Operating Room Travel Nurse

Travel Operating Room Nurse

This Operating Room travel nurse job in Rochester, New York, with Advantis Medical is a 17-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Strong Memorial Hospital. This role pays $2,298 per week and follows a rotating 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.

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 Operating Room Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent Operating Room experience.
• Must hold all required certifications and licenses as mandated by New York and national regulatory bodies.

Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY

Strong Memorial is the 886-bed flagship academic hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center, carrying the region's top designations in one place: Level I trauma, regional burn, and transplant.

• A New Yorkdesignated Level I adult trauma and regional burn center, putting trauma, burn, and critical-care nurses at the top of the region's acuity.
• Heart and liver transplant programs, plus neuromedicine programs in Parkinson's, epilepsy, and neuromuscular disease.
• The attached Golisano Children's Hospital brings its own pediatric depth an ACS-verified Level I pediatric trauma center, a regional PICU, and a Level IV NICU distinct tracks for pediatric and neonatal RNs.
• Magnet-recognized and the primary teaching hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
• The NCI-designated Wilmot Cancer Institute carries oncology nursing across the campus.

Benefits

• Day One Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k)
• Relocation and Travel Reimbursement
• Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals
• Weekly Direct Deposit
• $1,000 Referral Bonus + $250 Bonus for Your Referral

Explore Rochester, NY

Strong Memorial Hospital anchors the hospital network in Rochester, NY, which serves patients across much of western New York. Its critical-care floors and emergency department run continuously, drawing travelers in across the year. The metro's compact layout is its practical advantage: assignments extend into Brighton, Henrietta, and Irondequoit, yet commutes stay short even as contracts move among campuses. That makes it simple to switch placements without uprooting housing. Lake-effect winters are part of the deal here, though the short commutes blunt the worst of it. Days off have their own pull, from the Genesee Riverway Trail to the Strong National Museum of Play. For travelers who dislike long drives, few markets this size keep the work and the housing this close together.

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At Advantis Medical Staffing, we take great pride in our commitment to caring for travel nurses. We are dedicated to connecting nurses with the best travel nursing jobs nationwide, while providing exceptional service that fosters a trusted partnership for life. Our mission is to deliver the "Gold Standard" in servicenot only by securing your first assignment but by advocating for your long-term career goals and well-being.

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