Ambulatory Surgery RN
Menomonee Falls, WI
Access Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days

RN - ASC

Location: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Employment Type: Clinical - Nursing - Travel Contract Length: 16 weeks Shift: 1st shift, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Role Summary

The Circulating Registered Nurse coordinates patient care and operating room activities before, during, and after surgical procedures in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC). The RN acts as patient advocate, promotes patient safety and efficient surgical flow, manages specimens, medications, implants, counts, and documentation, and collaborates with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, and PACU staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform and verify surgical safety processes, including patient identification, site verification, consent, time-out, and positioning.
• Anticipate and coordinate equipment, instruments, supplies, implants, and medications for the surgical team.
• Maintain infection prevention, sterile technique, and regulatory and accreditation compliance.
• Complete accurate, timely perioperative documentation.
• Support on-time starts, room turnover, and escalation of operational or patient safety concerns.
• Cross-train and provide clinical support in other ASC patient-care areas within competency and scope of practice.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Two years of ambulatory surgery experience.
• Ambulatory surgery experience within the last year.
• Two years of OR circulating experience, with a strong emphasis in orthopedic surgery, including total hip and knee procedures.
• Experience in a procedural area or surgery center setting.

Education

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing, or equivalent professional knowledge of nursing theory and practice normally acquired through completion of a minimum of two years at an accredited School of Nursing, to be eligible for RN licensure.

Licensure and Certifications

• Valid Registered Nurse license in Wisconsin, or a Multi-state Nursing License from a participating Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA), or an AHA-approved equivalent.
• AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), required within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous operating room experience as a circulating nurse.
• Experience in an ambulatory surgery center or hospital surgical services environment (highly desirable).
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing.

Other Listed Skills

• Nursing process, patient record documentation, perioperative assessment, nursing interventions
• Surgery center policies and procedures, med/surg nursing, ambulatory surgery nursing, OR nursing, universal precautions, conflict resolution, PACU nursing