OR Specialist

Team Description:

The Surgery Team is responsible for making sure Neuralink’s various implanted devices get installed safely and efficiently. This means our job as a team is not limited just to the insertion of the implant’s electrodes but instead to owning the full surgery experience of a Neuralink customer in a way that scales. The team works towards our mission of safely installing our implant through in-depth preclinical studies and clinical trials by conducting surgeries and diving into data analysis.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

As an Operating Room Nurse, you will be the subject matter expert and product specialist responsible for surgical case coverage in the Operating Room during implantation of the implant. Responsibilities will include:

• Participating in preclinical animal studies and human clinical surgeries at Neuralink
• Ensuring the surgical team follows strict aseptic techniques and guidelines, as needed
• Anticipating the needs of the team members with respect to the requirements of a particular surgical procedure by reviewing surgery protocol preop and utilizing basic Operating Room role functionality
• Overseeing, enforcing, and implementing safety procedures and protocol required in an OR environment
• Collecting and compiling relevant surgical data for engineering and preclinical analytical review  
• Collaborating with surgeons and hospital staff supporting case coverage for clinical trials
• Maintaining surgical equipment, instruments, and supplies
• Completing end-of-day procedures, including restocking Operating Room as needed, cleaning instruments, and picking case carts
• Providing feedback to design engineers at design-review level to ensure end-user feedback is captured

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing
• 5 years of experience as a Registered Nurse
• 3 years of experience working in an operating room

Preferred Qualifications:

• Neurosurgery experience

Additional Requirements and Competencies:

• Ability to travel to/from work in multiple states and internationally
• Willingness to work in environments where potential exposure to animal/human bodily fluids, including blood, may occur
• Basic computer skills and proficiency in Google Docs, Google Drive, and Gmail