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OR Travel Nurse Jobs in Alabama

Compare travel operating room nurse jobs in Alabama, from Birmingham academic surgical programs to regional hospitals, on shift and pay.

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    Alabama hospital and community assignment fit

    Alabama facilities can differ more by referral role than by city size. In Alabama, OR travel nurse jobs in Alabama can connect nurses with Birmingham or Huntsville specialty teams, Mobile or Montgomery systems, or regional hospitals with wider case coverage and transfer responsibilities. Compare the posting with procedures you have managed recently, then ask how rooms are assigned and local equipment is introduced. Clarify call ownership, relief coverage, urgent-case prioritization, specialist backup, and the path for cases that exceed local resources. A strong match is a department whose service breadth and independence expectations align with practice you can demonstrate safely.

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    Separate Alabama hospital and ASC roles

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    Use Alabama listings to separate hospital, ASC, and regional roles by call, service ownership, and circulating scope.

    4 Operating Room contracts are open in Alabama right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days. Open postings have been live about 16 days on average.

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    Open Operating Room jobs
    16 days
    Median time active
    +1
    Added last 7 days
    2,217
    Alabama spinal fusion procedures; 5 hospitals reporting (CDC/NHSN 2024)
    Why demand stays strong
    1,910
    2024 Alabama knee arthroplasty volume from 16 acute care hospitals (CDC/NHSN)
    1,817
    16 Alabama hospitals reported hip arthroplasty activity in 2024 (CDC/NHSN)
    229
    CABG procedures across 5 Alabama hospitals, CDC/NHSN 2024

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Alabama women's-surgery counts beside colon cases

    Alabama's current procedure reporting covers women's and general surgery. Within Alabama's 2024 data, 47 hospitals reported 7,323 procedures classified as abdominal hysterectomy. The second linked figure is CDC's Alabama entry records 6,076 colon surgery procedures across 62 acute care hospitals in 2024. The workbook supports a procedure-level comparison, not a conclusion about demand, quality, or available assignments. The two categories show reported activity in women's and general surgery. Birmingham and Huntsville programs may divide those services among focused teams, while Mobile, Montgomery, and regional hospitals can expect wider case coverage. Compare robotics, open-case experience, positioning, specimen workflow, urgent additions, and the path for complex cases. These CDC values are reporting-hospital counts, not statewide totals or evidence of open roles.

    Alabama hysterectomy and colon counts cover participating acute care hospitals and do not represent all statewide surgical activity.
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    Alabama OR Contracts: What to Line Up

    Do I need an Alabama nursing license to work travel contracts there?
    Not if you hold a multistate license in another state. Since Alabama is a member of the NLC, travel nurses that hold compact licenses from other states can work here with no additional steps.
    What certs do Alabama OR jobs actually require?
    BLS is always required, and some Alabama facilities also require CNOR. The realistic filter is service-line fit: Birmingham and Huntsville specialty teams look for recent matching cases, while regional hospitals across the state tend to reward range across general, ortho, and women's surgery. Expect the standard year or two of recent OR experience, give or take by facility.
    What should I know about OR pay in Alabama before applying?
    That it moves on unit need, cost of living, and shift. Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery price differently because their living costs differ, which shows up in stipends, and a room that's proven hard to fill posts above its neighbors. Nights add their usual bump. Check the live chart above for this week's numbers by city. The rest of an offer varies by facility and contract, and your recruiter can answer those details.
    How do I make my Alabama OR application move fast?
    Answer the license question first, because nothing moves without it. Then it's BLS current, an OR skills checklist that names your lines and your circulate-versus-scrub mix, two recent references, and immunizations documented. Agencies submit complete files the day a room opens; anything missing puts you behind the traveler whose file was ready.
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