Local Contract Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room

American Traveler is seeking a local contract nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a local contract nursing job in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 08/03/2026
• Duration: 8 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Local Contract

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 4x10hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 3, 2026
• Length: 8 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for an Operating Room position at a Level 1 Trauma Center in the Chicago area, requiring OR scrub and circulate skills with Epic experience.

Details

• Work setting is a 794-bed, Level 1 Trauma Center and Magnet-designated hospital in Oak Lawn, IL, approximately 45 minutes from Chicago
• Unit is a 28-bed Surgery Room with 2 hybrid rooms for CV/Vascular cases
• High-volume OR averaging 60–75 cases per day
• Patient population includes outpatient, inpatient, and trauma cases (GSW, stabbings, kidney and heart transplants, donor cases, general, GYN, urology, robotic, vascular, ortho, neuro, open hearts, CABGs); approximately 20% pediatric
• Hybrid room handles 5–10 cases/day including TAVR, AAA, endarterectomies, angiograms, and fistula revisions; adults only
• No liver or lung transplant cases; facility participates in Gifts of Hope donor cases
• Patient ratio is 1:1
• Charting system is Epic (experience required); additional equipment includes Alaris and Pyxis; hybrid/IR room uses Siemens equipment
• Shifts available: 4x10-hour or 5x8-hour day shifts; schedule is rotation-based with no self-scheduling
• OR operates 24/7/365; primary hours M–F 0730–2300 and weekends 0700–1700, with skeleton crew for trauma and urgent cases after hours
• Weekend rotation every 4th weekend (Saturday–Sunday)
• On-call required: 3 calls per 6-week schedule with a 30-minute response time; sleeping room available for on-call team members
• Holiday coverage is required
• No floating required

Requirements

• Active IL RN license required
• BLS certification required
• Minimum 2–3 years of acute care OR experience; CVOR RN candidates must have critical care experience and Level 1 trauma experience
• OR RN must be able to scrub and circulate; trauma experience at a Level 1 or Level 2 facility required
• Epic EMR experience required
• At least 1 professional reference dated within the last year from a Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Charge RN
• Candidate's middle name or initial, date of birth, and last 4 digits of SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provides perioperative nursing care across a broad range of surgical specialties including cardiovascular, transplant, trauma, robotic, and pediatric cases
• Robust support team includes charge nurses (no patient assignment M–F), anesthesiologist bedside monitoring, resource nurses, educators, service line reps, ANM, and an Epic super-user
• Orientation begins with educator and ANM introductions, system login access, online modules, and Epic training, followed by unit orientation on days 2–3
• Scrubs are provided by the facility
• Free parking available on site
• Local candidates are accepted at the same rate; no radius restrictions
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Former employees of Advocate Health or any of its subsidiaries must have been separated for at least 12 months before being eligible
• All time-off requests must be submitted via email to the scheduling contact

American Traveler Job ID #P-716643L. Posted job title: Travel RN - Operating Room

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