Travel Nurse RN - Operating Room in Geneva, NY

Circulator experience is required ; must be able to circulate across multiple service lines including Orthopedics (total joints, trauma, sports medicine), General Surgery, Urology, ENT (including pediatric patients), GI, Spine, Ophthalmology, and Podiatry. Educate patients and families on self-care beyond hospitalization, including lifestyle changes to support health and healing; document education provided and patient/family response.

Job ID: 900056
Job Title

Operating Room Registered Nurse (Level 3)
Location

New York, NY | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Full-Time | Days | 4x9s, Monday-Friday | Expected 36 hours/week | On-call obligations include 1 day of on-call per week (Monday-Thursday) and approximately 3 on-call weekends every 4-6 weeks (Friday-Monday) for the first contract | Shift start times between 6:30 AM-7:30 AM, end times between 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Key Responsibilities

• Circulator experience is required; must be able to circulate across multiple service lines including Orthopedics (total joints, trauma, sports medicine), General Surgery, Urology, ENT (including pediatric patients), GI, Spine, Ophthalmology, and Podiatry
• Assess patient and family needs, develop individualized plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, and adjust plans based on patient response or changes in condition
• Provide direct patient care to adult, adolescent, and geriatric populations; promote comfort and emotional support within a healing environment
• Educate patients and families on self-care beyond hospitalization, including lifestyle changes to support health and healing; document education provided and patient/family response
• Float to additional units as required within the facility network
• Participate in quality improvement activities, engage in self-evaluation of practice, and maintain compliance with infection prevention strategies

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license valid in New York
• Current ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications required - all must be through AHA or RQI
• STROKE certification required
• Demonstrated circulator experience in the OR is required
• Familiarity with multiple surgical service lines; candidates must be able to function independently as the sole OR RN on-call
• Willingness and ability to float to additional units within the facility network

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Background in a small community hospital setting with on-call experience across a variety of service lines
• Experience in GI procedures within an OR context (e.g., colonoscopies, EGDs) is a plus but not required
• Ophthalmology OR experience is a plus; cross-training opportunity available for candidates with strong experience in other service lines
• Broad familiarity with service-line-specific surgical equipment across Orthopedics, Spine, Urology, ENT, and related specialties

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work across a diverse range of surgical service lines in a dynamic OR environment, building and expanding clinical expertise
• Supportive team environment with cross-training opportunities for qualified OR nurses ready to make an immediate impact