Operating Room Travel Nurse - Farmington, NM

This Operating Room travel nurse position in Farmington, New Mexico, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at San Juan Regional Medical Center. This role pays $2,307 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule.

As the Operating Room registered nurse on this assignment, you'll circulate surgical cases, verify patients, sites, and counts, participate in surgical time-outs, and safeguard sterile technique from setup through handoff to recovery.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits.

Responsibilities

• Circulate for surgical procedures and, when trained and assigned, perform the scrub role across assigned service lines
• Advocate for patient safety under anesthesia, verifying required consent and site documentation and participating in surgical time-outs
• Monitor and protect the sterile field, performing and reconciling instrument, sponge, and sharps counts with the perioperative team
• Anticipate surgeon and team needs, managing supplies, equipment, positioning, and specimen handling per facility protocol

Travel Nursing Requirements

• 2+ years of recent Operating Room nursing experience
• Active New Mexico RN License

San Juan Regional Medical Center — Farmington, NM

San Juan Regional Medical Center is the largest hospital in the Four Corners region — a roughly 198-bed nonprofit, community-owned acute-care hospital in Farmington, serving northwest New Mexico and the neighboring corners of Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.

• A Level III trauma center serving the Four Corners region (NM, AZ, CO, UT), with hospital-owned AirCare helicopter and fixed-wing transport.
• A Heart Center that is an Accredited Chest Pain Center with primary PCI and Mission: Lifeline-recognized cardiac care.
• A Joint Commission–certified Primary Stroke Center.
• A Commission on Cancer–accredited cancer center, a spine center, and an 18-bed rehabilitation hospital.
• Baby-Friendly maternity at a community-governed hospital serving a large Native American population.