- Specialty
- OR
- Type
- Travel
- Shift
- Days
- Hours
- 40/week
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start
- ASAP
Job description
Med Ninjas is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Watertown, New York.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: OR - Operating Room
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse:
Position: Operating Room RN
Contract: 13 Weeks
Shift: 7:00 AM–3:30 PM
Schedule: 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.
Required Skills
- 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.
Med Ninjas Job ID #18246. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Med Ninjas
At Med Ninjas, we make travel healthcare simple, so you can focus on what matters: caring for patients. We match nurses and allied professionals with assignments that fit their lives, backed by a team that actually picks up the phone.
We're a staffing agency built around one idea: healthcare professionals deserve a partner as invested in their success as they are in their patients'.
On assignment with Med Ninjas, you get medical, 401(k), housing/travel support, plus a dedicated recruiter who knows your name and your goals. With a 5.0 rating from our travelers, we earn that trust one assignment at a time.
Travel with confidence. Grow with Med Ninjas.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Medical benefits