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    Arkansas setting evidence and room ownership

    Arkansas assignments become clearer when referral role and case ownership are separated. OR travel nurse jobs in Arkansas may involve Little Rock specialty services, Northwest Arkansas systems, Fort Smith or Jonesboro hospitals, and regional teams that value broad circulating range and transfer awareness. Compare general, orthopedic, cardiac, neuro, eye, or women's surgery needs with recent work. Clarify call, weekend coverage, robotics, scrub expectations, preference-card orientation, and who supports urgent additions. Ask how pre op, recovery, sterile processing, anesthesia, and transport connect with the room. A focused ambulatory schedule and a hospital role with inpatient handoffs require different preparation.

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    Review hospital or ASC setting, service breadth, shift, call, scrub scope, and regional backup in current roles.

    1 Operating Room contract is open in Arkansas right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days. Open postings have been live about 2 days on average.

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    3,387
    Arkansas knee arthroplasty procedures; 19 hospitals reporting (CDC/NHSN 2024)
    Why demand stays strong
    2,825
    2024 Arkansas hip arthroplasty volume from 19 acute care hospitals (CDC/NHSN)
    2,235
    32 Arkansas hospitals reported abdominal hysterectomy activity in 2024 (CDC/NHSN)
    1,169
    Laminectomy procedures across 5 Arkansas hospitals, CDC/NHSN 2024

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

    Arkansas spine-fusion counts and colon activity

    Arkansas data offer separate spine and general surgery signals. The Arkansas line reports 1,977 spinal fusion procedures, based on data from 8 acute care hospitals in 2024. The adjacent procedure table reports In the 2024 file, 35 Arkansas hospitals account for 3,224 reported colon surgery procedures. The reported activity is useful for case-mix questions but cannot be converted into a vacancy or workload forecast. Spinal fusion and colon surgery require different equipment, positioning, and specialist support. Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas programs may separate spine and general teams, while Fort Smith, Jonesboro, and regional hospitals can expect broader coverage and transfer awareness. Compare neuromonitoring, implants, bowel-case experience, call, and escalation pathways. The CDC totals cover reporting acute care hospitals and are not a statewide census.

    Arkansas values reflect hospitals submitting spinal fusion and colon procedures to CDC in 2024, not total state capacity.
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    Arkansas OR Jobs: The Short Version

    Does a compact license cover OR jobs in Arkansas?
    It does when two things are true at the same time: the license itself says multistate, and your legal residence is in a compact state. Arkansas is a member, so meeting both means nothing to file. Meeting one isn't enough, and that's the catch that surprises people. Miss either and the Arkansas endorsement application comes first, with a real wait attached.
    What do Arkansas ORs want beyond a license?
    BLS is always required, and some Arkansas facilities also require CNOR. After the cards, it's about your case list: Little Rock's specialty services want recent depth in their lines, while Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith, and Jonesboro rooms often need broader circulating range. Facilities usually ask for a year or two of recent OR work, with each one setting its own bar.
    How should I read OR pay across Arkansas?
    As several small markets, not one. Rates in each track unit need, cost of living, and shift: a regional room that's struggled to fill can out-post Little Rock, stipends follow each market's living costs, and nights carry a premium. The live chart above beats any static summary because these numbers move weekly. For how a particular offer is structured, which varies by facility and contract, your recruiter has the answers.
    Where are Arkansas's OR jobs concentrated?
    Little Rock leads with the specialty services, and Northwest Arkansas's grown into a genuine second market. Fort Smith and Jonesboro anchor their regions, with community hospitals filling the map between them. The markets sit hours apart, so most travelers commit to one corner of the state per contract rather than trying to keep options open everywhere.
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