RN-Pediatrics Travel Nursing

Registered Nurse (RN) | Pediatric OR
Location: Des Moines, IA

Agency: talent4health

Pay: $2,713 per week

Shift Information: Days - 4 days x 10 hours

Contract Duration: 13 Weeks

Start Date: 8/3/2026

About the Position
Quickly interviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area code
Local Radius rule: 50 miles, 10% reduction to bill rate
Employee Separation Policy: Any past employee of UPH 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 at UPH (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 Summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day)

NBO: 16 hrs

EMR : EPIC

OT/Holiday: 1.15x multiplier
Call Back: 1.5x multiplier with 2 hr CB minimum
On Call: $9/hr
Charge/Precept : $6/hr
Billable OT:

• 36-40 hrs/week, OT billable after 40
• 48 hrs/week, OT billable after 48

UNIT Info

Patient Types: see submission requirements
Patient Ratios: 1:1
Bed Size: 16
Scrubs: provided
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.
Scrub or Circulate – both would be preferred.
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

Requirements
Required for Onboarding
Basic Life Saver (CPR, BLS)
Core Concepts in Healthcare - Nursing