Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Mountain Home, ID
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Job Summary
Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) Mountain Home, Idaho. The OR RN will support surgical services across the perioperative workflow, including preoperative and post-anesthesia care responsibilities as assigned. Candidates are required to bring their license on the first day.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating schedule with 12-hour shifts; minimum 36 hours per week. Includes 1720 call shifts within an 8-week staff scheduling period, with 12-hour weeknight shifts and 24-hour weekend shifts. Arrival is 07/06/2026 with assignments sent the week prior; team members remain until patients are out of PACU, with the potential to leave earlier (by 16:30) if there are no cases and to remain available to be called back if needed.
• Required Qualifications: Current nursing license to submit; Basic Life Support (BLS); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP); 3 years of operating room experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Preop and PACU experience.
• Responsibilities: Perform assigned perioperative duties within surgical services, supporting a small team environment where staff collaborate to assist across roles as needed. Scrubbing is required, with the expectation that team members help during downtime and may be asked to support other departments if there are no surgeries.
• Additional Information: Surgical Services unit operates with 2 OR suites (with typically one room running at a time). Common case types may include cholecystectomies, appendectomies, hernia repairs, abdominal hysterectomies, hysteroscopies, dilation and curettage (D&C), colonoscopies, endoscopies, and C-sections (typically not managing babies in every surgery). Preop and PACU staffing coverage is expected, and a float role may be assigned to support preop/PACU needs and other departments when surgeries are not scheduled.

Benefits: The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits