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    Pennsylvania role fit across three surgical settings

    OR travel nurse jobs in Pennsylvania include academic referral centers, community hospitals, and ambulatory programs across Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lehigh Valley, central, northeastern, and western markets. Similar titles can represent different case complexity, resident involvement, and call. Compare the advertised cardiac, neuro, transplant, orthopedic, general, robotics, or women's surgery work with recent experience. Ask how the department divides services, introduces local equipment, handles urgent additions, and covers breaks. A Pennsylvania assignment is easier to judge when the interview explains whether the traveler joins a dedicated specialty team or supports a broader schedule.

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    Compare academic, community, regional, and ASC roles by service line, shift, call, resident structure, and room scope.

    4 Operating Room contracts are open in Pennsylvania right now and 5 already filled. Open postings have been live about 21 days on average.

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    Pennsylvania knee arthroplasty procedures; 137 hospitals reporting (CDC/NHSN 2024)
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    2024 Pennsylvania hip arthroplasty volume from 139 acute care hospitals (CDC/NHSN)
    16,951
    68 Pennsylvania hospitals reported spinal fusion activity in 2024 (CDC/NHSN)
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    Laminectomy procedures across 66 Pennsylvania hospitals, CDC/NHSN 2024

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · OR · Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania rates across academic, community, and ASC roles

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    Compare live weekly rates by hospital or ASC model, shift, service line, call, floating, and assignment urgency.

    Highest weekly pay · Operating Room
    Philadelphia
    $2,950
    Johnstown
    $2,422
    Wilkes-Barre
    $2,327
    Scranton
    $2,104

    Read the figure with case complexity, resident structure, callback duties, and the perioperative support described for the role.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    Pennsylvania ASC operations and room inventory

    Pennsylvania's ASC questionnaire gives direct statewide utilization and room inventory. It reports 1,178,340 total operations at Pennsylvania ambulatory surgery centers in 2024 and 649 operating rooms in Pennsylvania's 2024 ASC questionnaire. Pennsylvania's questionnaire provides direct statewide ASC operations and operating-room inventory for the same calendar year. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh centers may differ from Lehigh Valley, central, northeastern, and western facilities in specialty focus and room utilization. Compare whether a role belongs to a focused orthopedic, eye, GI, pain, or multispecialty program and how rooms are staffed across the day. The state notes that totals may not add exactly where facility data are missing. Ask how the facility's room inventory maps to the posted specialty, whether rooms are dedicated or shared, and which support roles are present through the full operating day.

    Pennsylvania notes that county and statewide totals may not add exactly where facility data are missing.
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    Pennsylvania OR Travel Jobs: The Rundown

    Can I work OR jobs in Pennsylvania with a multistate license now?
    Yes. Pennsylvania fully joined the compact in July 2025, so a multistate license now works here, but only alongside a legal residence in a compact state. One without the other sends you through endorsement with the state board instead.
    What certifications and experience do Pennsylvania ORs want?
    BLS is always required, and some Pennsylvania facilities also require CNOR. Recent cases are the real currency: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh academic programs hire into specific lines, cardiac to transplant to robotics, while community and ambulatory rooms across the state prize dependable range. A year or two of recent OR work is the usual expectation.
    What drives OR pay differences within Pennsylvania?
    Unit need, cost of living, and shift, in different mixes by market. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh stipends track big-city costs; the Lehigh Valley, central, and northeastern markets run cheaper, and their rooms post premiums when they need to fill. Hospital and ambulatory settings can price differently too. Live weekly pay by city is in the chart above. Anything beyond the weekly rate varies by facility and contract; your recruiter can walk a real offer with you.
    How should I prep an application for Pennsylvania OR jobs?
    Confirm your license path first, given how recently the compact rules changed here. Then assemble the standard file: current BLS, a skills checklist naming service lines and your scrub-circulate mix, recent references, immunization records. With markets this varied, also decide hospital versus ambulatory up front; it sharpens both your search and your checklist.
    Where should I look first for Pennsylvania OR work?
    It depends what you're after. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh hold the academic depth and the most postings; the Lehigh Valley and central Pennsylvania run solid regional programs; the northeast posts steadily with less competition. Ambulatory centers add a whole second layer across the state. Pick the setting first, then the region; Pennsylvania rewards that order.
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