Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Des Moines, IA
Malone Healthcare - Nursing
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

• Job Title: OR - RN (Travel Contract)
• Specialty: Operating Room (OR)
• Location: Des Moines, Iowa (Blank Children's Hospital / UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center)
• Shift: Days (Mandatory floating across all campuses including Iowa Methodist MC and Iowa Lutheran)

• Target Start Date: 09/21/2026 (Alternative orientation date: 09/28)

   

• VMS Req ID: 69738

Position Summary Operating Room Registered Nurse needed for a 16-suite Level I trauma center (averaging 35–50 cases/day with <20 minute turnovers). Service lines include cardiac/PV, neuro, ortho trauma, robotics (3 DaVinci systems), gyn, uro, general, peds, and transplants. Both circulating and scrubbing are preferred (circulating is required, while scrub experience is highly preferred) with charting via Epic EMR. Scrubs are provided.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum 24 months of current operating room experience required, including circulating experience (scrubbing is highly preferred) and specific experience in General, DaVinci Robotics, Pediatrics, and Trauma cases
• Prior travel experience strictly required (must have completed a travel assignment within the previous 15 months; no first-time travelers)
• Active Iowa license or compact/multistate license via Nursys and AHA BLS required in hand at submission
• Compliance & Submission Rules: Strict no-local policy (>50 miles from facility based on driver's license); employee separation policy applies for past UPH FTE/PRN staff within 12 months