Travel RN - Operating Room
Seattle, WA
Staffing partner
Emergency
Posted Jun 18 · 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
- Charge shifts · No floating · No 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 night shift travel contract at a Level 1 Trauma, Magnet teaching hospital, requiring a minimum of 2 years of OR experience with Level 1 Trauma and Neuro backgrounds.
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Details Operating Room in a 500-bed Magnet, academic teaching, Level 1 Trauma Center 25-bed OR unit with a high case volume of approximately 60–70 cases Primarily Ortho, Spine, and Neuro cases; no Cardiac or Transplant cases Circulating skills required Medication management via Pyxis Charting via Epic (preferred, not required) Night shift: 3x12-hour shifts, 18:45–07:15 Approximately 2–4 charge shifts per month, occasionally covering weekend nights (Friday and/or Saturday) Weekend flexibility required; Sunday nights are not considered weekend shifts by the facility No floating required No on-call required 13-week contract Requirements Active WA RN license or Compact license holders must apply for a WA license and complete the required 6-hour suicide prevention training and submit demographic data through the WA BON site; pending licenses are not accepted Current BLS certification required Minimum 2 years of OR RN experience required; 3–4 years preferred Level 1 Trauma Center experience required Neuro OR experience required COVID vaccination and booster required, no exceptions Circulating skills required Additional Information First-time travelers are welcome to apply Local candidates are accepted with no radius restriction Prior UW Health staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 18 months before returning as a traveler RTO is limited to no more than 6 days for the contract; no RTO may be requested during orientation week Block scheduling is not available; travelers are expected to remain flexible Facility-provided scrubs Onsite parking is available for a daily fee; an offsite parking option is also available at $10/day via a 10-minute shuttle service (weekdays only, 5:00 AM–10:00 PM; not available nights, weekends, or holidays)
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Requirements
- Active WA RN license or Compact license holders must apply for a WA license and complete the required 6-hour suicide prevention training and submit demographic data through the WA BON site; pending licenses are not accepted
- Current BLS certification required
- Minimum 2 years of OR RN experience required; 3–4 years preferred
- Level 1 Trauma Center experience required
- Neuro OR experience required
- COVID vaccination and booster required, no exceptions
- Circulating skills required
- Additional Information
- First-time travelers are welcome to apply
- Local candidates are accepted with no radius restriction
- Prior UW Health staff must have been separated from the facility for at least 18 months before returning as a traveler
- RTO is limited to no more than 6 days for the contract; no RTO may be requested during orientation week
- Block scheduling is not available; travelers are expected to remain flexible
- Facility-provided scrubs
- Onsite parking is available for a daily fee; an offsite parking option is also available at $10/day via a 10-minute shuttle service (weekdays only, 5:00 AM–10:00 PM; not available nights, weekends, or holidays)
Place
- City
- Seattle, WA
- Median rent
- $2,030/mo
- Local household income
- $123,860/yr
- Metro price level
- 11% above the national average
- Address
- Seattle, WA, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Seattle area index 111.1, where 100 is the national average.
Seattle pairs Pacific Northwest natural beauty with top-tier healthcare employers. Nurses enjoy outdoor access to Puget Sound and the Cascades, plus coffee culture and distinct neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and Ballard. Expect rainy winters, mild summers, and a tech-driven economy that keeps the metro buzzing year-round.
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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