Travel RNFA - OR - $4,050 per week

Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN First Assist for a travel nursing job in San Luis Obispo, California. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: First Assist Discipline: RN Start Date: 11/09/2026 Duration: 13 weeks 40 hours per week Shift: 8 hours, days Employment Type: Travel Responsibilities Preoperative preparation: Verify patient identity, surgical consent, procedure details, allergies, and relevant clinical information before surgery. Patient safety: Participate in surgical time-outs, maintain patient safety protocols, and ensure correct-site and correct-procedure verification. Intraoperative nursing: Monitor the patient's condition, coordinate with the surgical team, and support safe operative care. Circulating duties: Coordinate operating room activities, document the procedure, maintain patient records, and ensure equipment and supplies are available. Scrubbing duties: Assist with sterile instrument handling and maintain the sterile field when assigned and appropriately trained. Sterile technique: Maintain aseptic practices and follow infection-prevention standards. Equipment management: Check surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment before and during procedures. Surgical counts: Participate in instrument, sponge, and sharps counts according to facility policy. Postoperative handoff: Communicate relevant patient information and procedural details to the recovery team. Emergency response: Assist with urgent surgical cases and respond to changes in patient condition. Documentation: Complete accurate operative documentation in Cerner SurgiNet. On-call coverage: Respond to emergency surgical needs during assigned call periods. Requirements Active RN license: Required at the time of submission. Experience: Minimum of 2 years of operating room nursing experience. Required certifications: BLS — Basic Life Support. ACLS — Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, listed in the posting's final required-certifications field. Perioperative expertise: Must have experience providing nursing care in the operating room. Scrubbing skills: Scrubbing experience is preferred for RNs, but not mandatory. Surgical case experience: Experience with orthopedic, general, gynecological, and other routine surgical procedures is beneficial. Travel experience: Preferred, but not explicitly mandatory. Documentation: Familiarity with Cerner SurgiNet is beneficial. Call availability: Must be available for one call night per week and one weekend of call per month. Response time: Must be able to respond within 30 minutes when called. BSN: Not required. Floating: No floating requirement. About Care Career Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen. With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of. Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US. Benefits Referral bonus Weekly pay Medical benefits Continuing Education Dental benefits Vision benefits