Job Description

Overview
Registered Nurse – Perioperative (Operating Room), travel assignment in a Critical Access Hospital located in Hermiston, Oregon, United States. Start date: 06/15/2026. Duration: 13 weeks. Weekly pay: $2,279 to $2,393 per week. Guaranteed hours: 36 per week. Shift: 3x12 Days. The perioperative RN provides intraoperative care, serves as the patient advocate, and collaborates with the surgical team across patient populations in the operating room and perioperative services.

Key Highlights
- Weekly pay: $2,279 to $2,393 per week
- Guaranteed hours: 36 per week
- Contract duration: 13 weeks
- Shift: 3x12 Days
- Start date: 06/15/2026
- Facility/work setting: Critical Access Hospital; perioperative (Operating Room)

Responsibilities
- Deliver perioperative nursing care for intraoperative patients, act as a patient advocate, and supervise any personnel assigned to you.
- Participate in regular on-call scheduling for the Surgery Unit as part of the rotation.
- Protect patients from injury, ensure correct site/side/level procedures, and manage specimens according to policy.
- Administer medications safely, support wound and tissue perfusion, monitor fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance, and prevent surgical site infections.
- Communicate patient status clearly to the care team across the continuum and maintain patient rights, dignity, and privacy; document nursing care accurately and completely.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, maintain required competencies, pursue ongoing professional development, and participate in required education for applicable programs (including DNV-related education as applicable).
- Agency staff may be floated to other departments where qualified before core staff are floated, per program guidelines.

Requirements
- Education: Associate of Science in Nursing; Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
- Licenses/ Certifications: Current RN license in the State of Oregon; BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required; TNCC preferred.
- Experience: None required; previously value for perioperative/OR experience (circulator or scrub) is preferred; Peri-op 101 course and CRASE training are beneficial if the assignment extends beyond 6 months.
- Skills/Capabilities: Ability to work in a perioperative environment, demonstrate effective communication, patient advocacy, and teamwork; on-call rotation readiness; ability to adapt to a fast-paced surgical setting; may be floated to other departments where qualified.

Benefits and Support
- Guaranteed hours: 36 per week
- 24/7 recruiter and travel support
- Dedicated assignment support
- On-call scheduling and perioperative team collaboration support

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PAY DISCLAIMER
Please note: Pay rates and guaranteed hours are estimates and may vary. Final compensation packages and confirmed hours will be discussed during the hiring process.

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