Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Carlsbad, NM
Thrive Staffing
5x8 hrs, Days

Job Title

(RN) Operating Room (OR) Nurse

City/State: Carlsbad, New Mexico

Shift: Days, 07:00-15:30, Mon-Fri, 5x8hr shifts, call required

Contract Length: 13 weeks

Start Date: 08/03/2026

Job Description:

The Operating Room Nurse demonstrates critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, and leadership in the anticipation and planning for the care of the patient in the operating room. As a member of the surgical team, the RN works with the Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, ORTs, and other personnel to provide patient care in the Operating Room according to State Nurse Practice Act, AORN, and regulatory standards, physician orders, policies, and procedures of the Hospital and the Surgical Department.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring supplies and timeliness of cases
• Communication with families
• Updating of physician preference cards
• Scrubbing and assisting physicians during surgical cases
• Supervision of personnel delivering patient care

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience required
• BLS, ACLS, PALS required
• Experience with general, ortho, OBGYN, podiatry, plastics, endo, trauma & DaVinci robotics required
• Adult & pediatric experience required