Operating Room Travel Nurse

Travel RN Operating Room Nurse in Tucson, AZ

This Operating Room travel nurse job in Tucson, Arizona, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Northwest Medical Center. This role pays $1,945 per week and follows a Evenings shift with a 5x8 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 Operating Room Requirements:

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

Facility: Northwest Medical Center

Tucson, AZ

Serving northwest Tucson, Northwest Medical Center is a 287-bed hospital within Northwest Healthcare. Its services span 24/7 emergency and Level III trauma care, cardiovascular and medical-surgical intensive care, heart and stroke programs, maternity, surgery, imaging, and rehabilitation.

• 287-bed, Joint Commission-accredited hospital with cardiovascular and medical-surgical intensive care units
• Arizona Department of Health Services-designated Level III Trauma Center, awarded in December 2025
• ACC-accredited Chest Pain with Primary PCI Center and an Arizona Cardiac Receiving Center
• HFAP-certified Primary Stroke Center supported by CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, and other diagnostic imaging
• Northwest Women's Center provides maternity care, a Level IIE special care nursery, and 24/7 neonatologist coverage
• SRC Center of Excellence in robotic, hernia, colorectal, and minimally invasive surgery

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

Licensing in Arizona

Compact license accepted. Arizona is a Nurse Licensure Compact state, and our team handles endorsement and renewals for you. See the Arizona Licensing Center ?

Explore Tucson, AZ

Out toward the Sonoran Desert, Tucson, AZ serves southern Arizona from a regional hospital network with a wide rural catchment. Perioperative services and medical-surgical units lean on travel nurses to hold coverage across the metro. Banner University Medical Center Tucson and Tucson Medical Center handle most of that care. Contracts frequently extend into Oro Valley, Marana, and Sahuarita, where clinicians can set up a base with a workable commute. Time away from the floor connects straight to the landscape, and a hike up Sabino Canyon is a common way to recharge after a block of shifts. Summer heat and monsoon storms are the real planning factors, so travelers tend to schedule drives around the weather.

Travel Nursing Jobs With Advantis Medical The Gold Standard

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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