Travel OR RN - $2,916 per week

Premier Medical Staffing Services is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Des Moines, Iowa.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/26/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

HIGHLIGHTS:
- 24 months of current operating room experience [required] 
- circulating / operating room experience [required]
- scrub experience [highly preferred]
- experience in the following cases: General, davinci Robotics, Pediatrics and Trauma [required]
- additional experience in the following cases: (Neurology, orthopedics(primarily trauma), gynecology, urology, transplants, plastics, Ear, nose, throat, Vascular) [highly preferred]
- EPIC electronic medical systems experience within previous 3 years [required]
- Trauma Level I experience [highly preferred]
- Trauma level II experience [required]
- No 1st time travelers, must have completed a travel assignment within previous 15 mos. [required]
- scrubbing experience in Orthopedic [highly preferred]
- Skills Checklist must be specific to the discipline listed on the job (Operating Room Nurse, scrub/scrubbing) [required]
- Nursy must state Active Iowa/IA license or compact/Multistate at time of submission [required] [document]

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
- Patient Ratios: 1:1
- Bed Size: 16
- Avg. caseload Average 35-50 cases per day. Expectation for turnovers is less than 20 minutes.
- Special equipment 3 Davinci robots. Use Stealth technology for Neuro navigation and use primarily Synthes or Stryker for ortho trauma. We don t do many ortho joints.
- How many suites 16 OR s. Run from 12-14 routinely. As a level 1 trauma center, we reserve space for traumas.
- Service lines - Cardiac/ PV, Neuro, ortho (primarily trauma), robotics, gyn, uro, general, pediatrics, transplants. We do a small volume of ENT and plastic procedures.
- Other the call for weekends is from end of shift on Friday until 0630am Monday.
- Traveler will be required to float across all campuses; Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran Iowa Methodist

MORE INFORMATION:
- Quickly interviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area code
- Local Radius rule: No locals -- All candidates must be at least 50 miles from the facility (based on drivers license)
- Employee Separation Policy: Any past employee whether FTE, or PRN for the UPH float pool, cannot work travel in another Market no matter which facility they currently work at, or have worked at within the past 12 months. 
- If they worked travel (not FTE or PRN), the separation policy does not apply
- HOLIDAY update: unless the Unit is closed, your contractor is required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming Winter holidays
- EMR: EPIC
- Call Back: 2 hr CB minimum --- In order for CB to apply, the RN must have clocked out, and left the premises, and THEN called back in. If they remain on shift, it counts as overage hours towards OT where applicable

- Submission requirements: Quickly interviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area code
- Orientation Dates: 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 (sooner start date is highly preferred)
- Professional Reference/Reference Check - charge/supervisor/nurse manager/director/CNO/COO performance evaluation/reference from within 24 months of today's date[preferred]
- Driver s License[document] [required] 
- AHA/Active American Heart Association or ARC/AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS [required]

HIGHLIGHTS: - 24 months of current operating room experience [required] - circulating / operating room experience [required] - scrub experience [highly preferred] - experience in the following cases: General, davinci Robotics, Pediatrics and Trauma [required] - additional experience in the following cases: (Neurology, orthopedics(primarily trauma), gynecology, urology, transplants, plastics, Ear, nose, throat, Vascular) [highly preferred] - EPIC electronic medical systems experience within previous 3 years [required] - Trauma Level I experience [highly preferred] - Trauma level II experience [required] - No 1st time travelers, must have completed a travel assignment within previous 15 mos. [required] - scrubbing experience in Orthopedic [highly preferred] - Skills Checklist must be specific to the discipline listed on the job (Operating Room Nurse, scrub/scrubbing) [required] - Nursy must state Active Iowa/IA license or compact/Multistate at time of submission [required] [document] ADDITIONAL DETAILS: - Patient Ratios: 1:1 - Bed Size: 16 - Avg. caseload Average 35-50 cases per day. Expectation for turnovers is less than 20 minutes. - Special equipment 3 Davinci robots. Use Stealth technology for Neuro navigation and use primarily Synthes or Stryker for ortho trauma. We don t do many ortho joints. - How many suites 16 OR s. Run from 12-14 routinely. As a level 1 trauma center, we reserve space for traumas. - Service lines - Cardiac/ PV, Neuro, ortho (primarily trauma), robotics, gyn, uro, general, pediatrics, transplants. We do a small volume of ENT and plastic procedures. - Other the call for weekends is from end of shift on Friday until 0630am Monday. - Traveler will be required to float across all campuses; Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran Iowa Methodist MORE INFORMATION: - Quickly interviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area code - Local Radius rule: No locals -- All candidates must be at least 50 miles from the facility (based on drivers license) - Employee Separation Policy: Any past employee whether FTE, or PRN for the UPH float pool, cannot work travel in another Market no matter which facility they currently work at, or have worked at within the past 12 months. - If they worked travel (not FTE or PRN), the separation policy does not apply - HOLIDAY update: unless the Unit is closed, your contractor is required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming Winter holidays - EMR: EPIC - Call Back: 2 hr CB minimum --- In order for CB to apply, the RN must have clocked out, and left the premises, and THEN called back in. If they remain on shift, it counts as overage hours towards OT where applicable - Submission requirements: Quickly interviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area code - Orientation Dates: 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 (sooner start date is highly preferred) - Professional Reference/Reference Check - charge/supervisor/nurse manager/director/CNO/COO performance evaluation/reference from within 24 months of today's date[preferred] - Driver s License[document] [required] - AHA/Active American Heart Association or ARC/AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS [required]

About Premier Medical Staffing Services

Premier Medical Staffing Services, LLC is a nationally expanding healthcare staffing firm for healthcare professionals and companies. We understand our clients’ need for highly qualified, expertly trained medical professionals and are passionate about helping clinicians find employment opportunities that fit their personality and needs. Able to accommodate the ever-changing needs of the healthcare landscape, we offer per-diem, contract and direct hire placements to support the unique needs of each industry sector. Premier Medical Staffing Services is Joint Commission Certified, a Military Spouse Employment Partner and is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise. We are proudly nurse owned.