Operating Room Travel Nurse Job in Milwaukee, WI | Nights (3x12)

Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
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Travel RN
Operating Room Nurse in Milwaukee, WI
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$2,327
Specialty
Operating Room
Travel · RN
Shift
Nights
3×12 hrs
Start Date
11/08
Flexible
Contract
26 wks
Renewable
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This Operating Room travel nurse job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with Advantis Medical is a 26-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee. This role pays $2,327 per week and follows a Nights 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 Milwaukee, WI, and find others just like it. Read less

Job Details

  • Facility: Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee
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  • Location: Milwaukee, WI 53211
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  • Contract Length: 26 Weeks
  • Shift: Nights (3x12)
  • EMR System: Cerner

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 Wisconsin and national regulatory bodies.

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FAQs – Operating Room Travel Nurse Jobs Near Milwaukee, WI

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.
What role does Ascension Columbia St. Mary's – Milwaukee play in southeastern Wisconsin?
It's a 422-bed community teaching hospital and the tertiary referral center for seven area Ascension hospitals, with about 48 adult ICU beds, so travelers work consistently high acuity.
What advanced stroke, burn, and cancer programs are available to travel nurses at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's – Milwaukee?
Alongside a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center and a Regional Burn Center, it offers cardiovascular and neurological surgery and a cancer center, a broad high-acuity environment.
Does Columbia St. Mary's Milwaukee have a maternity unit and NICU?
Yes — its Women's Medical Center offers labor and delivery with a neonatal intensive care unit, so travel nurses gain L&D and neonatal experience alongside advanced breast imaging and gynecologic care.

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

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Explore Milwaukee, WI

Along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Milwaukee, WI threads a navigable urban grid. Froedtert Hospital and Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center shape much of the clinical landscape, and their emergency department and surgical suites draw on travel coverage to manage the daily caseload. Many travelers set up a commuter base in Wauwatosa, West Allis, or Waukesha, where the highway system keeps the drive workable. The compact layout is the practical draw, since most campuses sit a short hop apart. After a stretch of shifts, the downtown RiverWalk and the Oak Leaf Trail are close at hand. With the lake on one side and a tight street grid on the other, getting around rarely turns into the hard part of an assignment.

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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