Job Title
Registered Nurse (RN) – Same Day Surgery / Recovery Room
Location
Reno, Nevada
Schedule / Job Type
Contract (13 Weeks) | Travel | Full-Time | Onsite | 3 x 12-hour variable shifts, Monday–Friday, shift start times between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM | 36 guaranteed hours per week
Key Responsibilities
- Provide optimal patient care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation across an entire episode of care
- Deliver comprehensive nursing services to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including their families and caregivers
- Diagnose and treat human responses to health problems, demonstrating knowledge of age-specific cognitive and psychosocial needs
- Coordinate care with other healthcare professionals as needed to ensure safe, individualized patient outcomes
- Apply continuous intensive mental effort to maintain patient safety and exercise sound clinical judgment and decision-making
- Float to other areas within the organization up to competency level as department needs require
Required Qualifications
- Active Nevada RN license required prior to start date
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
- Minimum 2 years of RN experience in surgery and/or recovery room settings
- Ability to work a variable schedule including weekends, holidays, and occasional additional shifts as needed
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Experience working in a high-volume or Level II Trauma Center environment
- Familiarity with same-day surgery workflows and post-anesthesia recovery care
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing department needs and census fluctuations
Why Join Us
- Work at a nationally recognized regional medical center that serves as the area's only Level II Trauma Center, offering exposure to a wide range of complex cases and advanced technologies
- Join a facility home to specialized institutes including neurosciences, robotic surgery, and comprehensive cardiac and cancer services in a dynamic clinical environment