Travel RN - Operating Room

American Traveler is seeking an experienced OR RN for a Level 1 Trauma Center position requiring strong scrub and circulate skills and a minimum of 2 years of acute care OR experience.

Job Details

• Operating Room unit within a Level 1 Trauma Center hospital setting,

• Patient population includes Ortho, Ortho Trauma, Vascular, Urology, and General Surgery cases,

• Preferred experience includes Neurosurgery (cranial and spine), Open Heart/Thoracic, Ophthalmology, ENT, Bariatric, and Gynecology,

• Day shift schedule: 5x8-hour shifts, 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM; no block scheduling permitted,

• On-call requirement: one 10-hour shift per month on a Saturday or Sunday (7 AM-7 PM or 7 PM-7 AM); no weekday call,

• Every other weekend required (2 weekends per month),

• Floating is mandatory at the facility's discretion, including to other Cook County facilities up to 50 miles away; travelers may receive float notification as little as 2 hours before their shift,

• Charting system:
Cerner,

Job Requirements

• Active IL RN license required; pending licensure is not accepted,

• Current BLS certification required,

• Minimum 2 years of recent acute care OR experience required,

• Level 1 Trauma Center experience required,

• Strong scrub and circulate skills required,

• Experience in Ortho, Ortho Trauma, Vascular, Urology, and General Surgery required,

• Must reside within 75 miles of the facility,

• Proof of COVID vaccination required; no exceptions,

Additional Information

• Provide surgical nursing care with both scrub and circulating responsibilities across a high-acuity, trauma-level OR,

• Travelers may be floated to a variety of units, including outside their primary area of competency; a team-based model is used in those instances,

• Navy blue scrubs required and are provided by the facility,

• RTO is capped at 5 days for the contract, with no more than 2 consecutive days off at a time; no RTO on weekends, holidays, or the day before or after a holiday,

• Local candidates are accepted and preferred