Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room - $2,015 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Lufkin, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/02/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary
Operating Room (OR) Nurse, Location not specified. This position involves managing sterile and non-sterile environments within the surgical setting, providing patient care, safety, and workflow coordination across the perioperative period. The role demands a highly skilled professional capable of performing circulating and scrub duties across a variety of surgical specialties.

Job Details

• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS; 2+ years of dedicated surgical experience
• Schedule: Dayshift, Monday through Friday, 8-hour shifts, with a minimum of 40 hours per week. May require early starts at 6:00 AM, with rotating late finishes, and response to call responsibilities two days a week as first or backup. One weekend per month on call (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday).
• Position Description: Manage the sterile and non-sterile environment of the operating room, coordinate patient care, safety, and workflow across the entire perioperative period. Responsibilities include circulating with scrub and first-assist experience preferred for procedures spanning general, orthopedic, robotic, urological, OB/GYN, podiatry, ENT, and plastics. Scrubs will be hospital provided (green scrub color).
• Experience Requirement: 2 years of dedicated surgical experience with circulating and scrub roles preferred.
• Additional Information: Coverage for an 8-bed OR with specific case types including cystoscopy, endoscopy, and C-section. The candidate must be at least 50 miles from the facility and submit travel information accordingly. No floating responsibilities are required.
• Travelers must submit their permanent home address and include all necessary information as outlined in the submission instructions.
• No facility, hospital, clinic, organization, or employer names are mentioned; all references are generic.

Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits

Cross Country Job ID #1328454. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse / Operating Room

About Cross Country Nurses

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Referral bonus