American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for an Operating Room position requiring at least 1 year of recent OR nursing experience and an active FL or compact RN license. This role comes through American Traveler, a staffing partner, so ask which facility you would land in.
Posted Sep 18
Shift and hours
Days · 8-hour shifts · Day shift from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM Shift: Days, 5x8hrs Day shift schedule from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM40 hours a week
Unit and setting
Surgery/OR unit · Hospital Work in the Surgery/OR unit of a hospital setting
License
RN license Active FL or compact RN license requiredFL or compact RN license
Term
13 weeks · starts Sep 22, 2026 · Travel
Do you qualify?
License
FL or compact RN licenseActive FL or compact RN license requiredCheck your license
Certification
BLS certification (AHA or ARC accepted, must not expire within first 30 days of start)BLS certification required (AHA or ARC accepted, must not expire within first 30 days of start)
Experience
1 year of recent experienceMinimum 1 year of recent experience in the Operating Room specialty required
Experience
Operating Room specialty
Also asks
No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
What it pays
Against similar roles
In range for Florida travel rolesFlorida travel postings that state pay run $1,640/week to $2,740/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,430/week, across 192 postings.
Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates will not be consideredMust reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates will not be considered
American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for an Operating Room position requiring at least 1 year of recent OR nursing experience and an active FL or compact RN license.
Details
Work in the Surgery/OR unit of a hospital setting
Day shift schedule from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM
13-week assignment length
Requirements
Active FL or compact RN license required
BLS certification required (AHA or ARC accepted, must not expire within first 30 days of start)
Minimum 1 year of recent experience in the Operating Room specialty required
No employment gaps of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
Additional Information
Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility; local candidates will not be considered
First-time travelers may be considered for this role
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Locals name the hip/young-professional pockets as Soho, Downtown/Water Street, Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, Ybor, and Noho. Hyde Park is the luxury-historic address near downtown; Davis Island and South Tampa sit in the same urban-core orbit, while Channelside and Downtown are the walkable urban play.
Westchase and Carrollwood are the middle-ring suburbs with parks and a quieter residential texture; New Tampa, Riverview, and Temple Terrace are repeatedly cited as more accessible price points. Outer options named for affordability include Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, Parrish, Brooksville, and Seminole, at the cost of a longer drive into the city.
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Tampa is described as car-dependent with limited public transit, so most people drive. Search demand concentrates in neighborhoods within about 20–25 minutes of Downtown Tampa, and one local realtor frames the real split as a roughly 12-minute core commute versus about 45 minutes from outer suburbs such as Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, or Parrish.
Peak-hour congestion is a constant complaint; Westshore sits on that urban-to-suburban spectrum near the airport. These sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines, or parking rules, so plan hospital commutes as a downtown-or-Westshore drive in traffic rather than a transit trip.
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and the Florida Aquarium are the big ticket attractions, with Gulf beaches a hop toward St. Pete and Clearwater. One local roundup cites more than 240 sunny days a year, so picnics and water time are the default until summer heat and hurricane season shut that down.
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