Operating Room Travel Nurse Job in Tucson, AZ | Days (5x8)
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, AZ
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Travel RN
Operating Room Nurse in Tucson, AZ
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$2,585
Specialty
Operating Room
Travel · RN
Shift
Days
5×8 hrs
Start Date
11/30
Flexible
Contract
13 wks
Renewable
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This Operating Room travel nurse job in Tucson, Arizona, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Tucson Medical Center. This role pays $2,585 per week and follows a Days shift with a 5x8 schedule. Read more
Job Details
- Facility: Tucson Medical Center
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Location: Tucson, AZ 85712 Explore the area! See our local guide further down this page.
- Contract Length: 13 Weeks
- Shift: Days (5x8)
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.
Tucson Medical Center — Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ
Tucson Medical Center is the city's locally governed nonprofit regional hospital — a ~600-bed center known for emergency, pediatric, cardiac, neuro, ortho, and maternity care.
- Southern Arizona's leading emergency and pediatric provider, with Tucson's first Pediatric Emergency Department and dedicated adult, pediatric, and newborn ICUs. Read More
- It is not a trauma center — its Level I closed in 2003, and Banner–University Medical Center Tucson holds Southern Arizona's only Level I — so acuity comes from high-volume emergency, pediatric, cardiac, and neuro care.
- A cardiovascular program with an accredited Chest Pain Center and a certified stroke center (AHA Gold Plus and Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite recognition).
- Strong women's and maternity services, neuroscience, orthopedics, and vascular care across the city's largest hospital.
- Part of the nonprofit TMC Health system, with a Joint Commission Gold Seal.
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FAQs – Operating Room Travel Nurse Jobs Near Tucson, 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.
Is Tucson Medical Center a trauma center?
Tucson Medical Center is not a designated trauma center. Its higher-acuity nursing work comes instead from busy emergency, pediatric, cardiac, neurological, and critical-care services.
Which electronic health record is used ny travel Operating Room RNs at Tucson Medical Center?
Tucson Medical Center uses Epic for clinical documentation. Nurses who have charted in Epic before may find the system familiar when starting an assignment.
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 Tucson
- 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 Tucson, AZ
Out toward the Sonoran Desert, Tucson, AZ serves southern Arizona from a regional hospital network with a wide rural catchment. Perioperative services and medical-surgical units lean on travel nurses to hold coverage across the metro. Banner University Medical Center Tucson and Tucson Medical Center handle most of that care. Contracts frequently extend into Oro Valley, Marana, and Sahuarita, where clinicians can set up a base with a workable commute. Time away from the floor connects straight to the landscape, and a hike up Sabino Canyon is a common way to recharge after a block of shifts. Summer heat and monsoon storms are the real planning factors, so travelers tend to schedule drives around the weather.
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 · Tucson, AZ · $2,585 /wk