utilizing clinical equipment and instrumentation. Recognizing and addressing patient and staff safety concerns.
Assessing and implementing appropriate patient-lifting techniques and equipment. Prioritizing and delegating nursing responsibilities appropriately. Functioning effectively in stressful situations.
Demonstrating strong creative problem-solving skills. Providing leadership and potentially assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities. Communicating effectively with patients, physicians, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team.
Maintaining excellent written and verbal documentation.
Strong knowledge of nursing principles and practices. Excellent clinical assessment skills. Strong leadership and delegation abilities.
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Strong written and verbal communication. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and stressful OR environment.
Knowledge of typical clinical equipment and instrumentation used in an OR/ASU setting . Ability to maintain appropriate aseptic technique. Lethal dysrhythmia interpretation skills.
Ability to respond to call within 30 minutes .