Travel Nurse RN - Operating Room in Carlsbad, NM

Registered Nurse (RN) | Operating Room
Location: Carlsbad, NM
Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing
Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details)
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

TravelNurseSource is working with Concentric Healthcare Staffing to find a qualified OR RN in Carlsbad, New Mexico, 88220!

Job Title

Travel Registered Nurse – Operating Room (OR) Circulator

Location

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Schedule / Job Type

Contract (13 Weeks) | Full-Time | Onsite | Days, Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM (5x8-hour shifts) | Call required: minimum one weekday per week plus weekend rotation; on-call hours Monday–Friday 3:30 PM–7:00 AM and Saturday–Sunday 7:00 AM–7:00 AM

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the circulating RN in the operating room, demonstrating critical thinking and clinical judgment to anticipate and plan for patient care throughout surgical procedures
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, OR technicians, and other surgical team members to deliver safe, high-quality patient care in accordance with State Nurse Practice Act, AORN standards, and facility policies
• Ensure appropriate supplies are available, maintain timeliness of cases, and communicate updates to patients' families
• Maintain and update physician preference cards to support efficient surgical workflow
• Scrub in and assist physicians during surgical cases as needed
• Supervise personnel involved in delivering patient care within the surgical department

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing
• Minimum 2 years of OR nursing experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required
• Experience with general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, podiatry, plastics, endoscopy, trauma, and DaVinci robotic surgical procedures
• Adult and pediatric patient care experience required

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience working in a high-volume surgical environment performing approximately 250 or more procedures per month
• Familiarity with a 1:1 patient ratio setting and multi-room OR suite operations

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic surgical environment with a collaborative team across a broad range of specialty procedures
• Consistent Monday–Friday daytime schedule with a defined 13-week contract and an immediate start date

About Concentric Healthcare Staffing

Founded and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Concentric Healthcare Staffing specializes in healthcare employment with an emphasis in nursing and allied health. Our passion is to develop partnerships with our clients and become an integral part of your staffing solution. Concentric representatives understand your need for continuity of care and work to ensure that every staffing solution we provide is as unique as your facility.

To provide the skilled and talented personnel that today’s medical field demands, Concentric Healthcare offers a top flight registry service that provides staff 24/7. Your facility can enhance their recruiting process by taking advantage of the temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct placement services of our fully screened professionals.

Concentric Healthcare is proud to be recognized by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval for the Health Care Staffing Services program. JCAHO certification acknowledges compliance with the Joint Commission’s national set of consensus-based quality standards and demonstrates a commitment to excellence in providing health care staffing.

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