Ambulatory Surgery RN
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Froedtert Health - W180 N8045, Town Hall Rd

RN - ASC

Location: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Employment Type: Clinical, Nursing, Travel Contract Length: 16 weeks Shift: 1st Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Job Summary

The RN coordinates patient care and operating room activities before, during, and after surgical procedures in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). The RN acts as patient advocate, promotes patient safety and efficient surgical flow, and communicates with the interdisciplinary surgical team. The role includes managing specimens, medications, implants, documentation, surgical counts, and safety processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate perioperative care and safe transitions to the next level of care.
• Perform and verify surgical safety processes, including patient identification, procedure and site verification, consent, allergies, positioning, and the surgical time-out.
• Anticipate and coordinate the surgical team's equipment, instrument, supply, implant, and medication needs.
• Complete accurate, timely perioperative documentation.
• Support on-time starts, efficient room turnover, and escalation of operational or safety concerns.
• Cross-train and provide clinical support in other ASC patient-care areas within competency and scope of practice.
• Stay flexible with assignments to meet fluctuating ASC staffing and operational needs.
• Delegate appropriate patient-care activities to support personnel within scope of practice.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Wisconsin.
• 2 years of ambulatory surgery experience.
• Ambulatory surgery experience within the last year.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS), or an AHA-approved equivalent.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Experience in a procedural area or surgery center setting.
• Strong emphasis on orthopedic surgery, including total hip and total knee experience.
• OR circulating experience, including experience as an RN circulator in the operating room.

Other Listed Skills

Nursing process, patient record documentation, perioperative assessment, nursing interventions, surgery center policies and procedures, med/surg nursing, ambulatory surgery nursing, OR nursing, universal precautions, conflict resolution, and PACU nursing.