Operating Room Registered Nurse
Milwaukee, WI
Cross Country Nurses
4x10 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Operating Room in Milwaukee, WI. This position supports an adult-focused urology procedural setting with three cystoscopy rooms and responsibilities spanning outpatient and limited inpatient procedures. The role includes perioperative preparation, procedural support, documentation, specimen handling, and patient transport in a collaborative clinical environment.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse (RN) or Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) designation, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, and two years of experience in the applicable role. Registered Nurses should have experience with patient consents, positioning, preparation, documentation, check-ins, patient transport, catheter changes, and specimen transport. Certified Surgical Technologists should have experience with instrument and scope setup and handling, procedural assistance, and specimen transport.
• Preferred Qualifications: Clinical scrubbing experience and familiarity with electronic charting systems.
• Schedule: Rotating shifts consisting of 10-hour shifts, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
• Additional Information: The role serves adult patients in a primarily outpatient setting, with approximately 10% inpatient cases. Procedures may include transurethral resection of the prostate, transurethral resection of bladder tumors, cystoscopy, ureteroscopy, prostate biopsies, vasectomies, catheter changes, clot evacuations, and stent placement or removal. Registered Nurses and Certified Surgical Technologists maintain 1:1 patient assignments. Registered Nurses participate in weekend call approximately every fifth weekend from 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM on Saturday and Sunday. Certified Surgical Technologists participate in call one to two weekends per month during the same hours. Holiday expectations include one summer holiday and one winter holiday. Orientation is one to three days based on comfort level. Procedural scrubs are provided. Pain levels must be documented before and after pain medication administration, with medication orders corresponding to the documented pain score.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits