Travel Nurse RN - Operating Room in Gardner, MA

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Operating Room

Location

Gardner, MA | Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions, plans of care, and patient goals in the perioperative setting
• Collaborates with surgeons, anesthesiologists, clinical coordinators, and surgical technicians to ensure patient well-being throughout surgical intervention
• Maintains sterile fields and oversees the correct care, handling, and sterilization of sterile supplies and instruments
• Applies principles of aseptic practice and oversees the selection and preparation of supplies, equipment, and instrumentation for all surgical cases
• Maintains sponge, needle, and instrument counts per policy and procedure, and communicates results to the surgeon
• Identifies, labels, cares for, and handles all specimens and cultures according to established policy; verifies patient identification, consent forms, operative procedure, and site prior to entering the operating room

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current Massachusetts RN license required
• ACLS required upon hire, OR active BLS with AHA ACLS obtained within 60 days of hire
• Ability to function effectively in an environment with competing priorities
• Excellent communication skills, ability to multitask, and a positive, can-do attitude

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Prior Operating Room nursing experience strongly preferred
• CNOR certification strongly preferred

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic perioperative environment with a collaborative, multidisciplinary surgical team
• Contract role offering flexibility and the chance to make an immediate impact on patient safety and surgical outcomes