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Estimated Pay info$31 per hour
Hours Full-time
Location Des Moines, Iowa

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Registered Nurse (RN) | Cardiovascular Operating Room Location: Des Moines, IA Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details) Contract Duration: 26 Weeks Start Date: ASAP

About the Position

TravelNurseSource is working with Concentric Healthcare Staffing to find a qualified CVOR RN in Des Moines, Iowa, 50309!

Job Title

Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)

Location

Des Moines, IA

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | Onsite

Key Responsibilities
  • Circulate and scrub in cardiovascular, vascular, and general operating room cases within a high-volume, Level I trauma center environment
  • Perform scrub and circulating roles across cardiac, vascular, thoracic, neuro, robotics, gynecology, urology, general, pediatric, and transplant service lines
  • Maintain efficient case turnovers with an expectation of less than 20 minutes between cases across up to 14 active OR suites
  • Participate in an structured CVOR orientation program progressing through general OR, vascular, and cardiac cases including shadow call and open heart scrubbing
  • Take general department call during initial orientation period, then transition to cardiac call coverage including weekend call
  • Float across multiple campuses as required to support staffing needs
Required Qualifications
  • Minimum of 24 months of current and recent Operating Room experience with a focus on CVOR (approximately 80% cardiac cases, 20% general cases)
  • Strong and proficient experience in cardiac, vascular, and thoracic surgery; basic general surgery circulating experience required
  • Scrub experience including open heart scrubbing required
  • Trauma Level II experience required; Trauma Level I experience highly preferred
  • EPIC EMR experience within the previous 3 years required
  • Must have completed at least one prior travel assignment within the previous 15 months (no first-time travelers)
  • Active Iowa RN license or active Compact/Multistate RN license required at time of submission
  • Active BLS certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) required
Preferred Experience / Skills
  • Trauma Level I center experience
  • Professional reference from a charge nurse, supervisor, nurse manager, director, CNO, or COO within the past 24 months
  • Ability to both scrub and circulate across multiple service lines
Why Join Us
  • Work in a dynamic, high-acuity Level I trauma center environment with exposure to a broad range of surgical service lines including cardiac, robotics, neuro, and transplant
  • Benefit from a structured CVOR orientation program designed to set travelers up for success before transitioning to full cardiac call responsibilities

About Concentric Healthcare Staffing

Founded and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Concentric Healthcare Staffing specializes in healthcare employment with an emphasis in nursing and allied health. Our passion is to develop partnerships with our clients and become an integral part of your staffing solution. Concentric representatives understand your need for continuity of care and work to ensure that every staffing solution we provide is as unique as your facility.

To provide the skilled and talented personnel that today’s medical field demands, Concentric Healthcare offers a top flight registry service that provides staff 24/7. Your facility can enhance their recruiting process by taking advantage of the temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct placement services of our fully screened professionals.

Concentric Healthcare is proud to be recognized by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval for the Health Care Staffing Services program. JCAHO certification acknowledges compliance with the Joint Commission’s national set of consensus-based quality standards and demonstrates a commitment to excellence in providing health care staffing.

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Posting ID: 1284791515 Posted: 2026-08-07 Job Title: Registered Nurse