Travel Nurse RN - CVOR - $4,145 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN CVOR for a travel nursing job in Iowa City, Iowa.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: CVOR
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 09/08/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary:
The organization is seeking an Operating Room Cardiothoracic and Open Heart Surgery RN in Iowa City, Iowa. This position involves working on a team delivering cardiac surgical services, with responsibilities including scrub functions for complex cardiac procedures. The role offers an opportunity to join a facility with a strong focus on trauma and transplant surgery.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Day shifts, 10 hours per shift, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Valid RN license, at least 2 years of recent Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) nurse experience, including experience scrubbing cardiac surgeries. Candidates must have large Level 1 or Level 2 trauma experience and demonstrate competency in heart scrub skills, supported by an OR Scrub Skills Checklist in the submittal packet.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with transplants (heart and lung), peripheral vascular surgeries, and team rotation for on-call responsibilities, including 1x per week and 1 weekend (Saturday or Sunday) 24-hour call in a 4-week rotation.
• Additional Information: The position requires familiarity with SOPs specific to cardiac surgery, and team rotation is part of the schedule setup.

Benefits:
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits

Cross Country Job ID #1282567. Pay package is based on 10 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Operating Room Open Heart

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus