Travel OR RN - Circulate/First Assistant (8h Days)

TotalMed; Northampton (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Guaranteed hours

401k retirement plan

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Benefits start day 1

Job summary

TotalMed RN is seeking an Operating Room RN travel nurse for a 13-week assignment in Northampton, MA. The role focuses on circulating and/or scrub nursing within the OR, with potential RN first assistant duties.

Expect 40 hours per week, days, 8-hour shifts, and ACLS/BLS/PALS certified candidates with 1–2 years of acute care experience. Responsibilities include bedside care, medication administration, patient education, instrument handling, and collaboration with the surgical team.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years recent acute care experience as circulating or scrub nurse.
• ACLS, BLS and PALS certifications are required.
• Ability to stand and walk long periods; may lift up to 50 pounds.
• Travel RN assignment, 13 weeks, 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic bedside care.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medications; report adverse reactions.
• Serve as liaison between patients' families and the operating team.
• Ensure correct procedures are performed on the correct patient.
• Initiate patient education plan as prescribed by physician.
• Respond to comfort and safety needs of the patient.
• Monitor equipment used during surgery.
• Inventory surgical items pre- and post-procedure.
• Assist physicians by delivering direct surgical care.
• Help control bleeding; suture patients after surgery.

Skills

Bedside care

Patient education

Team communication

Safety awareness

Education

ACLS

BLS

PALS

Tools

Surgical instruments handling

Intraoperative equipment

Job description

TotalMed RN is seeking an Operating Room RN travel nurse for a 13-week assignment in Northampton, MA. The role focuses on circulating and/or scrub nursing within the OR, with potential RN first assistant duties.

Expect 40 hours per week, days, 8-hour shifts, and ACLS/BLS/PALS certified candidates with 1–2 years of acute care experience. Responsibilities include bedside care, medication administration, patient education, instrument handling, and collaboration with the surgical team.