Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room - $2,279 per week

About the role

Travel RN position in Wheeling, West Virginia for an Operating Room (OR) specialty. This is a 13‑week travel assignment with 36 hours per week, 12‑hour rotating shifts. The role involves providing perioperative care as a circulating, scrub, or RN first assistant nurse.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic bedside care.
• Prepare, administer, and record prescribed medication; report any adverse reactions.
• Serve as communication liaison between patients' family members and the operating team.
• Ensure the correct procedure(s) is performed on the correct patient.
• Initiate patient education plan as prescribed by the physician; teach patients and families medication and home‑care management.
• Circulating OR Nurse duties: Respond to patient comfort and safety needs; accurately care for and handle specimens; monitor equipment used during surgery; inventory surgical items pre‑ and post‑procedure.
• Scrub OR Nurse duties: Select and handle surgical instruments and supplies during procedures; inventory surgical items pre‑ and post‑procedure.
• RN First Assistant duties: Assist physicians by delivering direct surgical care; help control bleeding; suture patients following surgery.
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods, bend, lean, and stoop without difficulty; lift up to 20 pounds routinely and assist with patient moves requiring up to 50 pounds.
• Awareness of hazards from exposure to chemicals or infectious diseases in the OR environment.

Requirements

• Current BLS certification.
• 1‑2 years recent acute care experience as a circulating nurse and/or scrub nurse; RN first assistant experience is a plus.
• Additional certifications may be required before starting the assignment.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1

Schedule

12‑hour rotating shifts, 36 hours per week.