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: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 10 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
HIGHLIGHTS:
- 2+ years of current OR experience required
- Proficient circulating experience required
- Scrub experience desired, but not required
- EPIC EMR experience within previous 3 years required
- Level I experience required
- No 1st time travelers, must have completed a travel assignment within previous 12 months
- Certifications: BLS (AHA)
- State Licenses: Iowa
- Will accept locals within 50 miles; 10% reduction to pay
- Weekend Description: call schedule; Fri 5p through Mon 6:30a
- Traveler will be required to float across all campuses; Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran
- Required to work 2 of 3 (Christmas, New Years, or Thanksgiving)
- Limit of 1 day request off between 11/26/25-11/30/25 and 12/23/25-1/2/26 for all travelers regardless of holidays worked
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
- Proof of Taxable Address, to verify distance for our local traveler policy listed above (any of the below documents are acceptable; only 1 document is required): Driver's License, Current Utility Bill, Lease/Rental Agreement, Mortgage Statement/Bill, Homeowner's or Renter's Insurance Statement/Bill, Voter Registration, Bank Statement, Auto Insurance, Tax Return
MORE INFORMATION:
- This position offers SAME DAY INTERVIEWS! Qualified Candidates will receive a call from a (405) area code
- A Day in the Life - Curtis - Registered Nurse (vimeo.com)
- As a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients through the application of the nursing process
- EMR: EPIC
- 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
- Iowa Methodist
- At a minimum - must be proficiently experienced in the following cases: Gen, Robotics, Pediatrics and Trauma (additional experience in following service lines--(Neuro, ortho (primarily trauma), gyn, uro, transplants, plastics, ENT, Vascular)
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.
