Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: OR - Operating Room
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours
- Employment Type: Travel
null ALL SUBMITTALS MUST INCLUDE A UNEXPIRED COPY OF THE CANDIDATES DRIVES LICENSE
COVID VACCINE REQUIRED: Fully vaccinated means either 2 shots of Moderna or Pfizer or 1 shot of J&J; If a traveler wants to decline based on a Medical or Religious reason, please have them fill out the appropriate Exemption Form and email it to the address on the form. These should be done ASAP as they have to go through a council to be approved or denied
OR (Cost Center 3460)
Central Sterile (Cost Center 3464)
Pre/Post/PACU/Same Day (Cost Center 3461)
suites "The Main OR has 8 Suites (Currently the plan is to have 6 OR rooms open & 1 Endo (GI) room)
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of cases per day Average 20-25/day
Certs/Tech certified "BLS is required
OR Techs are not required to be certified; however, recent regulations were passed wanting all techs to be certified so this will be changing. Surgical Techs scrub. RN's are not required to scrub but this would be a PLUS if they can. "
Ratios 1 to 1
EMR Currently using Cerner - Switching to Epic OpTime in June
Charge Nurse The OR has a Clinical Manager is the direct report for the OR team, facilitates schedules, moves cases, etc.
Weekend Requirement - RN's Weekends/call is only every 7th weekend. Staff usually split their weekend by working Sunday from 7am - 3:30pm. Off Monday, work Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, off Friday, then work Saturday 7am - 3:30pm then call from home until Monday morning.
Weekend Requirement - CST's This will be changing so will need this info when the time comes
Call Requirement - RN's 1 team is on call/day. Currently working 9am - 5:30 pm, then on call until 7 am the next day - even if they are schedule to work the next day.
Call Requirement - CST's Same as RN's
What is call response time? 45 min response
Holidays 24 hour call; however, you don't physically come on-site - only come in if called in
Scrub Color/ Provided Scrubs are provided
Tele Yes
Vents Yes/ Anesthesia
Surgeon on call hours Rotate Monthly call
RT 24/7 RT is in-house 24/7
Pharmacy 24/7 "Pharmacy is in-house 24/7
Currently have Pyxis but switching to Omnicell June 2021 "
Shifts "Shifts are all 8's:
7am - 3:30pm - If staff have a 2 by their name on the schedule, this means there will be 2 OR 's still running at 3:30pm. The 2's will stay until those cases are done.
9am - 5:30pm - If staff have a 1 by their name on the schedule, they will not be assigned to a specific room until 3pm. They do breaks.
If staff have an L by their name on the schedule. If there are 3 rooms running the L's stay late. They plan to have 3 rooms running late but they don't always have cases run late. The 3rd team/room leaves first, then the 2nd team/room "
Floating No floating outside of the OR
Floor specific orientation OR educator - policies on scrubbing, etc., 2 shifts with a preceptor
Common types of cases "Inpatient & outpatient (SDS):
ORTHO - Total joints (hips/knees), sports medicine, hand, shoulder, ortho spine (backs & necks)
GENERAL SURGERY - Laparoscopic Procedures - gallbladder, hernias, colon resections
VASCULAR - Carotids, FemPops
UROLOGY - Cysto, stent insertion, ureteroscopy, penile prothesis
ENT - Sinus procedures, thyroid, laryngoscopy
ENDO (GI) - The have 2 rooms - currently using 1 - gastroscope, colonoscopies, etc. - (OR Techs do not go here but RN's could - it's not hard)
GYN
EYES - cataracts
No cranies, No hearts, No robotics
MUST HAVE: Ortho, General, & Urology "
Tact Medical Staffing Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Operating Room
About Tact Staff
Our nurses choose Tact assignments because it provides the opportunity to take on new challenges in their careers while they travel across the United States and gain enriching experiences on a professional and personal level.
Our dedicated team of staffing consultants will work with you and be your advocate as you choose to embark on new assignments. Our team is committed to providing our nurses with the most rewarding healthcare assignments and choices at primer healthcare institutions nationwide. Let us handle the details; you choose the job and location that are right for you.
Be Adventurous, Make a Difference, Travel with Tact.
Be Adventurous - Becoming a travel nurse is not only a professional adventure, but a personal adventure as well. It is an opportunity to challenge yourelf, to explore a new place, and try amazing food
Make a Difference - Nurses make such a huge difference in so many lives. The care and compassion you show to your patients, does not go unoticed. We know how important your jobs is, which is why we take our job as recruiters so seriously. Being able to place nurses in hospitals, where you are doing something as crucial as saving lives, is something we feel thankful to be able to do.
Travel with Tact - From the moment we receive your resume we begin trying to build a relationship with you. We know the importance of becoming your friend, before becoming your recruiter. Building friendly, yet professional relationships allows us to discover what you truly want and don't want in a travel assignment.