Travel Nurse RN - Operating Room in Carlsbad, NM

Registered Nurse (RN) | Operating Room Location: Carlsbad, NM Agency: Concentric Healthcare Staffing Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details) Contract Duration: 13 Weeks Start Date: ASAP

Travel Nurse Source  is working with Concentric Healthcare Staffing to find a qualified OR RN in Carlsbad, New Mexico, 88220!

Travel Registered Nurse – Operating Room (OR) Circulator

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Contract | Travel | 13 Weeks | Full-Time | Onsite | Days, Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM (5x8-hour shifts) | Call required: minimum one weekday per week plus weekend rotation (weekday on-call 3:30 PM–7:00 AM; weekend on-call 7:00 AM–7:00 AM)

• Serve as circulating RN in the operating room, demonstrating critical thinking, scientific judgment, and leadership in anticipating and planning patient care
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, OR technicians, and other surgical team members to deliver safe, high-quality patient care in accordance with State Nurse Practice Act, AORN standards, and facility policies
• Ensure availability and readiness of supplies, maintain timeliness of surgical cases, and update physician preference cards
• Scrub in and assist physicians during surgical cases across a variety of specialties including general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, podiatry, plastics, endoscopy, trauma, and DaVinci robotics
• Communicate with patient families and serve as a point of contact throughout the surgical episode of care
• Supervise personnel involved in delivering patient care within the surgical department

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Minimum 2 years of OR circulating experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
• Experience across multiple surgical specialties: general, orthopedic, OB/GYN, podiatry, plastics, endoscopy, trauma, and DaVinci robotics
• Experience with both adult and pediatric patient populations

• Familiarity with high-volume surgical environments performing approximately 250 procedures per month
• Experience working in a smaller community hospital or critical access setting

• Work in a focused, close-knit surgical environment with a 1:1 patient ratio across 6 operating rooms
• Gain diverse surgical experience with a wide range of specialties and procedures in a travel assignment with a projected start date of late July 2026

About Concentric Healthcare Staffing

Founded and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Concentric Healthcare Staffing specializes in healthcare employment with an emphasis in nursing and allied health. Our passion is to develop partnerships with our clients and become an integral part of your staffing solution. Concentric representatives understand your need for continuity of care and work to ensure that every staffing solution we provide is as unique as your facility.

To provide the skilled and talented personnel that today’s medical field demands, Concentric Healthcare offers a top flight registry service that provides staff 24/7. Your facility can enhance their recruiting process by taking advantage of the temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct placement services of our fully screened professionals.

Concentric Healthcare is proud to be recognized by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with the JCAHO Gold Seal of Approval for the Health Care Staffing Services program. JCAHO certification acknowledges compliance with the Joint Commission’s national set of consensus-based quality standards and demonstrates a commitment to excellence in providing health care staffing.

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