Travel Perioperative Registered Nurse

Travel Operating Room Nurse in New Orleans, LA

This Operating Room travel nurse job in New Orleans, Louisiana, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Ochsner Medical Center. This role pays $2,514 per week and follows a Days 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.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits. Apply today to learn more about this Operating Room travel nurse job in New Orleans, LA, and find others just like it.

Facility: Ochsner Medical Center

Contract Length: 13 Weeks

Shift: Days (3x12)

EMR System: Epic

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:

Must hold all required certifications and licenses as mandated by Louisiana and national regulatory bodies.

Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, LA

Ochsner Medical Center on Jefferson Highway is the flagship of Ochsner Health and one of a small group of hospitals nationwide to earn Magnet five times a 767-bed tertiary center built around transplant, cardiac, and complex surgical care just outside New Orleans.

News's best hospital in Louisiana for over a decade a strong nursing-practice and referral-center environment. Three centers of excellence shape the specialty units: the Multi-Organ Transplant Center, the Heart & Vascular Institute, and the Cancer Institute.

Every heart transplant in Ochsner Health happens here, alongside advanced heart-failure care that includes the SynCardia total artificial heart.

A 767-bed tertiary hospital teaching through the University of QueenslandOchsner clinical program.

Maternity and a NICU at the Women's Pavilion at Ochsner Baptist add women's and newborn tracks.

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

Review Louisiana nursing license requirements before your assignment.

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A hospital market as distinctive as the city itself runs through New Orleans, LA, with systems spread from the downtown medical district across the parishes and travel demand spanning emergency, intensive care, and surgical assignments. The patient mix and the culture reward nurses who settle in rather than pass through. The streetcar lines still work as actual transit, the French Quarter belongs to visitors while locals claim the Bywater and Mid-City, and the food and music calendars simply never stop. Metairie and the West Bank communities widen the search at gentler prices. The housing strategy matters; 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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