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Prime Time Healthcare Nursing · Des Moines, IATravel

OR - Operating Room (RN)

Assignment13 weeks
ShiftDays
Experience2+ yrs
PostedOct 21
✓You’ll need
Licensure
✓Active Iowa RN or compact license at submission
Certifications
✓Current BLS through AHA or American Red Cross
Qualifications
✓At least 2 years of current OR experience, including circulating
✓Required case experience: General, da Vinci robotics, pediatrics, and trauma
✓Level II trauma experience required
✓Epic experience within the past 3 years
✓Completed a travel assignment within the past 15 months
✓No first-time travelers
Neuro, orthopedic trauma, gynecology, urology, transplant, plastics, ENT, and vascular procedures preferred
Unit & Scheduling preferred
Ratio: 1:1 preferred
Equipment: Three da Vinci robots, Stealth neuro-navigation, and Synthes/Stryker orthopedic trauma systems preferred
Scrubs provided preferred
Floating required across UnityPoint campuses, including Iowa Methodist and Iowa Lutheran preferred
Weekends: As needed, approximately every fourth weekend preferred
Friday–Sunday or Saturday–Monday preferred
Call: Listed as none, but unit notes describe weekend call preferred
Clarification needed preferred
Upcoming orientation dates: October 26 preferred
November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 preferred
Must work 1–2 of the three upcoming winter holidays unless the unit is closed preferred
Travel Eligibility preferred
Level I preferred
Pay for this position
$2,890/wk
Iowa OR RN contractsmedian $2,499/wk
$1,800/wk16% above the Iowa median$3,900/wk
New Iowa OR RN contracts paying $2,850+/wk
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✓You’ll need
Licensure
✓Active Iowa RN or compact license at submission
Certifications
✓Current BLS through AHA or American Red Cross
Qualifications
✓At least 2 years of current OR experience, including circulating
✓Required case experience: General, da Vinci robotics, pediatrics, and trauma
✓Level II trauma experience required
✓Epic experience within the past 3 years
✓Completed a travel assignment within the past 15 months
✓No first-time travelers
Neuro, orthopedic trauma, gynecology, urology, transplant, plastics, ENT, and vascular procedures preferred
Unit & Scheduling preferred
Ratio: 1:1 preferred
Equipment: Three da Vinci robots, Stealth neuro-navigation, and Synthes/Stryker orthopedic trauma systems preferred
Scrubs provided preferred
Floating required across UnityPoint campuses, including Iowa Methodist and Iowa Lutheran preferred
Weekends: As needed, approximately every fourth weekend preferred
Friday–Sunday or Saturday–Monday preferred
Call: Listed as none, but unit notes describe weekend call preferred
Clarification needed preferred
Upcoming orientation dates: October 26 preferred
November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 preferred
Must work 1–2 of the three upcoming winter holidays unless the unit is closed preferred
Travel Eligibility preferred
Level I preferred
New Iowa OR RN contracts paying $2,850+/wk
Weekly. Verified links and pay changes. No account.
Email me new Operating Room / Surgery jobs in Iowa paying $2,850+/wk
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Full employer posting

Travel OR RN | UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, Iowa Quick interviews • Level I trauma setting Join a surgical team performing approximately 35–50 cases daily across 16 operating rooms, with 12–14 routinely running and space reserved for trauma cases. Requirements At least 2 years of current OR experience , including circulating. Required case

General, da Vinci robotics, pediatrics, and trauma . Level II trauma experience required; Level I preferred. Epic experience within the past 3 years.

Completed a travel assignment within the past 15 months ; no first-time travelers. Active Iowa RN or compact license at submission. Current BLS through AHA or American Red Cross.

Preferred Experience Scrubbing; neuro, orthopedic trauma, gynecology, urology, transplant, plastics, ENT, and vascular procedures. Unit & Scheduling Ratio: 1:1. Equipment: Three da Vinci robots, Stealth neuro-navigation, and Synthes/Stryker orthopedic trauma systems.

Scrubs provided. Floating required across UnityPoint campuses, including Iowa Methodist and Iowa Lutheran. Weekends: As needed, approximately every fourth weekend; Friday–Sunday or Saturday–Monday.

Call: Listed as none, but unit notes describe weekend call. Clarification needed. Upcoming orientation dates: October 26; November 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30.

Must work 1–2 of the three upcoming winter holidays unless the unit is closed. Travel Eligibility Must live at least 50 miles from the facility , based on driver’s license. UnityPoint’s 12-month staff/PRN separation restriction applies; previous UnityPoint travel assignments are exempt.

Submission Checklist Current resume, OR-specific skills checklist, Iowa/compact license verification, driver’s license, and BLS. A leadership reference from the past 24 months is preferred. Watch for an interview call or text from a 405 area code.

About the role

Join a surgical team performing approximately 35–50 cases daily across 16 operating rooms, with 12–14 routinely running and space reserved for trauma cases.