Travel RN - Operating Room
Bridgeport, WV
Staffing partner
General
Posted Jun 19 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- OR
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts May 18, 2026 · Travel
- On the floor
- On call
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Hospital
More role details
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
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About this role
Assignment Overview Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Hours: 36 hrs/wk Start Date: May 18, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is seeking an experienced OR RN for a 13-week travel contract at a Level II Trauma acute care facility in West Virginia, requiring at least 2 years of OR experience and a WV or compact RN license.
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Details Acute care hospital OR setting at a Level II Trauma facility Operating Room unit with 11 total rooms: 8 OR suites and 3 Endo suites, averaging approximately 65 cases per day Surgical cases include general, vascular (non-open heart), orthopedic, neuro, eyes, and ENT; open heart cases are not performed Will cross-train to the Endoscopy (Endo) suites Uses da Vinci Robot, Philips and Dynamap equipment, and Baxter pumps EMR: Epic 12-hour night shifts on a blocked schedule of Sunday–Tuesday or Wednesday–Friday Call rotation includes one weeknight call every 4 weeks (7p–7a) and one weekend call shift (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, up to 24 hours) per 13-week contract 13-week contract Requirements Active WV or compact RN license required Minimum 2 years of OR experience required, with experience across all areas of the OR Current BLS certification required ACLS certification required Epic EMR experience preferred Da Vinci Robot experience is a strong plus A valid, unexpired driver's license is required for consideration Additional Information No prescreen interview required for this OR position Candidates must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible for this position Travelers who have previously worked at any WVU Medicine location must have taken a minimum 2-year break before being eligible to reapply Travelers may not work within the WVU Medicine system for longer than one cumulative year without taking a 2-year break 2 references required for consideration: one supervisor reference and one peer or additional supervisor reference (e.g., Charge RN); if the candidate held a permanent position within the last 12 months, one supervisor reference must be from that facility Work history covering 7 years (or from graduation, whichever is less) with no gaps greater than 30 days is required for consideration
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“an experienced OR RN for a 13-week travel contract at a Level II Trauma acute care facility in West Virginia, requiring at least 2 years of OR experience and a WV or compact RN license.” · from this posting
Requirements
- Active WV or compact RN license required
- Minimum 2 years of OR experience required, with experience across all areas of the OR
- Current BLS certification required
- ACLS certification required
- Epic EMR experience preferred
- Da Vinci Robot experience is a strong plus
- A valid, unexpired driver's license is required for consideration
- Additional Information
- No prescreen interview required for this OR position
- Candidates must reside more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible for this position
- Travelers who have previously worked at any WVU Medicine location must have taken a minimum 2-year break before being eligible to reapply
- Travelers may not work within the WVU Medicine system for longer than one cumulative year without taking a 2-year break
- 2 references required for consideration: one supervisor reference and one peer or additional supervisor reference (e.g., Charge RN); if the candidate held a permanent position within the last 12 months, one supervisor reference must be from that facility
- Work history covering 7 years (or from graduation, whichever is less) with no gaps greater than 30 days is required for consideration
Place
- City
- Bridgeport, WV
- Median rent
- $1,105/mo
- Local household income
- $100,022/yr
- State price level
- 11% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
West Virginia index 89.5, where 100 is the national average.
Bridgeport is a small city in north-central West Virginia with a quiet, suburban feel. It offers easy access to outdoor recreation in the surrounding Appalachian hills and a slower pace of life that appeals to nurses seeking a close-knit community within reach of larger metro amenities in Clarksburg and Morgantown.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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