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OR Travel Nurse Jobs in Virginia

Filter travel operating room nurse jobs in Virginia by compact license first, then compare Richmond, Hampton Roads, and statewide pay.

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    Virginia referral networks and specialty support

    Virginia's referral networks create different room expectations across the state. OR travel nurse jobs in Virginia can involve Northern Virginia specialty teams, Richmond systems, Hampton Roads hospitals, Charlottesville academic services, Roanoke referrals, or regional coverage. Match the listed cardiac, neuro, orthopedic, general, robotics, or women's surgery work to recent cases. Ask how residents participate, how local technology is introduced, who covers breaks, and what happens when urgent additions change the schedule. The interview should make referral role, after-hours backup, transfer relationships, and the level of independent practice explicit before you compare offers.

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    Assess specialty team, resident structure, shift, call, and perioperative support across the state's surgical markets.

    3 Operating Room contracts are open in Virginia right now, with +1 added in the last 7 days and 2 already filled. Open postings have been live about 7 days on average.

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    Open Operating Room jobs
    7 days
    Median time active
    +1
    Added last 7 days
    9,471
    Virginia knee arthroplasty procedures; 37 hospitals reporting (CDC/NHSN 2024)
    Why demand stays strong
    7,824
    2024 Virginia hip arthroplasty volume from 37 acute care hospitals (CDC/NHSN)
    6,524
    58 Virginia hospitals reported abdominal hysterectomy activity in 2024 (CDC/NHSN)
    3,174
    Laminectomy procedures across 10 Virginia 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 · Virginia

    Virginia weekly pay by referral role and room scope

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    Use market figures with facility role, specialty service, shift, call, floating, team structure, and assignment urgency.

    Highest weekly pay · Operating Room
    Norfolk
    $2,482
    Reston
    $2,255
    Abingdon
    $2,171

    Northern Virginia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, and regional rates need the same review of case complexity and coverage.

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

    Virginia spinal fusion beside colon reporting

    Virginia's reporting combines spine and general surgery signals. The CDC workbook counts 5,548 spinal fusion procedures among 15 reporting hospitals in Virginia for 2024. The comparison is completed by 72 acute care hospitals underpin the Virginia figure of 8,290 colon surgery procedures in 2024. The data describe participating acute care hospitals and do not extend to every ambulatory or office-based setting. Spinal fusion and colon surgery represent different equipment, positioning, and specialist-support needs. Northern Virginia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, Charlottesville, and Roanoke programs can vary in resident involvement and referral depth. Ask about neuromonitoring, spine implants, bowel-case experience, emergency backup, and the traveler's service assignment. The figures are documented hospital activity, not a ranking of Virginia markets or a hiring forecast.

    Virginia data cover hospitals reporting spinal fusion and colon procedures to NHSN in 2024, not statewide OR capacity.
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    Virginia OR Jobs: Before You Apply

    Which license do I need for Virginia OR contracts?
    One of two. A multistate license covers you if you also live in a compact state; Virginia's a member and asks nothing more when both are true. Otherwise you'll need a Virginia license by endorsement, and the board's timeline becomes your timeline. It's a fast check in Nursys, and it's the first fork in the road, so take it before anything else.
    How much does CNOR matter for Virginia OR jobs?
    BLS is always required, and some Virginia facilities also require CNOR. What the programs weigh most is whether your recent cases match their service lines, and the bigger systems run cardiac, neuro, ortho, robotics, and women's surgery. Bring specifics: which lines, how recently, circulating or scrubbing. The usual experience floor is one to two recent years, varying by facility.
    Why is there such a spread in Virginia OR rates?
    Three drivers do most of the work: unit need, cost of living, and shift. Northern Virginia stipends reflect Northern Virginia prices, Richmond's reflect Richmond's, and a room that's stayed open pays more than one that fills on the first round. Nights and weekends often add to the base. Skip the averages and read the live chart above; it ranks weekly pay by city as it stands today. The finer details vary by facility and contract, and your recruiter will be able to answer those.
    What paperwork should I line up before applying in Virginia?
    License status settled first, since it gates everything. Then the quick wins: current BLS, an OR skills checklist broken out by service line, two references from people who've watched you work a room recently, and immunization records. Complete files get submitted the same day; incomplete ones sit.
    How spread out are Virginia's OR markets?
    Very. Northern Virginia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, Charlottesville, and Roanoke each run their own hospital networks, and they don't feel like one state on the ground. Drive times between them are real, so most travelers pick a region first and search inside it rather than treating Virginia as a single market.
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