Travel Operating Room Registered Nurse - $3,125 per week

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in San Diego, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 11/30/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Operating Room. This charge role provides individualized, age-specific nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The position advocates for patients and families, coordinates care with the healthcare team, and promotes safe, therapeutic, quality outcomes.

Job Details

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts totaling 36 hours per week, including two day shifts and two night shifts. Variable on-call coverage may be required, including one on-call shift twice monthly.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Current California Registered Nurse license.
  • Current CPR certification.
  • At least three years of recent experience working as a Registered Nurse.
  • At least two years of recent experience in a specialty area.
  • Recent charge Registered Nurse experience.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides individualized care using the nursing process, including assessment, care planning, nursing interventions, evaluation, and documentation.
  • Develops and adapts age- and culturally appropriate plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
  • Serves as a patient and family advocate and supports participation in care decisions.
  • Identifies educational needs, develops individualized teaching plans, and evaluates patient and family learning.
  • Coordinates patient care, referrals, conferences, and workflow with healthcare team members and ancillary staff.
  • Delegates care within team members scope of practice and competency.
  • Required skills include individualized assessment, plan of care development, patient advocacy, patient and family education, adult-learning theory, patient care documentation, patient care coordination, patient care conferences, and healthcare team coordination.
  • A completed Operating Room Registered Nurse Questionnaire is required.

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 #1344357. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 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