CVOR RN
Oak Lawn, IL
American Traveler
5x8 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 5x8hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: May 11, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an Operating Room position at a Level I Trauma Center in Oak Lawn, IL, requiring Epic experience and the ability to scrub and circulate.

Details

• Work setting is a 794-bed, Magnet-designated, Level I Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center located in Oak Lawn, IL, approximately 45 minutes from Chicago
• Unit is a Surgery Room with 28 beds, including 2 hybrid rooms for CV/Vascular cases
• Approximately 60–75 cases per day across the unit; hybrid rooms see 5–10 cases per day
• Patient population includes outpatient, inpatient, and trauma cases — GSW, stabbings, kidney and heart transplants, donor cases, general, GYN, urology, robotics, vascular, ortho, neuro, and open heart/CABG
• Hybrid room cases include TAVR, AAA, endarterectomies, angiograms, and fistula revisions (adult patients only)
• Approximately 20% pediatric cases (open hearts, appendectomy, cholecystectomy); no liver or lung transplants
• Unit participates in Gifts of Hope (organ donation) cases
• OR operates 24/7, 365 days per year; M–F primary hours 0730–2300, with skeleton crew for trauma and urgent cases after 2300
• Weekend hours are Sat–Sun 0700–1700, with skeleton crew after 1700 for trauma and urgent cases only
• This posting is for a Night Shift position with hours of Sun–Thurs 10:45p–7:15a
• Schedule is rotation-based on a 6-week cycle; candidates will be placed where needed and cannot self-schedule
• Weekend rotation: 1 full weekend (Fri/Sat) every 4th week
• On-call required: 3 call shifts per 6-week period; 30-minute response time required; sleeping room available for on-call team members
• No floating required
• EMR: Epic (experience required); IV pump: Alaris; medication dispensing: Pyxis

Requirements

• Active Illinois (IL) RN license required
• Current BLS certification required
• Minimum 2–3 years of acute care OR experience required; most recent experience must be within the last year
• Ability to scrub and circulate required
• Trauma experience at a Level I or II facility required
• Epic EMR experience required
• Critical care experience preferred
• At least 1 professional reference from a Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Charge RN dated within the last year required for consideration
• Candidate's full middle name or initial, date of birth, and last 4 digits of SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• Orientation includes Day 1 meeting with educators and ANM, login access setup, online modules, and Epic training; Days 2–3 consist of unit orientation
• Department support includes a charge nurse (no patient assignment M–F, available to assist on weekends and evenings), anesthesiologist bedside monitoring, resource nurse, ANM, educators, service line reps, and an Epic super-user
• Holiday coverage required: 1 winter holiday and 1 summer holiday
• Scrubs are provided by the facility
• Parking is free
• Local candidates are accepted at the same rate; no radius rules apply
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Former employees of Advocate Health or any of its subsidiaries must have been separated for at least 12 months before being eligible for a travel assignment