iDEAL Hire is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: OR - Operating Room
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 02/02/2026
- Duration: 12 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 10 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Registered Nurse - Operating Room
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Schedule / Job Type:
Days, Full-time
Key Responsibilities:
- Floating between departments and/or local locations within 20 miles as required.
- Providing direct patient care in the operating room by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting patient needs and responses.
- Ensuring safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, and efficient care for all patients.
- Collaborating with patients, families, and healthcare team members to coordinate care.
- Administering medications and treatments as prescribed or according to standard protocols, and documenting all interventions.
- Identifying and addressing patient and family education and discharge needs throughout the care episode.
- Supervising and mentoring LPNs and non-licensed personnel in clinical settings.
- Completing necessary education and competency testing specific to patient populations and procedures.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years current experience in a large operating room setting.
- Ability to scrub in surgical procedures.
- Team-oriented, flexible, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment.
- Successful completion of at least one 13-week travel assignment.
- Valid nursing license in the State of New Mexico or a Compact State.
- BLS certification required; ACLS and PALS certifications preferred, with ability to obtain on-site if needed.
Preferred Experience / Skills:
- Experience with Epic electronic health record system is a plus (training available).
- Experience in orthopedics, ENT, or vascular surgery is a plus.
$3000 includes taxable hourly rate plus meals and lodging stipend. IDEAL JOB ID: 36735084
About iDEAL Hire
iDEAL HIRE is dedicated to working with the best of the best in healthcare and education. The iDEAL HIRE experience involves layers of support from the industry's most experienced team. Benefits to working with iDEAL HIRE:
- Dedicated Recruiter
- Dedicated Compliance Member
- Weekly Pay
- Referral Bonus
- Medical Benefits
- Dental Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Monitoring Credentials
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Referral bonus
- Vision benefits
- Dental benefits
- Medical benefits
