Operating Room Registered Nurse
Saint Louis, MO
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Operating Room St. Louis, Missouri. This travel assignment supports a short-term acute care operating room serving adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients in a high-acuity, Level I trauma environment. The assignment is scheduled from 12/07/2026 through 03/08/2027 and requires expertise in complex neurosurgery, spine, ear, nose, and throat procedures, hepatobiliary surgery, and abdominal organ transplantation.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shifts consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week, generally 10:30 a.m.11:00 p.m., with a minimum of 36 hours per week; every-other-weekend coverage and after-shift call may be required.
• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of operating room experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; circulating experience required; extensive experience in hepatobiliary surgery, Whipple procedures, and abdominal organ transplantation; proficiency with complex spine, ear, nose, and throat (ENT), neurosurgical, and intra-abdominal transplant procedures; experience with craniotomy, cervical and lumbar fusion, laminectomy or discectomy, kyphoplasty, liver and kidney transplantation, lung procedures, organ donation, radical neck dissection, tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy, tracheostomy, and related surgical procedures; Missouri or compact licensure required, with pending licensure potentially accepted.
• Preferred Qualifications: First-time travelers may be considered with qualifying experience in neurosurgery, spine, or ear, nose, and throat procedures.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information:
  • The operating room includes 17 rooms with an average daily census of 2028 patients.
  • Patient populations include adults, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
  • Clinical specialties include cranial neurosurgery, spine surgery, orthopedic spine procedures, ear, nose, and throat surgery, transplant surgery, and hepatobiliary surgery.
  • Scrubbing is optional; circulating is required.
  • After-shift call may extend until 6:30 a.m., including possible weekend call, with a 45-minute response time.
  • Call volume may vary according to unit needs.
  • The assignment requires influenza vaccination; medical or religious exemptions may be considered.
  • No more than 7 days of requested time off may be submitted, and requested time off is not permitted during the first week of the assignment.

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