Location: Syracuse, NY

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Rotating 12-hour shifts (days, nights, evenings, weekends) — schedule varies and requires full-time availability; call 1-2 days/week if any (overnight emergency or home call)

Hours per Week: 36

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

• Perform thorough pre-operative physical exams and pre-op assessments to ensure safe surgical care
• Round on inpatients daily, managing a service census of patients and coordinating care plans
• Diagnose and treat acute illnesses, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and act decisively
• Assist in surgery as an intraoperative first assist and perform procedures such as removal of dialysis catheters
• Provide wound care and suture removal with attention to patient comfort and recovery
• Write prescriptions and manage medication plans in accordance with prescriptive authority
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care and communicate effectively with the surgical team, nursing, and consultants
• Document care clearly and efficiently in Epic to support continuity and quality outcomes

Qualifications

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) with active state license or ability to obtain licensure in NY
• Prescriptive authority as applicable for the role
• Proven experience in inpatient care, preferably within a surgical service or similar acute setting
• Demonstrated competence with Epic (electronic medical record) for documentation and order entry
• Clinical experience with intraoperative first assist and procedural skills such as catheter removal and suture management
• Comfort working autonomously while collaborating with a supervising surgeon who will be present during assignment
• Willingness to work varied shifts including days, nights, evenings, weekends and take occasional home-based overnight call
• Ability to care for adult and geriatric patient populations

Education

• Graduate degree appropriate to role (NP or PA program completion) and national certification

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong assessment and diagnostic skills for acute surgical patients
• Procedural proficiency: intraoperative first assist, suture removal, line/catheter removal
• Excellent clinical documentation and order management in Epic
• Care coordination and discharge planning across multidisciplinary teams
• Good judgment in triage, escalation, and overnight emergency decision-making
• Effective patient and family communication, especially in perioperative counseling and follow-up

Benefits

• Travel reimbursement for flights, lodging and rental car to help make your move seamless
• Supportive team environment with a dedicated supervising surgeon on-site
• Opportunity to work autonomously while having physician oversight when needed
• Meaningful clinical experience in a busy inpatient surgical service
• Flexible scheduling conversations — full-time role with varied shift patterns
• Credentialing support and an estimated credentialing timeframe to help you plan
• A chance to build your procedural skills, including intraoperative first assist
• Work with Epic — strengthen your EMR expertise in a high-impact setting

Travel Perks: Explore Syracuse, NY

Explore downtown Syracuse including the Syracuse University campus and local dining scene, visit Destiny USA for shopping and entertainment, stroll or bike along Onondaga Lake Park, enjoy the Rosamond Gifford Zoo and the Everson Museum of Art. Outdoor lovers will appreciate Green Lakes State Park’s unique glacial lakes and nearby Finger Lakes wine country for weekend getaways; winter sports at Greek Peak are a short drive away. Plenty of local breweries, coffee shops and community events make it easy to feel at home between shifts.

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