Operating Room Registered Nurse
Hendersonville, NC
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Clinical Nurse, Operating Room. The Clinical Nurse coordinates and delivers patient care in a surgical setting while applying the nursing process and collaborating with the interdisciplinary care team. The role promotes patient safety, supports surgical procedures, and ensures continuity of care through assessment, implementation, evaluation, and documentation.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Current Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina or a compact state by the date of clinical care.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
• Preferred Qualifications: One year of experience working as a Registered Nurse in a surgical setting.
• Additional Information:
  • Coordinate and deliver perioperative patient care under physician direction.
  • Develop and evaluate plans of care specific to surgical procedures.
  • Assess and monitor patients according to documented policies and procedures.
  • Perform surgical instrument and supply counts.
  • Support safe patient movement and positioning to prevent injury.
  • Verify patient identification, surgical site marking, and surgical consent.
  • Collect, label, and coordinate delivery of specimens for laboratory testing.
  • Document care provided before, during, and after the surgical encounter in the electronic medical record.
  • Communicate with patients and families using cultural competency and active listening.
  • Apply standard precautions and infection-control principles.
  • Participate in weekend call coverage from Saturday at 7:00 a.m. through Monday at 7:00 a.m., approximately every six to eight weeks.
  • Participate in one weeknight of call per week from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
  • Relevant surgical specialties include orthopedics, total joint procedures, spine, urology, endoscopy, general surgery, gynecology, vascular surgery, and robotic procedures.

Benefits

• The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits