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Original Job Details

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This Operating Room travel nurse job in Oak Lawn, Illinois, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Advocate Christ Medical Center. This role follows a Days shift with a 3x12 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: Advocate Christ Medical Center
  • Location: Oak Lawn, IL 60453
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  • Contract Length: 13 Weeks
  • Shift: Days (3x12)
  • Job Number: 882090

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 Illinois and national regulatory bodies.

FAQs – Operating Room Travel Nurse Jobs Near Oak Lawn, IL

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 an Illinois license needed for this travel assignment?
Yes—unless you already hold an active Illinois RN license. Illinois is not part of the Nurse Licensure Compact, so multistate authority issued elsewhere doesn’t apply. Apply for licensure by endorsement through IDFPR; eligible applicants can request a temporary endorsement permit to begin working while the permanent application is pending. Our Illinois Nursing License Guide has current fees, timelines, and step-by-step instructions.

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Illinois offers a pronounced contrast between Chicago‘s metropolitan hospitals and the regional medical communities farther south and west. Travel nurses can experience a dense urban neighborhood, a state-capital setting in Springfield, or a river city such as Peoria. Chicago’s lakefront, museums, and neighborhood food traditions provide many ways to spend time within the city. Elsewhere, state history, riverfront parks, and smaller downtown districts shape the experience. Springfield’s Lincoln landmarks add a distinctive historical focus to central Illinois. An assignment in central or southern Illinois has its own surroundings, with prairie landscapes and wooded areas adding another side of the state beyond the familiar skyline and Lake Michigan shore.

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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.