CVOR Operating Room RN (Scrub & Circulate)
Oak Lawn, IL
American Traveler
5x8 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 5x8hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Jun 8, 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 scrub and circulate skills with Epic experience.

Details

• Work setting is a 794-bed, Level I Trauma Center, Magnet-designated hospital 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
• OR handles approximately 60–75 cases per day across a wide variety of service lines including general, GYN, urology, robotics, vascular, ortho, neuro, open hearts/CABGs, transplants (kidney, heart, donor), trauma (GSW, stabbings), and Gifts of Hope cases
• Hybrid rooms see 5–10 cases per day including TAVR, AAA, endarterectomies, angiograms, and fistula revisions (adults only)
• Approximately 20% of cases involve pediatric patients (open hearts, appendectomy, cholecystectomy); no liver or lung transplants
• Primary shift is Days, Monday–Friday, 6:45 AM–3:15 PM (8-hour shifts, 40 hours/week)
• OR operates 24/7, 365 days a year; weekday elective schedule runs 7:30 AM–11:00 PM, with a skeleton crew for trauma and urgent cases after 11:00 PM
• Weekend hours are 7:00 AM–5:00 PM Saturday–Sunday, with skeleton crew for trauma and urgent cases after 5:00 PM
• Weekend rotation is one full weekend (Saturday–Sunday) every 4th week
• On-call requirement consists of 3 call shifts per week: 2 weekend shifts and 1 additional shift; 30-minute response time required
• A sleeping room is available for on-call team members
• Holiday coverage required for one summer holiday and one winter holiday
• No floating required
• EMR: Epic (experience required); IV pump: Alaris; medication dispensing: Pyxis

Requirements

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

Additional Information

• Orientation begins with meeting educators and the ANM, gaining system login access, completing online modules, and Epic training; unit-specific orientation follows on days 2–3
• Scheduling is rotation-based on a 6-week schedule; candidates are assigned where needed and self-scheduling is not available
• Schedules are typically provided 2–4 weeks in advance
• Support staff includes a charge nurse (no patient assignment Monday–Friday), anesthesiologist bedside monitoring, resource nurse, ANM, educators, service line reps, and an Epic super-user
• Scrubs are provided by the facility; parking is free
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates are accepted at the same rate; no radius restriction applies
• Former employees of Advocate Health or any of its subsidiaries must have been separated for at least 12 months before being eligible for this travel assignment