Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Indianapolis, IN
First Connect Health
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

HIGH-COMPENSATION TRANSPLANT OR RN CONTRACT – HOT JOB – WEEKEND NIGHTS

First Connect Health has an immediate 13-week travel opening for a highly specialized Transplant Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN). Operating within a major short-term acute care facility, this unit is solely dedicated to adult abdominal transplants. If you are a seasoned surgical nurse with independent competency managing high-acuity transplant cases, looking to secure excellent Midwestern tax-free stipends, this premium contract is built for you!

Please note: This facility enforces a strict experience requirement. Prior abdominal transplant experience is an absolute compliance hard stop.

💰 PRE-CALCULATED PAY PACKAGE
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• Weekly Gross: $2,502.60
   
• Estimated Net Weekly (Take-Home): $2,303.82
   
• Weekly Tax-Free Stipend: $1,491.00
   
• Hourly W2 Rate: $28.10/hr
   
• Overtime Rate: $42.00/hr
   
• Based on 36 Regular Hours weekly (3x12 Shifts). Overtime multiplier activates at 1% for hours worked over 40 in a single week.
   

➕ EXTRA COMPENSATION MULTIPLIERS
 

• On-Call Standby Rate: $10.00/hr
   
• Call-Back Pay Premium: 1.35%
   
• Charge Nurse Premium: +$3.00/hr
   
• Holiday Differential Multiplier: 1.35%
   
• Orientation Pay: 12 hours of non-billable training tracking applies.
   

📅 SHIFT & POSITION DETAILS
 

• Schedule: 3x12-Hour shifts.
   
• ⚠️ IMPORTANT SHIFT BLOCK NOTE: While the baseline scheduling block reads Day shift, the specific unit parameters lock in a Weekend Night schedule (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) covering Saturday, Sunday, plus one rotating weekday. No block scheduling available.
   
• Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours guaranteed weekly.
   
• On-Call Requirements: Heavy rotational call required, tracking at 40 to 60 total hours per 6-week scheduling period. Holiday rotations are also mandatory.
   
• EMR & Charting System: Cerner.
   
• Clinical Environment & Pacing: High-acuity abdominal transplant operating room. Solely targets complex adult and geriatric recipient procedures. All pediatric transplants are routed to Riley Hospital and are completely excluded from the traveler's caseload.
   
• Case Mix Scope: Intestinal, multi-visceral, kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants, alongside regulatory transplant charting.
   
• Multi-Specialty Floating: 100% required. Traveling nurses must float across all surgeries and multi-specialty channels within the hospital or to nearby affiliate network facilities based on patient volumes.
   

🚨 REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUBMISSION
 

• Experience: Minimum 2 years of recent acute care hospital OR experience. Proven recipient procedure experience in liver, kidney, pancreas, or intestinal transplants is an absolute clinical HARD STOP. First-time travel nurses are accepted ONLY if they possess an exceptionally strong, stable 2-year background in abdominal transplant surgeries.
   
• Education: Clinicians must have graduated from a university or college accredited by the ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation.
   
• Licensure: Active Indiana State Nursing License must be in hand prior to your official start date.
   
• Certifications Required: Active AHA BLS certification.
   
• Interview Mandate: All candidates must provide 2 to 3 days of direct interview availability typed on their profile at the exact time of submission.
   

✨ WORK WITH FIRST CONNECT HEALTH
Avoid administrative delays. Apply directly to this posting to lock in your file with our dedicated surgical recruitment workflow. We guarantee upfront pay transparency, immediate document checklist mapping, and ensure your profile is uploaded directly to account manager for prioritized review!

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