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

🔥 40-HOUR DAY-SHIFT OPERATING ROOM (OR) SURGICAL RN CONTRACT – MILWAUKEE, WI

An immediate 13- to 26-week travel contract opening is available for an experienced Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County / Lake Michigan East Side). Operating within comprehensive inpatient and outpatient surgical suites at an established acute care tertiary medical center, this role features a dependable 40-hour schedule of four 10-hour day shifts (08:30 AM – 19:00 PM / 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM; flexible based on daily OR volume). MASSIVE $1,568/WEEK TAX-FREE HOUSING & MEAL STIPEND! SOLID $2,608/WEEK GROSS PACKAGE! FLEXIBLE 13–26 WEEK CONTRACT DURATIONS! DA VINCI ROBOTICS EXPOSURE! SCRUB SKILLS VALUED! EPIC EHR! LATE NOVEMBER START! The surgical team manages multi-specialty cases including general surgery, robotic-assisted procedures, orthopedics, neuro/spine, vascular, ENT, urology, and gynecologic surgery. If you are a perioperative nurse skilled in surgical time-outs, robotic system docking, sterile field management, specimen handling, and intraoperative emergency intervention looking to earn $2,608/week in Wisconsin, this assignment is built for you!

💰 PRE-CALCULATED PAY PACKAGE

• Weekly Gross: $2,608.00
• Weekly Tax-Free Stipend: $1,568.00
• Hourly W2 Regular Rate: $26.00/hr (40 regular hours)
• Overtime Rate: $39.00/hr
• (Local clinicians accepted at an adjusted local bill structure).

📅 SHIFT & POSITION DETAILS

• Schedule: Day shifts, 4x10-Hours (08:30 AM – 19:00 PM / 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM; daily hours may flex slightly based on room case volumes).
• Guaranteed Hours: 40 regular hours guaranteed weekly.
• Assignment Duration: 13 to 26 Weeks (November 29, 2026 – May 29, 2027; flexible contract length options).
• On-Call Requirements: Standby on-call participation is based on departmental needs, rotating across weekdays and weekends.
• Holiday Requirements: Shared holiday on-call rotation with permanent core staff.
• Department Setting: Hospital Operating Room Suites (Dept: Operating Room 001 / 15130).
• Floating Scope: May need to float onsite within clinical competency or to affiliate surgical facilities within a 40-mile radius (rare).
• Clinical Scope & Specialty Procedures:
  • Primary circulating role across diverse surgical specialties: robotic surgery (da Vinci surgical systems), general surgery, orthopedic joint replacement and trauma, spine/neurosurgery, vascular, plastics, and minimally invasive procedures.
  • Circulating responsibilities including patient verification, surgical site marking, Universal Protocol time-out execution, and nerve protection/positioning (supine, prone, lateral, lithotomy).
  • Setup, draping, connection, and intraoperative troubleshooting of robotic consoles, robotic arms, and laparoscopic insufflation/video towers.
  • Maintaining rigid asepsis surveillance, environmental controls, and traffic management in the sterile field.
  • Exacting intraoperative counts: sponges, needles, sharps, and instruments in collaboration with the surgical scrub tech.
  • Dual-competency scrub capability (scrub nurse experience strongly preferred).
  • Medication reconciliation on the sterile field, specimen chain-of-custody documentation, and immediate recognition of intraoperative crises (malignant hyperthermia, surgical hemorrhage).
• EMR System: Epic electronic health record.

🚨 REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUBMISSION

• Experience Requirement: Minimum 2 years of dedicated acute hospital Operating Room RN experience with previous travel experience strictly required.
• Clinical Competencies (Hard Stop): Verified robotic surgery experience strictly required (scrub nurse experience preferred).
• Licensure: Active Wisconsin Registered Nurse (RN) License or Compact/NLC Multistate License strictly in hand at submittal (with active Nursys report).
• Certifications Required at Submittal (Must be attached):
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) — American Heart Association (AHA) only.
• Preferred Certifications: Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

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