OR RN
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Berkeley Medical Center

OR RN

Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• RN: BLS and ACLS
• Experience: 3 years of experience in the specialty
• Prior travel experience: 2-3 previous travel assignments
• Ortho experience
• Experience passing arms in and out for robotics
• Experience with all specialties for evening/night shift
• Experience requirements by shift:

  • 11-11, 3-11, and night shifts require full experience across all service lines.
  • 7-3:30 (Mon-Fri) may be considered for candidates with minimal experience in one service line. Facility support and teaching are available for a service line if the candidate is willing to learn or needs a refresher.

Preferred Qualifications

• PALS
• Scrubbing (a plus, not required)

Unit Details

• Unit: OR
• Rooms: 9 ORs, 1 procedure room, and 1 hybrid room
• Volume: 35-45 cases per day
• Case types: General, ENT, eyes, ortho, robotics (Davinci and Rosa), trauma, vascular, peds (mostly dental and ENT), and emergent cases
• Exclusions: All surgical cases except CVOR. L&D covers C-sections.
• Floating: Outpatient surgery as needed
• Staffing: OR staff is almost entirely travelers. There are no aides or housekeeping; techs are responsible for turning over rooms. Nights have only one RN with two techs.
• Charge role: Charge nurse/house supervisor coverage is available 7a-7p. Charge nurses also circulate cases as needed. Travelers rotate through charge. Nights RN must be comfortable working as the only RN with two techs.

Schedule

• Current schedule: Three 12-hour shifts (Fri/Sat/Sun, 7a-7:30p) plus one additional 8-hour shift per week
• Scheduling: Varied start times, primarily day/evening. No self-scheduling for travelers. Block scheduling is allowed if it meets unit needs. Shifts currently offered include 7-5:30, 7-3, 9-5, 11-7, 3-11, and 11-11.
• Weeknight on-call: One weeknight on-call 7p-7a (RN and CST), rotation varies
• Weekend on-call: One weekend, 24 hours on-call (7a-7p), per month (RN and CST)
• Holiday on-call: Rotation as needed
• Call response time: 30 minutes. If on call and more than 30 minutes away, the nurse is required to stay.
• Orientation: 3 shifts over 1 week

Other Details

• Scrubs are provided for RNs and OR techs.
• EMR: Epic (software familiarity, not a credential)

Submission Requirements

• Candidates can only be submitted to one position at a time across the entire health system.
• Maximum of 2 candidates per opening. If the position is at max, submissions are held until a spot opens.
• Travel teams must be submitted together in one email.
• Driver's license address must be more than 50 miles from the facility.
• Previous permanent candidates must have been gone for 2 years.
• Previous travelers who worked a full year must have been gone for 2 years.
• Any background hits must be disclosed at the time of submission.