Operating Room Travel Nurse Job in Kansas City, MO | Days (3x12)

Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO
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Travel RN
Operating Room Nurse in Kansas City, MO
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$2,063
Specialty
Operating Room
Travel · RN
Shift
Days
3×12 hrs
Start Date
ASAP
Flexible
Contract
13 wks
Renewable
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This Operating Room travel nurse job in Kansas City, Missouri, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Research Medical Center. This role pays $2,063 per week and follows a Days shift with a 3x12 schedule. Read more

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.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with streamlined credentialing to help with fast start dates, free license support and renewals, and Day 1 benefits. Apply today to learn more about this Operating Room travel nurse job in Kansas City, MO, and find others just like it. Read less

Job Details

  • Facility: Research Medical Center
  • Location: Kansas City, MO 64132
    Explore the area! See our local guide further down this page.
  • Contract Length: 13 Weeks
  • Shift: Days (3x12)
  • EMR System: Meditech

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 Missouri and national regulatory bodies.

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FAQs – Operating Room Travel Nurse Jobs Near Kansas City, MO

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 Missouri license necessary for this travel assignment?
No—Missouri belongs to the Nurse Licensure Compact, so an active multistate RN license covers this assignment. Applying by endorsement instead? Sequence and accuracy matter: apply through MOPRO before registering for fingerprints, and make sure your name, birth date, and Social Security number match across both systems, or the fingerprint step may have to be repeated. Our Missouri Nursing License Guide has current fees, timelines, and step-by-step instructions.
What can a travel RN expect from the clinical environment at Research Medical Center?
Research Medical Center is a tertiary community teaching hospital with Level I trauma, Comprehensive Stroke Center care, transplant, oncology, cardiac surgery, and critical-care services. Travelers may see complex referral patients while working in a teaching-hospital setting.
Which high-acuity programs stand out at Research Medical Center?
The hospital has medical, surgical, cardiac, and neuroscience critical-care settings in addition to major trauma and stroke services. ICU, neuro, trauma, and cardiac travelers may work with patients needing advanced monitoring before and after complex procedures.

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 Kansas City

Explore Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO runs one of the Midwest's major hospital landscapes, with systems spread across the Missouri side and travel demand spanning emergency, intensive care, and surgical roles. The free streetcar links the River Market through the Crossroads' galleries and restaurants, organizing the urban core for car-light living, while I-70 and I-35 carry everything else. Housing strategy follows the campus; matching neighborhood to assignment keeps commutes short in a metro built for driving. Barbecue debates are mandatory and delicious, jazz history lives on at 18th and Vine, and the Plaza's fountains anchor the classic evening out. Travelers who give this underrated city one fair thirteen-week contract tend to leave both surprised and thoroughly full.

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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