Operating Room Travel Nurse

Operating Room Travel Nurse in Elizabethtown, KY

This Operating Room travel nurse job in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Baptist Health - Hardin. This role pays $2,614 per week and follows a Days shift with a 4x10 schedule. As the Operating Room registered nurse on this assignment, you'll circulate surgical cases, verify patients, sites, and counts, participate in surgical time-outs, and safeguard sterile technique from setup through handoff to recovery.

Baptist Health Hardin is an acute care hospital in Elizabethtown with medical, surgical, maternity and cancer services across its hospital campus. Its Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center provides emergency evaluation and treatment for suspected stroke. Critical care includes a cardiac intensive care unit and a surgical intensive care unit that treats postoperative patients and patients with medical critical-care needs. A progressive care unit serves adult and geriatric patients stepping down from intensive care, including patients recovering from cardiac illness or stroke. Operative services include hip and knee replacement. The campus medical pavilion adds a hybrid operating room and cardiac catheterization labs to the hospital's procedural facilities. Maternity services are supported by the Kosair for Kids Level II NICU for newborns needing specialized care. The Hardin Cancer Center in the campus medical pavilion treats solid tumors, blood cancers and benign blood disorders, using chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and radiation.

Responsibilities

• Circulate for surgical procedures and, when trained and assigned, perform the scrub role across assigned service lines
• Advocate for patient safety under anesthesia, verifying required consent and site documentation and participating in surgical time-outs
• Monitor and protect the sterile field, performing and reconciling instrument, sponge, and sharps counts with the perioperative team
• Anticipate surgeon and team needs, managing supplies, equipment, positioning, and specimen handling per facility protocol

Travel Operating Room Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent Operating Room experience.
• Must hold all required certifications and licenses as mandated by Kentucky and national regulatory bodies.

Benefits

• Day One Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k)
• Relocation and Travel Reimbursement
• Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals
• Weekly Direct Deposit
• $1,000 Referral Bonus + $250 Bonus for Your Referral

Advantis Medical Staffing