Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN CVOR for a travel nursing job in Des Moines, Iowa.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: CVOR
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 26 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 10 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
❤️ Travel CVOR RN | Level I Trauma Center | 26-Week Contract | Iowa
Contract Length: 26 Weeks
⏰ Schedule: 4 x 10-Hour Days | 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday–Friday with rotating day off)
☎️ Call: Up to 2 overnight call shifts/week + 1 weekend/month
On-Call Pay: $9/hour | Call Back: 1.5x (2-hour minimum)
Why You'll Love This Assignment
- ✅ Long-term 26-week contract
- ✅ Work at a Level I Trauma Center
- ✅ Epic EMR
- ✅ Scrubs provided
- ✅ 1:1 staffing
- ✅ Exposure to advanced cardiovascular and trauma surgery
- ✅ Opportunity to work with cutting-edge surgical technology
OR Highlights
- 16 Operating Rooms (12–14 running daily)
- 35–50 surgical cases per day
- Three Da Vinci robotic systems
- Stealth Neuro Navigation
- Stryker & Synthes orthopedic trauma equipment
- Less than 20-minute room turnover expectation
Service Lines
- ❤️ Cardiac Surgery
- Vascular
- Thoracic
- Neuro
- Trauma Orthopedics
- Robotics
- General Surgery
- Gynecology
- Urology
- Pediatrics
- Transplant
- Cardiac/PV
Requirements
- Active Iowa RN License or Compact License
- BLS (AHA)
- Minimum 24 months of recent CVOR/Operating Room experience
- Strong experience with:
- Cardiac
- Vascular
- Thoracic
- General OR circulating
- Open Heart scrubbing experience required
- Epic experience within the last 3 years
- Level II Trauma experience required (Level I preferred)
- Must have completed at least one travel assignment within the last 15 months
- Candidates must be comfortable with approximately 80% Cardiac / 20% General OR cases
Orientation
Comprehensive CVOR orientation includes:
- General OR
- Vascular
- Cardiac circulating
- Heart scrubbing
- Progressive call training before independent cardiac call
Call Schedule
- Up to 2 overnight call shifts per week
- 1 weekend call per month
- Weekend call begins Friday evening through Monday morning
- Holiday rotation required
Important Submission Requirements
- 50-mile local radius rule (local candidates accepted with a 10% bill rate reduction)
- No former UPH FTE or PRN employees within the past 12 months
- Driver's license required
- Resume showing 24 months of recent CVOR experience
- Current OR skills checklist
- Iowa/Compact RN license at submission
- Professional reference preferred
This is an outstanding opportunity for experienced CVOR travelers looking to work in a high-acuity Level I Trauma Center with advanced cardiac, vascular, and robotic surgery. Apply today!
About Care Career
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits