Travel Nurse RN - Cardiovascular Operating Room - in Des Moines, IA

Position: Travel Nurse RN - Cardiovascular Operating Room - $2,987 per week in Des Moines, IA
Registered Nurse (RN) | Cardiovascular Operating Room

Location:

Des Moines, IA

Agency:  Mindlance Health

Pay:  $2,987 per week

Shift Information:  Days - 4 days x 10 hours

Contract Duration:  13 Weeks

Start Date:

3/23/2026

About the Position
:  

Shift: 6:30 AM-5:00 PM Mon - Fri, 4x10s with rotating day off;
Call - up to 2 overnight/week and 4 weekends

Description:

Quickly interviewing viable candidates:
Phone call/text from a 405 area code

Local

Radius rule: 50 miles, 10% reduction to bill rate

NBO:16 hrsEMR: EPICOT/ multiplier

Call Back: 1.5x multiplier with 2 hr CB minimum

On Call:$9/hr Charge/Precept: $6/hr Billable  hrs/week, OT billable after 4048 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.experience in the following cases:(da Vinci robotics, pediatrics, trauma, Neurology, orthopedics(primarily trauma), gynecology, urology, transplants, plastics, Ear, nose, throat, Vascular) [preferred]Traveler will be required to float across all campuses;
Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran Iowa Methodist Submission requirements:
Quickly interviewing viable candidates:
Phone call/text from a 405 area code Orientation Dates: 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13minimum of 24 months current/recentoperating room experience [required]circulating / operating room experience [required]strong proficient experience in:
Cardiac, vascular, thoracic [REQUIRED]basic General Surgery circulating experience[REQUIRED] --- (if not assigned to Cardiac cases)
EPIC electronic medical systems experience within previous 3 years [required]Trauma Level I experience [highly preferred]trauma level II experience [highly preferred]No 1st time travelers, must have completed a travel assignment within previous 12 mos.

Scrub experience needed including open heart scrubbing [REQUIRED]PROFILE  history/resume/employment history must have 24 months of current operating room experience[required]Skills Checklist must be specific to the discipline listed on the job (Operating Room Nurse, scrub/scrubbing) [required]Nursy s must state Active Iowa/IA license or compact/Multistate at time of submission [required] [document]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 CROSSBLS [required]  OnCall:up to 2 overnight/week and 4 weekends per 13 week contract  schedule;
Fri 5p through Mon 6:30a  (AHA)  Guaranteed

Hours:

Contract Weeks:91

Requirements
Required for Onboarding   ACLS
BLS
CVOR Exam
CVOR RN Skills Checklist
Core Exam - Nursing
Ishihara Color vision Screening