OR RN
Oakland, Maryland
Garrett County Memorial Hospital

Operating Room RN

Overview

• Location: Oakland, Maryland
• Unit: Operating Room (OR)
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• ACLS
• BLS
• Able to circulate independently across a wide variety of cases
• Able to participate in the call rotation

Preferred

• Scrubbing experience is helpful but not required for RNs

Schedule and Call

• Monday to Friday, 6:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with call required (call is self-scheduled)
• Weeknight call: 1 in 4 to 1 in 5, depending on staffing (7 days in a 4-week or 5-week period)
• Weekend call: 1 weekend per call period, part of the days above
• Holiday call: possible
• Call response time: 20 minutes
• Floating: not required

Unit Details

• Procedure rooms: 3 total; 2 currently in use while one room is being renovated
• Average cases per day: 10 to 30, varying
• Common cases: Total hips, total knees, shoulders, hernias, cholecystectomies (both laparoscopic and robotic), cataracts, endoscopy, podiatry, and fracture management
• OR team: 7 OR techs (5 fully trained, 2 in various stages of training)
• Charge role: An OR charge is in place, but it is not required of this RN position
• EMR: Epic

Other Details

• Scrubs are provided; they must be laundered in house
• Orientation: brief time in each room to learn facility-specific processes (possibly 1 to 2 weeks)