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OR Travel Nurse Jobs in Texas

Shortlist travel operating room nurse jobs in Texas across Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, saving favorites while you compare pay.

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    Texas OR settings and service mix

    Texas assignments can look alike in search results but operate inside very different surgical systems. OR travel nurse jobs in Texas may involve Houston trauma referrals, Dallas Fort Worth specialty teams, San Antonio community hospitals, Austin systems, or border-region transfer networks. Match the named service line to cases you have handled recently, then clarify whether travelers stay with one team or rotate. Ask how robotics and local equipment are introduced, who covers breaks, how call is divided, and what happens when urgent work overlaps the planned schedule. The strongest comparison is between the facility's referral role, available backup, and the independence expected after orientation.

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    Read Texas OR roles through service-line coverage

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    Sort current assignments by hospital or ASC model, call rotation, specialty team, and circulate or scrub duties.

    13 Operating Room contracts are open in Texas right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days and 5 already filled. Open postings have been live about 15 days on average.

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    Open Operating Room jobs
    15 days
    Median time active
    +1
    Added last 7 days
    32,926
    Texas knee arthroplasty procedures; 186 hospitals reporting (CDC/NHSN 2024)
    Why demand stays strong
    25,475
    2024 Texas abdominal hysterectomy volume from 238 acute care hospitals (CDC/NHSN)
    22,615
    190 Texas hospitals reported hip arthroplasty activity in 2024 (CDC/NHSN)
    17,349
    Spinal fusion procedures across 76 Texas 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 · Texas

    How Texas facility scope changes live weekly pay

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    Use the live Texas figures only after matching the hospital or ASC setting, specialty team, call burden, and expected floating.

    Highest weekly pay · Operating Room
    Midland
    $2,302
    Borger
    $2,294
    San Antonio
    $2,218
    Plano
    $2,143
    North Richland Hills
    $2,140
    Corpus Christi
    $2,111
    Arlington
    $2,062
    McKinney
    $1,923

    Compare Houston, Dallas Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, and regional offers only after matching the work behind each number.

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

    Texas bowel cases beside cardiac bypass activity

    Texas assignments can span broad general surgery and dedicated cardiac teams. For 2024, 264 acute care hospitals in Texas reported 27,710 colon surgery procedures. The cardiac-service table adds 9,118 procedures in the coronary artery bypass graft category were submitted by 71 Texas hospitals for 2024. Participation defines the denominator, so neither figure represents every operation statewide or the number of open roles. Colon surgery and cardiac bypass belong to different teams, equipment sets, and after-hours expectations. A traveler comparing Houston, Dallas Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, or border-region roles should clarify perfusion support, cardiac call, bowel-case familiarity, resident participation, and the backup available for urgent work. The useful decision is whether the posted service line matches recent independent practice.

    Reporting participation differs by procedure in Texas, so the colon and CABG counts describe submitted hospital activity rather than statewide OR capacity.

    Facility types behind Texas OR postings

    These cards draw from live or recent Texas postings and can change as hospitals and ambulatory programs revise traveler requests.

    Ascension Seton - Hays Level II Trauma

    154 beds · Kyle, TX

    Hiring now ER ICU Labor and Delivery NICU

    A hospital in Kyle, TX, with Level II trauma care, along with maternity and newborn care.

    Medical City - Plano Magnet

    603 beds · Plano, TX

    Hiring now Operating Room ER ICU Labor and Delivery

    A Magnet-recognized, 603-bed hospital in Plano, with Level I trauma care, comprehensive stroke care, and a verified burn center.

    Methodist - Mansfield Medical Center Magnet

    294 beds · Mansfield, TX

    Hiring now Operating Room ER ICU Labor and Delivery

    Mansfield's 294-bed Magnet hospital, pairing Level III trauma care with a Level III NICU and high-risk maternal care.

    Medical City - Fort Worth Magnet

    378 beds · Fort Worth, TX

    Hiring now Operating Room ER ICU Labor and Delivery

    A Magnet-recognized, 378-bed hospital in Fort Worth, Medical City pairs comprehensive stroke care with kidney transplant services.

    Medical City - McKinney Magnet

    311 beds · McKinney, TX

    Hiring now Operating Room ER ICU Labor and Delivery

    McKinney's 311-bed Magnet hospital, offering Level II trauma care, Collin County inpatient behavioral health, and a primary stroke center.

    Medical City - Arlington Level II Trauma

    493 beds · Arlington, TX

    Hiring now Operating Room ER ICU Labor and Delivery

    Arlington's Medical City campus, a Level II trauma center with comprehensive stroke care and maternity services.

    Good to know

    Getting Licensed and Getting Started in Texas

    What if my license is single-state and I want a Texas OR job?
    You endorse into a Texas RN license through the Board of Nursing, and you start that before you start browsing. Compact privileges don't stretch to single-state holders, and residence outside the compact has the same effect. Texas is a full member, which helps most travelers and does nothing for the rest. Know which side you're on early.
    What credentials move a Texas OR submission forward?
    BLS is the baseline, and CNOR is preferred rather than required at most facilities. What actually decides it is service-line experience: ortho, cardiovascular, neuro, robotics, and general each read differently on a submission. Facilities generally want one to two years in the room. Say which services you've circulated and scrubbed rather than listing OR broadly.
    Why do Texas OR contracts vary so much in weekly rate?
    Because OR is not one job. Service line drives most of it, and the same title can mean very different work depending on the rooms involved. City and shift add to it, so two postings in one metro can land far apart. The terms attached to any one contract vary by facility and unit, and your recruiter is the fastest way to get them. The chart ranks current weekly pay by city.
    What should be in hand before a Texas OR start date?
    Active license or verified compact privilege, current BLS, your service-line specifics documented, references who can speak to the room, and the facility's compliance packet finished. Credentialing at larger Texas systems takes longer than travelers expect. Start the paperwork when you apply, not when you accept, and the start date holds.
    Do Texas OR markets behave differently from each other?
    They do. Texas runs high procedure volume across knee replacement, spinal fusion, and general surgery, but a large academic center, a suburban surgical hospital, and a regional facility staff those rooms differently. Distances matter too, since the drive between major Texas markets can cost several hours. Pick the market first, then filter.