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Original Job Details

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This Operating Room travel nurse job in Waycross, Georgia, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Memorial Satilla Health. This role follows a Days shift with a 5x8 schedule.

As the Operating Room registered nurse on this assignment, you'll circulate surgical cases, verify patients, sites, and counts, participate in surgical time-outs, and safeguard sterile technique from setup through handoff to recovery.

Assignment Details

  • Specialty: Operating Room
  • Facility: Memorial Satilla Health
  • Location: Waycross, GA 31501
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  • Contract Length: 13 Weeks
  • Shift: Days (5x8)
  • EMR System: Meditech
  • Job Number: 874900

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 Georgia and national regulatory bodies.

FAQs – Operating Room Travel Nurse Jobs Near Waycross, GA

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.
Is a separate Georgia license required for this travel assignment?
No—Georgia honors active multistate RN licenses through the Nurse Licensure Compact. For licensure by endorsement, register with GAPS/Idemia when you submit the application, then complete fingerprinting only after the Board’s emailed instructions arrive. Our Georgia Nursing License Guide has current fees, timelines, and step-by-step instructions.

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Waycross, GA serves as the hospital hub for a large slice of southeast Georgia, where US-1 and US-82 cross and the Okefenokee Swamp begins just south of town. Emergency departments and medical-surgical units carry the travel demand, drawing patients from small towns across several counties. Brunswick and the coast lie about an hour east, with Valdosta a similar run west, so bigger-market errands mean a planned trip. The swamp's eastern entrance at Folkston and the Okefenokee Swamp Park nearby give days off a character few markets match. Housing is inexpensive and easy to secure. Summers run hot and thick with afternoon storms, a rhythm travelers adjust to within the first weeks.

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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.