Travel OR RN - $3,124 per week

American Traveler is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in New Haven, Connecticut.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/16/2026
• Duration: 10 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, rotating
• Employment Type: Travel

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Rotating, 4x10hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Nov 16, 2026
• Length: 10 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an Operating Room position at a Level I Trauma Center, requiring independent circulating skills and trauma case experience.

Details

• Operating Room unit in a Short Term Acute Care Level I Trauma Center
• Rotating shift pattern (2x12 and 2x8) covering days, evenings, and nights
• Schedule includes weekends, holidays, and on-call responsibilities
• Must circulate independently; scrub experience highly preferred
• Must independently manage trauma cases, craniotomy, vascular, and endo-vascular procedures
• Experience with robotics and orthopedic cases strongly preferred
• Charting completed in Epic
• Scrub color is royal blue

Requirements

• Active CT or compact RN license required (pending license accepted)
• BLS certification required; ACLS also required per role needs
• Minimum 2 years of OR experience required (1.5 years considered for Level I Trauma or travel experience)
• Epic charting experience required
• Teaching hospital and Trauma Level I experience required
• Previous travel assignment experience required
• Skills in neurology and craniotomy required
• One professional reference required for consideration

Additional Information

• This is a 10-week winter coverage assignment only
• Must be able to start by 12/18/2026
• No holiday RTO permitted; maximum of 5 days RTO allowed
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates not accepted; must reside outside a 75-mile radius of the facility (radius restriction waived for this 10-week assignment)
• Must be gone from facility for 2 years before returning as a traveler if previously employed on staff
• Flu vaccine required with no declinations accepted
• COVID vaccine and booster required unless religious or medical exemption applies
• Travelers are expected to work within a large academic medical center environment handling trauma, gunshot/stab wounds, and complex surgical cases

American Traveler Job ID #P-780652. Pay package is based on 10 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Travel RN - Operating Room

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