Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Des Moines, IA
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Flexible

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Variable, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Jul 6, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced OR RN for a Level I Trauma Center with multi-service line scrub and circulate responsibilities, requiring prior travel assignment experience and Epic proficiency.

Details

• Fast-paced hospital OR environment with 16 operating suites, routinely running 12-14 rooms
• Level I Trauma Center with dedicated trauma suite capacity
• Service lines include Cardiac/Peripheral Vascular, Neuro, Ortho (primarily trauma), Robotics, Gyn, Uro, General, Pediatrics, Transplants, and low-volume ENT and Plastics
• Patient ratio is 1:1
• Average caseload of 35-50 cases per day with an expectation of turnovers under 20 minutes
• Facility utilizes 3 Da Vinci robots, Stealth technology for neuro navigation, and primarily Synthes or Stryker for ortho trauma
• Both scrubbing and circulating are expected
• Weekend call runs from end of shift Friday through 6:30 AM Monday
• Charting via Epic EMR
• Scrubs are provided by the facility
• Floating required across multiple campuses (Iowa Methodist MC and Iowa Lutheran)

Requirements

• Active Iowa RN license or compact/multistate RN license required
• Current AHA or ARC BLS certification required
• Minimum 24 months of recent OR experience required
• Circulating experience required; scrub experience highly preferred
• Experience in General, Da Vinci Robotics, Pediatrics, and Trauma cases required
• Experience in Neuro, Ortho (trauma), Gyn, Uro, Transplants, Plastics, and ENT cases highly preferred
• Trauma Level II experience required; Trauma Level I experience highly preferred
• Epic EMR experience within the previous 3 years required
• Valid driver's license required
• Candidates must have completed at least one travel assignment within the previous 15 months — first-time travelers will not be considered

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include both scrubbing and circulating across multiple OR service lines
• A supervisory performance evaluation or professional reference from within the past 2 years is preferred for consideration
• Candidates who were employed by this facility within the 12 months prior to application may not be eligible
• Holiday coverage is required: travelers must work 1-2 of the following summer holidays — Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day — unless the unit is closed
• RTO during the Thanksgiving (11/26–11/30) and Winter Holiday (12/23–1/2) windows is limited to 1 day regardless of holidays worked