Travel Nurse RN - Operating Room in Carlsbad, NM

Job Title

Travel Registered Nurse – Operating Room (OR) Circulator

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Contract (13 Weeks) | Full-Time | Onsite | Days, Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM (5x8-hour shifts) | Call required: minimum one weekday per week plus weekend rotation (weekday on-call 3:30 PM–7:00 AM; Saturday–Sunday on-call 7:00 AM–7:00 AM)

• Serve as the circulating RN in the operating room, demonstrating critical thinking, scientific judgment, and leadership in anticipating and planning patient care
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, OR technicians, and other surgical team members to deliver safe, high-quality patient care in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act, AORN standards, and facility policies
• Ensure appropriate supplies are available, maintain timeliness of surgical cases, and update physician preference cards
• Scrub in and assist physicians during surgical cases across a variety of specialties including general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, podiatry, plastics, endoscopy, trauma, and robotic-assisted procedures
• Communicate with patients' families and provide updates throughout the surgical process
• Supervise personnel involved in delivering patient care within the surgical department

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Minimum 2 years of OR circulating experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
• Experience with general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, podiatry, plastics, endoscopy, trauma, and DaVinci robotic surgical procedures
• Experience with both adult and pediatric patient populations
• Ability to fulfill on-call requirements including weekday and weekend rotations

• Prior travel nursing experience in a high-volume surgical setting
• Familiarity with a multi-OR environment performing approximately 250 procedures per month

• Work in a dynamic, well-equipped surgical department with a 1:1 patient ratio across six operating rooms
• Gain diverse surgical experience across multiple specialties in a supportive team environment