OR RN
Ranson, West Virginia
Jefferson Medical Center

OR Travel RN

Overview

• Role: OR Travel RN
• Location: Ranson, West Virginia
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days
• Schedule: 4, 10-hour shifts per week
• Hours: 40 per week

Facility / Unit

• Community hospital with 3 OR Suites and 1 procedure room
• Everyone comes through the same PreOp
• OR is open Monday–Friday, 6:45 AM–5:15 PM
• Closed on holidays and weekends except for call

Required Qualifications

• BLS
• ACLS
• PALS
• Must be able to work 4, 10s/week
• RN license/credential appropriate to the role

Preferred

• Prior travel experience
• Strong experience in similar ORs

Schedule / Call

• Weekend rotation is usually 1 weekend every 6–7 weeks
• Call is usually about 3–4 call shifts per month
• Call response time is 30 minutes, and traveler must be dressed and ready to work within that time
• Holidays are covered by call

Clinical / Case Mix

• Total joints: hips, knees, shoulders
• Sports medicine
• Arthroscopies
• Non-complicated fractures
• IM nails
• ORIF ankles and wrists
• ACL repairs
• Carpal tunnel with micro-knife
• Cataracts
• General surgery cases including bowel resections, scopes, EGDs, gallbladder, appendectomies, breast biopsies, mastectomies
• OB/GYN cases including C-sections and hysterectomies
• Urology: kidney stones
• Plastics: breast reductions/implants, lacerations, dog bites
• ENT cases every other month: tonsils, sinuses, tubes

Additional Details

• Scrubs are provided
• No IV team
• RT is in-house 24/7
• Pharmacy is not in-house 24/7
• Tele: Phillips
• Vents: Yes
• Floating is not for travelers, except possibly within scope if an opportunity arises
• 3 shifts of floor-specific orientation with a preceptor after general hospital orientation