Operating Room Travel Nurse Job in Havasu, AZ | Days (3x12)
Havasu Regional Medical Center
Havasu, AZ
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Travel RN
Operating Room Nurse in Havasu, AZ
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$2,131
Specialty
Operating Room
Travel · RN
Shift
Days
3×12 hrs
Start Date
10/25
Flexible
Contract
13 wks
Renewable
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This Operating Room travel nurse job in Havasu, Arizona, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Havasu Regional Medical Center. This role pays $2,131 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule. Read more
Job Details
- Facility: Havasu Regional Medical Center
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Location: Havasu, AZ 86403 Explore the area! See our local guide further down this page.
- Contract Length: 13 Weeks
- Shift: Days (3x12)
Responsibilities
- Circulate for surgical procedures and, when trained and assigned, perform the scrub role across assigned service lines
- Advocate for patient safety under anesthesia, verifying required consent and site documentation and participating in surgical time-outs
- Monitor and protect the sterile field, performing and reconciling instrument, sponge, and sharps counts with the perioperative team
- Anticipate surgeon and team needs, managing supplies, equipment, positioning, and specimen handling per facility protocol
Travel Operating Room Requirements:
- 2+ years of recent Operating Room experience.
- Must hold all required certifications and licenses as mandated by Arizona and national regulatory bodies.
Havasu Regional Medical Center — Lake Havasu City, AZ
Havasu, AZ
Havasu Regional is the main hospital for Arizona's western Colorado River corner — a 171-bed community and regional referral center in Lake Havasu City, where RNs carry a broad medical-surgical, emergency, cardiac, and surgical load far from the nearest larger facility.
- A Level III trauma center verified by both the State of Arizona and the American College of Surgeons, with an on-site helipad and an Advanced Life Support base — the most severe cases are stabilized and flown to Phoenix or Las Vegas, so ED and ICU nurses stabilize trauma, cardiac, and critical patients before transfer when needed. Read More
- A Cardiac Receiving Center built around the Havasu Heart & Vascular Center and Arizona's first ACC-accredited cath lab, giving cardiac and telemetry nurses exposure to chest-pain, catheterization, and cardiovascular cases.
- A Joint Commission Center of Excellence for total knee, shoulder, and hip replacement — a defined joint-replacement program for ortho and surgical nurses.
- An Arizona Perinatal Trust–certified labor-and-delivery program, plus oncology, wound care, and a skilled-nursing unit for broad generalist exposure.
- A regional referral center for Mohave and northern La Paz counties, with 31 specialties and full-time emergency physicians on duty around the clock.
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FAQs – Operating Room Travel Nurse Jobs Near Havasu, AZ
What certifications do travel OR jobs require?
Most travel OR positions require Basic Life Support (BLS), and many hospitals also require Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS). CNOR is preferred by many facilities but required by only a few. Pediatric ORs may ask for PALS.
What recent OR experience is required for travel OR nurse jobs?
Most OR travel jobs expect confidence in general and orthopedic cases plus several additional service lines such as neuro, spine, urology, GYN, vascular, or ENT. Robotic experience is also commonly requested. Facilities may ask for a service-line skills checklist, so be specific about the cases you have circulated or scrubbed recently.
Do travel OR jobs include call?
Often, yes. Hospital OR assignments commonly include evening, overnight, or weekend call, while outpatient surgery centers are less likely to. Call frequency, required response time, and call pay vary by facility, so confirm all three before you accept.
What is the fastest licensing path for this Arizona travel assignment?
An active multistate RN license is the fastest path. Arizona participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact, so no separate application is needed. For nurses who need a license, standard endorsement applies, and Arizona also runs an emergency temporary-license pathway decided in about 48 hours for applicants with an unencumbered out-of-state license and a qualifying Arizona job offer. Our Arizona Nursing License Guide has current fees, timelines, and step-by-step instructions.
What trauma level is Havasu Regional?
Havasu Regional is a Level III trauma center where emergency and ICU nurses care for trauma, cardiac, and critically ill patients around the clock. More severe cases may be stabilized before transfer to larger regional centers, giving travelers experience with both emergency stabilization and ongoing acute care.
What specialties can travel RNs work in at Havasu Regional Medical Center?
As a 171-bed community and regional referral hospital, Havasu Regional runs medical-surgical, ICU, emergency, telemetry/cardiac, surgical, oncology, labor-and-delivery, wound care, and a skilled-nursing unit.
Benefits
- Day One Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k)
- Relocation and Travel Reimbursement
- Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals
- Weekly Direct Deposit
- $1,000 Referral Bonus + $250 Bonus for Your Referral
Resources for this Operating Room job in Havasu
- Review Arizona nursing license requirements before your assignment.
- View live Operating Room salary data for travel nurses.
- View Arizona salary reports for travel nursing assignments.
- Explore the travel nursing housing center to plan your stay.
Explore Havasu, AZ
Lake Havasu City, AZ sits on the Colorado River at the California line, where the winter-visitor season reshapes hospital demand from November through March. Assignments concentrate in emergency departments and medical-surgical units, and the seasonal swing makes winter the strongest stretch for contracts. AZ-95 forms the town's spine, with most rentals, groceries, and the river channel a few minutes off it. Kingman lies about an hour northeast toward I-40, and Parker and Bullhead City are the other river-town stops in either direction. Summer heat is severe, so housing with dependable air conditioning matters more here than in most markets. The London Bridge and the channel beaches sit minutes from nearly any rental in town, though big boating weekends jam the channel-side streets and are worth planning shifts around.
Travel Nursing Jobs With Advantis Medical — The Gold Standard
At Advantis Medical Staffing, we take great pride in our commitment to caring for travel nurses. We are dedicated to connecting nurses with the best travel nursing jobs nationwide, while providing exceptional service that fosters a trusted partnership for life. Our mission is to deliver the “Gold Standard” in service—not only by securing your first assignment but by advocating for your long-term career goals and well-being.
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Travel Operating Room · Havasu, AZ · $2,131 /wk