RN-CVOR

Des Moines, IA
UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Posted Aug 2, 2026

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Aequor

Weekly Pay

$2,729

Schedule

10hr Days40 hrs/week

Duration

26

weeks

Job Description

Quicklyinterviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area codeLocalRadius rule: 50 miles, 10% reduction to bill rateEmployee Separation Policy:Any past employee of UPH whether FTE, or PRN for the UPH float pool, cannot work travel in another Market no matter which facility they currently work at, or have worked at within the past 12 months. If they worked travel at UPH (not FTE or PRN), the separation policy does not applyHOLIDAY update:unless the Unit is closed, your contractor is required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming Summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day)NBO:16 hrsEMR: EPICOT/Holiday:1.15x multiplierCall Back: 1.5x multiplier with 2 hr CB minimum --- In order for CB to apply, the RN must have clocked out, and left the premises, and THEN called back in. If they remain on shift, it counts as overage hours towards OT where applicableOn Call:$9/hrCharge/Precept: $6/hrBillable OT:36-40 hrs/week, OT billable after 4048 hrs/week, OT billable after 48UNIT InfoPatient Types: see submission requirementsPatient Ratios: 1:1Bed Size: 16Scrubs: providedAvg. caseload Average 35-50 cases per day. Expectation for turnovers is less than 20 minutes.Special equipment 3 Davinci robots. Use Stealth technology for Neuro navigation and use primarily Synthes or Stryker for ortho trauma. We don t do many ortho joints.How many suites 16 OR s. Run from 12-14 routinely. As a level 1 trauma center, we reserve space for traumas.Service lines -Cardiac/ PV, Neuro, ortho (primarily trauma), robotics, gyn, uro, general, pediatrics, transplants. We do a small volume of ENT and plastic procedures.Scrub or Circulate both would be preferred.Other the call for weekends is from end of shift on Friday until 0630am Monday.CVOR ORIENTATION SCHEDULE:Approximately 2-3 weeks in general OR rooms to get familiar with the department and to get comfortable circulating with proper resources.Approximately 2 weeks circulating and scrubbing in vascular, because our CVOR call includes vascular.Then on to circulating heart cases, starting to take heart shadow call, and moving into scrubbing once comfortable with the circulating flow in our rooms.For the first 6 weeks before RNs areready to take call for cardiac, RNs do general call for the department. We are staffed 24 hours per day, and our charge nurses would not put RNs into cases that we would not expect any circulator to be able to do or RNs would be a second set of hands in a large case needing extra help.Traveler will be required to float across all campuses; Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran Iowa Methodist Submission requirements: Quicklyinterviewing viable candidates: Phone call/text from a 405 area codeOrientation Dates: 9/14, 9/21, 9/28 (sooner starts prioritized)HOLIDAY update:unless the Unit is closed, your contractor is required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming Summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day)minimum of 24 months current/recent operating room experience Cardiovascular OR / CVOR experience [required]general circulating / general operating roomexperience [required] ---(80% of experience in Cardiac cases / 20% experience in General cases)strong proficient experience in: Cardiac, vascular, thoracic [REQUIRED] ---basic General Surgery circulating experience[REQUIRED] --- (if not assigned to Cardiac cases)EPIC electronic medical systems experience within previous 3 years [required]Trauma Level I experience [highly preferred]trauma level II experience [required]No 1st time travelers, must have completed a travel assignment within previous 15 mos. [required]Scrub experience including open heart scrubbing [REQUIRED]PROFILE REQUIREMENTS:Work history/resume/employment history must have 24 months of current operating room / CVOR experience[required]Skills Checklist must be specific to the discipline listed on the job (Operating Room Nurse, scrub/scrubbing) [required]Nursy s must state Active Iowa/IA license or compact/Multistate at time of submission [required] [document]Professional Reference/Reference Check - charge/supervisor/nurse manager/director/CNO/COO performance evaluation/reference from within 24 months of today's date[preferred]Driver s License[document] [required]AHA/Active American Heart Association or ARC/AMERICAN RED CROSSBLS [required] Rate:103 OnCall:up to 2 overnight/week and 1 weekend/month WeekendDescription:1 weekend/month; call schedule; Fri 5p through Mon 6:30a Certifications:BLS (AHA) StateLicenses:Iowa

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UnityPoint Health Iowa Methodist Medical Center

Des Moines, IA

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Job Details

Discipline
RN
SpecialtyCVOR
Shift10hr Days
Hours/Week40
Duration26 weeks
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