Travel OR RN - $2,719 per week

About the role

Travel nurse RN position in the Operating Room (OR) located in Hays, Kansas. This is a 13‑week travel assignment requiring 40 hours per week on 10‑hour day shifts, with an immediate start date.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic bedside care to surgical patients.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medications; report adverse reactions.
• Serve as communication liaison between patients’ families and the operating team.
• Ensure the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient.
• Initiate patient education plans as prescribed by physicians; teach medication and home‑care management.
• Circulating OR nurse duties: respond to patient comfort and safety needs; handle and care for specimens; monitor surgical equipment; 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 with direct surgical care; help control bleeding; suture patients following surgery.
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods, bend, lean and stoop; lift up to 20 lbs routinely and up to 50 lbs when moving/lifting patients.
• Awareness of hazards from exposure to chemicals or infectious diseases in the OR environment.

Requirements

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

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed hours
• Continuing education
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Benefits effective day 1

Pay

Pay package is based on 10‑hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with a tax‑free stipend amount to be determined.

Schedule

40 hours per week, 10‑hour day shifts; 13‑week travel assignment.