Travel RN - Operating Room - Cardiovascular OR/CVOR
Lubbock, Texas
Staffing partner
This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
- Eligibility
- Cardiac
Posted Jun 19 · 2 years of experience
- Shift and hours
- 8-hour days5 shifts · 40 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- OR · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseActive TX RN license or Compact RN license required
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Jun 1, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
- License
- Active TX RN license or Compact RN license required Check your license
- Experience
- Minimum 2 years of CVOR experience required
- Experience
- At least 2 supervisory references covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years in a comparable specialty/setting
- Experience
- Cardiothoracic and Vascular experience required
- Also asks
- Epic EMR proficiency required
- Also asks
- SSN and DOB required for consideration
What it pays
Benefits
- Free surface parking
The role and schedule
- Floating
- Floats to other units
- Charting
- Epic
- Weekends
- No weekends
- On call
- On-call rotation
Support on this unit
- Nurse to patient
- 1:3 stated in this posting
The workplace
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How is staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
Original listing
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Assignment Overview Shift: Days, 5x8hrs Hours: 40 hrs/wk Start Date: Jun 1, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a CVOR Tech position at a Level II Trauma Center, requiring Cardiothoracic and Vascular experience and Epic proficiency.
Details Short-term acute care hospital with 379 staffed beds, designated as a Level II Trauma Center Cardiovascular OR (CVOR) unit Patient ratio of 1:3 Day shift, 5x8-hour shifts, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM On-call required for nights, weekends, and holidays No weekend requirement outside of on-call obligations Travelers are expected to float between all facilities within the state — refusal to float may result in assignment termination Epic EMR experience required Requirements Active TX RN license or Compact RN license required Minimum 2 years of CVOR experience required Cardiothoracic and Vascular experience required Epic EMR proficiency required At least 2 supervisory references covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years in a comparable specialty/setting SSN and DOB required for consideration
Additional Information
First-time travelers are welcome to apply Solid navy blue scrubs required for licensed nursing personnel (RN); print tops are not acceptable Free surface parking available on-site Former permanent staff must wait at least 3 months before returning as a traveler and must not reside within 50 miles of the facility Minimal RTO is strongly preferred; excessive RTO requests may impact placement RTO requests must be disclosed upfront — requests submitted after offer may be denied
What's around it?
Lubbock, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,182/mo
- Household income
- $60,895/yr, all local households, not nurse pay