Travel Registered Nurse - Operating Room Open Heart - Tulsa, OK

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 10hr days, 40 hours a week, starting November 22, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,183 a week in all, a taxable rate of $22.91 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Operating Room Open Heart specialty position providing direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and healthcare protocols. The role supports comprehensive patient care coordination, monitoring, documentation, and discharge planning while requiring critical thinking, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a stressful environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 10-hour shifts, 40 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications: Professional nursing license with license verification; experience circulating open-heart surgical cases; experience harvesting veins.
• Additional Information:
• Provides and monitors individualized patient care plans.
• Records and communicates patient conditions appropriately.
• Coordinates care among multiple healthcare disciplines.
• Carries out physician and nursing orders.
• Assesses and coordinates discharge planning with the healthcare team.
• Follows Standard Precautions using required personal protective equipment.
• Call coverage and holiday work may be required.
• Assignment dates: 11/22/2026 through 02/20/2027.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits