Job description
Registered Nurse - Operating Room
Location: Glens Falls, New York
Start Date: 10-15-2026
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Shift Type: 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, flex to evenings if needed, no weekends, 1 on-call shift per month if needed
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $63.00 per hour
About United Health Care Staffing
At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Deliver exceptional surgical patient care before, during and after procedures
- Assess, plan and implement nursing care throughout the surgical care continuum
- Create and maintain a sterile, safe surgical environment
- Monitor each patient's physical and emotional well-being with compassion
- Educate patients and families on pre-operative and post-operative expectations
- Coordinate care across surgical teams to keep every case running smoothly
- Float across vascular, orthopedic, trauma, general surgery, robotic, urology and ENT specialties
- Scrub and circulate as needed to support your team
Qualifications
- 2+ years of current Operating Room experience
- Float experience across vascular, ortho, trauma, general surgery, robotic, urology and ENT
- Previous travel experience
- EPIC charting experience required
- Current BLS and ACLS certifications
- Scrub and circulate experience
- Active New York RN license (Nursys, BLS and ACLS uploaded with your profile)
- Must have your own vehicle, this one is a firm requirement
- Current skills checklist within the past year and a supervisory signed reference from the last two years
- Completed de-escalation training through Welle, CPI or PMCS for onboarding
Education
- Albany
- Columbia
- Dutchess
- Fulton
- Greene
- Montgomery
- Rensselaer
- Saratoga
- Schenectady
- Ulster
- Warren
- Washington
Knowledge & Skills
- Patient assessment
- Sterile technique
- Pre and post-operative patient education
- Patient monitoring
- Surgical care coordination
- Strong vascular and orthopedic surgical skills
- EPIC electronic medical record proficiency
- Ability to scrub and circulate
- Comfort caring for pediatric through adult patient populations
Benefits
- Generous housing stipend options to keep you comfortable
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
- 401K retirement savings plan
- Travel reimbursement to get you there
- Licensure assistance and reimbursement
- Referral bonus program, bring a friend along
- A supportive team that values YOU
Travel Perks: Explore Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls sits right at the gateway to the Adirondack Mountains, so your days off can be spent hiking, kayaking or chasing fall colors. Lake George is a short drive away for boating and waterfront dining, Saratoga Springs brings live music at SPAC and a lively downtown, and Glens Falls itself has a charming arts scene, local breweries and great farmers markets. Winter means skiing and snowboarding at nearby Gore Mountain, and autumn here is pure postcard material.
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - Operating Room? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
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Why UHCS
Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.