OR Charge RN
Seattle, Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center and Seattle Medical Center

Charge OR RN

Location: Seattle, Washington Job Title (Source): RN (Registered Nurse) Unit: OR RN CHARGE Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 3x12s (Fri, Sat, Sun, 7p-730a) Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Required certification: BLS
• Circulator experience
• Comfort in GYN cases (must be really comfortable in GYN)
• Da Vinci Xi experience
• Two years of experience (the manager may consider less than two years for a strong candidate; see Notes)
• Ability to function independently, think critically, and coordinate cases to ensure supplies and personnel are ready for urgent and emergent cases

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of multiple types of cases
• Experience with ENT cases (FESS, septoplasty, cochlear implant, tympanoplasty, laryngoscopy, soft tissue thyroid/parathyroid)

Unit and Case Profile

• Suites: 22, with capability to expand to 26, across 3 separate floors
• Average cases per day: 50-65
• 16 total service lines
• Common cases: GYN, Uro, Vascular, Plastic, Ortho (total hips/knees), Neuro, Cardiovascular, Thoracic, General (Breast/HPB/Bariatric), Sports Med (Hand/Podiatry), kidney and kidney/pancreatic transplants, ENT
• Large and complex cases
• Robot-Davinci Xi use (Gyn, Uro, General)
• Not a trauma facility

Role Responsibilities

• Charge and circulator duties; the charge nurse runs the board and is available as a resource
• Scrubbing is not required for RNs
• A ST is on shift with the charge nurse
• When there are no cases, the weekend night team readies the OR for Monday morning cases and completes weekly and monthly cleaning and audits

Schedule and Coverage

• Call response time: 30 minutes, with a call room available
• No holiday call
• No floating

Orientation

• 1-2 days of orientation with HR and OR leadership
• 1-2 days on the unit with a preceptor, possibly longer depending on prior experience
• Traveler must bring their own earphones for online training during the first week of orientation

Notes

• Scrub color: teal, provided; follow AORN standards for dress code
• First-time travelers are okay
• The manager may consider a traveler with less than two years of experience if they are a strong candidate. A strong candidate has experience at a hospital of similar or larger size (20+ suites with 50-55+ cases per day), experience with most common cases, and both ENT and Da Vinci Xi experience.
• Over two absence occurrences in the 13-week contract is considered excessive and may lead to early termination.
• Clinical profile review is required; the manager will call for the interview.