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Travel RN - Operating Room - Cardiovascular OR/CVOR
Franklin, TNApril 5th, 2026
American Traveler is hiring an experienced CVOR RN for a float pool OR position at a large academic Level 1 trauma center, requiring a minimum of 2 years of CVOR experience and prior travel nursing experience.Job Details• Large academic hospital with 1,000+ beds, Level 1 trauma designation, featuring a 56-bed OR (inpatient and outpatient) and 5 procedural rooms,• Unit: OR Float Pool with the ability to float between OR rooms within the same facility (no cross-location floating),• Patient population includes complex CABG, valve repairs, repeat cardiac procedures, heart failure, ECMO, VAD, heart and lung transplants, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), cardiac trauma, and adult congenital cases,• Adult patients only; pediatric OR is a separate facility,• 12-hour day shifts (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM), Monday through Friday; specific days may vary based on unit need and a block schedule cannot be offered,• Call is required for all travelers in cardiac surgery - a 3-layer, 24/7 on-call rotation in addition to 3x12-hour shifts; call requirements rotate every 6 weeks,• 13-week contract,Job Requirements• Active RN license in Tennessee (TN) or a valid Compact RN license currently in hand,• Current BLS certification required,• Minimum 2 years of CVOR experience required,• Prior travel nursing experience required,• Must be proficient in both scrubbing and circulating cardiac surgeries,• Complete COVID-19 vaccine series or valid medical/religious exemption required by start date - no exceptions,Additional Information• RNs must be able to scrub and circulate complex cardiac surgeries including CABG, valve procedures, ECMO, and transplant cases,• Call obligations include a 3-tiered on-call structure covering 24/7 coverage; specific requirements rotate every 6 weeks,• This position is within a major academic medical center environment with high-acuity cardiac surgical volume,