Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Operating Room — Alaska. The position supports perioperative care across a broad range of surgical specialties in an acute-care setting. The assignment includes day shifts, weekend coverage, limited call coverage for call-offs, and potential rotation to like units within the scope of practice.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts scheduled as either three 12-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts, with varying start times; minimum of 40 hours per week. Weekend coverage is required.
- Required Qualifications: Registered Nurse license in Alaska; two years of experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; required electronic charting experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; CNOR certification; Level I trauma experience.
- Additional Information:
- Call coverage is limited to call-offs.
- The role involves perioperative care for neonates, infants, adolescents, adults, pediatrics, and geriatric patients.
- Clinical areas include trauma, orthopedic and neurological surgery, ear, nose, and throat procedures, urology, dental, ophthalmology, gynecology, vascular surgery, bariatric surgery, breast surgery, thoracic procedures, and day surgery.
- Special equipment includes robotic surgical and robotic spine systems.
- The assignment includes exposure to complex procedures such as total joint replacement, spine surgery, vascular surgery, breast surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, and neurosurgery.
- Travelers must be willing to work two of the three major holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year.
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
