Travel Allied (Surgical Assistant) - Operating Room

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years.

Manager may or may not interview. Clinician must be okay with this. If Clinician has questions, please email the AM.

Shift: 5x8 or 4/10 Day/Mid Shift

Start Date: 4/7/2025, 4/21/2025

First-timers accepted (depending on experience).

On Call Requirement: Call coverage for OB and OR with the coverage of: 5 weekdays and 2 weekends. A weekend will be 1–24-hour shift either on a Saturday or Sunday.

Surgical First Assist Skills Required: Suturing all wound layers including muscle and fascia, Tying/ligating clamped vessels or tissues, Wound dressing; liquid or spray occlusive

Professional Knowledge and Skills Required: Instrument Processing, Isolation Precautions, Laser Safety, Sterilization/Disinfection

Previous Charge Experience Preferred.

Work Setting Skills Required: Acute Inpatient OR, CVOR, Outpatient OR

Surgery Case Skill Required: Endo/Laparoscopic, ENT, General, Gyn, Ortho, Ortho/Spine, Ortho/Total joints, Plastics, Podiatry, Robotics, Urology, Vascular

Scrubs Provided.

RTO must be on the submittal and cannot be changed once the profile has been sent to the manager for review.

Please ensure all RTO is for the full 13 weeks for each submittal.

Amount of RTO: Please, no more than 7 days of RTO per 13 week contract - highly preferred. No RTO the first two weeks of an assignment.

Return Staff Policy If a nurse has held previous employment with Medstar, must be gone for a minimum of 1 year to return as a traveler.