Travel RN - Operating Room

Travel RN - Operating Room

American Traveler

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 2

$3,178.20/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

American Traveler is hiring an experienced OR RN for a 13-week acute care assignment requiring robotic surgery experience and an active AK RN license.

Details

• Work in the Operating Room unit of an acute care Magnet hospital
• Day shift, 4x10 hours (0645-1715 or 0845-1915), including weekend rotation on Saturday or Sunday every weekend
• Third shift on weekends will be variable
• On-call required based on unit needs, including weekends
• Float within scope to meet facility needs as required
• Uses Cerner charting system, EPIC experience preferred

Requirements

• Active AK RN license required prior to start (compact accepted at time of submission)
• BLS certification required; ACLS and PALS preferred
• Minimum 2 years of OR RN experience required
• Robotic surgery experience required
• Trauma experience required
• Experience with code response, fire safety, malignant hyperthermia, electrosurgical equipment, arthroscopes, and laparoscopes
• Skills in general surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology, thoracic surgery, and robotic procedures across multiple specialties
• Experience with blood/blood product administration, infection control, specimen handling, and wound management

Additional Information

• Provide perioperative nursing care across general, orthopedic, urologic, and thoracic surgical procedures
• Support robotic surgery cases including colorectal, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, neurological, orthopedic, otolaryngologic, and urologic procedures
• Navy scrubs required, with OR/L&D scrubs provided by facility
• Must complete onsite orientation and annual training modules via HealthStream
• COVID vaccination required to work at this facility
• Free parking available near the facility
• Candidates must live at least 100 miles away, as locals are not accepted
• Previous staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 2 years before returning as a traveler
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• No additional RTO changes allowed once contract is signed