Operating Room Travel Nurse

Advantis Medical Staffing; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 benefits

Free license support and renewals

Job summary

Advantis Medical Staffing is offering a 13-week travel Operating Room RN contract in Palo Alto, CA at Stanford Health Care. The role pays $3,280 per week on a Days shift (5x8).

As the OR nurse on assignment, you will circulate surgical cases, verify patients and sites, participate in time-outs, and uphold sterile technique from setup through handoff to recovery. California RN license and 2+ years of OR experience are required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recent Operating Room nursing experience.
• Active California RN License.

Responsibilities

• Circulate for surgical procedures and, when trained, perform the scrub role.
• Advocate for patient safety under anesthesia, verify consent and site documentation, and participate in surgical time-outs.
• Monitor and protect the sterile field, reconciling instrument, sponge, and sharps counts.
• Anticipate surgeon and team needs, managing supplies, equipment, positioning, and specimen handling per facility protocol.

Skills

Operating Room

Patient safety

Education

California RN License

Job description

This Operating Room travel nurse position in Palo Alto, California, with Advantis Medical is a 13-week Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) contract at Stanford Health Care. This role pays $3,280 per week and follows a Days shift with a 5x8 schedule.

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.

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 Nursing Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent Operating Room nursing experience
• Active California RN License

Stanford Health Care's Palo Alto hospital campus includes two adjoining inpatient buildings. This academic medical center holds ANCC Magnet recognition and provides medical, surgical and transplant care.

• Adult emergency care at the newer hospital operates around the clock, with ACS Level I trauma recognition. Stanford also holds Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center certification.
• Acute and transitional care spans general medicine, cardiovascular illness, oncology, neurosciences and orthopedics, alongside surgical and transplant populations.
• Critical care includes dedicated medical, surgical/trauma and neuroscience ICUs, providing distinct settings for patients who require intensive treatment and monitoring.
• Transplant programs include heart, lung, liver, kidney and combined kidney-pancreas transplantation, with care before surgery and after transplantation.
• Perioperative services include operating rooms, preoperative care and a post-anesthesia care unit, alongside procedural services in cardiac catheterization, angiography and endoscopy.