Travel RN - Operating Room

Travel RN - Operating Room

American Traveler

Augusta, Georgia, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 14

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

$2,349.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for an Operating Room position requiring 3+ years of OR experience with scrub and circulate competency across high-volume ortho, robotics, and neuro/spine specialties.

Details

• Main OR setting with 16 rooms and an average daily census of 35
• Patient population ranges from adolescents to geriatrics
• High volume of total joint replacements (hips, knees, shoulders)
• High volume of robotic cases including general, urology, colorectal, and gyn
• High volume of spine/neuro cases including cervical, lumbar, thoracic fusions, and craniotomies
• Does not include scrub/circulating for open heart and vascular specialties
• Day shift, 4x10 hours, 6:30 AM-5:00 PM
• Rare floating within facility and scope of practice as needed
• On-call required: 7-8 calls per 8-week schedule, including 1 weekend call, 1-2 weekend shifts, and 2-3 weekday night calls
• Weekend commitment of 2-3 weekends per 8-week schedule, either in-house or on call
• Uses Epic EMR (required), Pyxis, SBAR, 2 DaVinci XI robots, and 1 Mako Ortho robot
• Pharmacy located within the department

Requirements

• Active RN license (GA or Compact) required
• BLS certification required; ACLS and CNOR preferred
• Minimum 3 years of OR experience required
• Previous charge experience required
• Scrub and circulate experience required
• Community hospital experience required
• Trauma Level II experience required; Trauma Level I and teaching hospital experience preferred
• Epic charting system experience required
• Prior travel nursing experience required
• 1st time travelers not accepted
• Skills in orthopedic, robotic, neuro/spine, general surgery, and urology procedures preferred

Additional Information

• Perform scrub and circulating duties across high-volume orthopedic, robotic, neuro/spine, and urology procedures
• Perform own vital sign and blood glucose checks as part of role
• Scrubs provided by facility
• Max RTO of 7 days per contract, all RTO must be finalized at time of submission
• No RTO permitted during orientation week
• Holiday coverage required per Piedmont policy depending on number of major holidays falling within assignment
• Local candidates accepted at the same bill rate
• Permanent, PRN, or internal staff must be away from all Piedmont facilities for 1 full year before returning as a traveler
• Returning travelers who were previously cancelled or deemed unable to return must complete one successful assignment outside of Piedmont before reapplying

Hours per week: 40

Hours per shift: 10