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Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Baton Rouge for RNs

Find Top RN Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Milton, Florida – 32570
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 247 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 3, 2025
  • 13
$1,599 to $1,762
Weekly Pay*
Featuring advanced technology in addition to compassionate care, this esteemed Operating Room (OR) unit is looking to welcome a new member to its nursing team. Innovative care teams deliver optimal care to their patients at this cutting-edge facility. You can expect to work on complex cases with a driven team of passionate Operating Room (OR) professionals, utilizing the best patient care models.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Mesquite, Texas – 75149
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 357 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,746 to $1,924
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Kingwood, Texas – 77339
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 371 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,666 to $1,836
Weekly Pay*
As a valued member of this Operating Room (OR) unit, you can expect to care for patients with a wide range of conditions, even very complex cases. The respected members of this Operating Room (OR) unit are looking for a team-playing, compassionate RN to join their ranks. – 368 bed facility located 20 miles north of Houston
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Round Rock, Texas – 78681
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 387 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,760 to $1,940
Weekly Pay*
New Operating Room (OR) team member needed for 155 bed Level 2 Trauma center located 20 miles north of Austin The hospital received received the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades and also earned a national distinction for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Round Rock, Texas – 78681
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 387 miles
  • 12 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,568 to $1,728
Weekly Pay*
New Operating Room (OR) team member needed for 155 bed Level 2 Trauma center located 20 miles north of Austin The hospital received received the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades and also earned a national distinction for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austin, Texas – 78704
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 391 miles
  • 12 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,567 to $1,727
Weekly Pay*
Outstanding Operating Room (OR) is looking for the right individual to join their team. 300 bed Level 2 Trauma center The hospital offers a nationally accredited oncology program with the area’s only adult bone marrow transplant program; a comprehensive cardiac program; and full-service maternity and newborn care with Level I and II nurseries.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Granbury, Texas – 76048
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 413 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 3, 2025
  • 13
$1,576 to $1,737
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Corpus Christi, Texas – 78411
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 417 miles
  • 8 D,
  • March 2, 2025
  • 13
$1,750 to $1,928
Weekly Pay*
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Marble Falls, Texas – 78654
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 422 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 3, 2025
  • 13
$1,833 to $2,020
Weekly Pay*
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • San Antonio, Texas – 78233
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 443 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 4, 2025
  • 13
$1,756 to $1,935
Weekly Pay*
Outstanding 5 suite Operating Room (OR) unit is looking for the right individual to join their team. 116 bed Level 4 Trauma center; Accredited chest pain center and recently received Joint Commission certification as a stroke center.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Bentonville, Arkansas – 72712
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 445 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 3, 2025
  • 13
$1,516 to $1,670
Weekly Pay*
The Operating Room Nurse demonstrates critical thinking skills, scientific judgment and leadership in the anticipation and planning for the care of the patient in the operating room. As a member of the surgical team the RN works with the Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, ORT’s and other personnel to provide patient care in the Operating Room according to State Nurse Practice Act, AORN and regulatory standards, physician orders, policies and procedures of the Hospital and the Surgical Department. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: ensuring supplies, timeliness of cases, communication with families, updating of physician preference cards, scrubbing and assisting physicians during surgical cases, and supervision of personnel delivering patient care.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 448 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 17, 2025
  • 13
$1,534 to $1,690
Weekly Pay*
The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 448 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,534 to $1,690
Weekly Pay*
The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 448 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,534 to $1,690
Weekly Pay*
The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 448 miles
  • 12 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,428 to $1,574
Weekly Pay*
The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 448 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 10, 2025
  • 13
$1,251 to $1,379
Weekly Pay*
The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30308
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 459 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 17, 2025
  • 13
$1,844 to $2,032
Weekly Pay*
Welcome to Emory University Hospital Midtown, formerly known as Emory Crawford Long Hospital. At Emory’s Midtown hospital, some of the world’s top specialists are advancing medicine every day. We have more than 1200 Emory Clinic and 440 private-practice physicians spanning 28 specialties. Our physicians work collaboratively to provide comprehensive care and quality outcomes for our patients and their families. Our Mission To care for patients and their families with concern not only for their illnesses, but also for their mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 459 miles
  • 10 D,
  • February 17, 2025
  • 13
$1,844 to $2,032
Weekly Pay*
Exclusive Order. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta’s longest-serving hospital. Today, the 410-bed, acute-care facility is recognized as one of the top specialty-referral hospitals in the Southeast. Emory Saint Joseph’s is a leader among all Georgia hospitals and is part of the Emory Healthcare system. Our Mission Furthering the healing ministry of the Sisters of Mercy, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital gives tangible expression to Christ’s merciful love by providing compassionate, clinically excellent health care in the spirit of loving service to those in need, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. Reverence for every person Commitment to those in need Integrity Caring Excellence Our History Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta’s longest-serving hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880. Four sisters, with just 50 cents between them, opened the Atlanta Hospital – the city’s first after the Civil War. What started in a small house on Baker Street is now a 32-acre campus in north Atlanta. It was renamed Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the 1970s. Our mission is the same today as it was over 130 years ago to provide compassionate care, especially to those in need.
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30322
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 459 miles
  • 12 N,
  • February 17, 2025
  • 13
$1,738 to $1,916
Weekly Pay*
Magnet Recognized Emory University Hospital ranked #1 hospital in GA Teaching Hospital
travel Exclusive Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee – 37404
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 467 miles
  • 12 D,
  • February 17, 2025
  • 12
$1,935 to $2,133
Weekly Pay*
Featuring advanced technology in addition to compassionate care, this esteemed Operating Room (OR) unit is looking to welcome a new member to its nursing team. Innovative care teams deliver optimal care to their patients at this cutting-edge facility. You can expect to work on complex cases with a driven team of passionate Operating Room (OR) professionals, utilizing the best patient care models.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Tulsa, Oklahoma – 74136
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 482 miles
  • 8 E,
  • February 4, 2025
  • 13
$2,980 to $3,284
Weekly Pay*
As a valued member of this Operating Room (OR) unit, you can expect to care for patients with a wide range of conditions, even very complex cases. The respected members of this Operating Room (OR) unit are looking for a team-playing, compassionate RN to join their ranks. This position presents an excellent opportunity to provide optimal patient as a member of an elite team of caregivers.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Springfield, Missouri – 65804
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 483 miles
  • 10 D,
  • January 26, 2025
  • 13
$1,782 to $1,964
Weekly Pay*
Provide direct patient care under the direct supervision of the surgeon, and the circulating Registered Nurse consistent with the established standards of practice, the goals of Mercy Health, the philosophy of the Sister’s of Mercy and the Employee Code of Conduct. Efficiently set-up surgical cases in multiple specialty disciplines, providing equipment and supplies based on patient needs and surgeon preference. Demonstrate technical skills related to: creating and maintaining a sterile field; performing instrument, sponge, and sharp counts; and assisting other OR staff per patient safety and direct patient care policies. Functions as resource person for newly hired Surgical Technicians and students of visiting Surgical Technology schools. Performs related duties as assigned.
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 73104
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 505 miles
  • 8 D,
  • February 4, 2025
  • 13
$1,843 to $2,031
Weekly Pay*
Level 1 Trauma Center Teaching Hospital
travel Compact State
Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 73104
    Distance from Baton Rouge: 505 miles
  • 8 N,
  • February 3, 2025
  • 12
$1,843 to $2,031
Weekly Pay*
Level 1 Trauma Center Teaching Hospital
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Statistics on OR RN Jobs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Here are some helpful statistics about OR traveling nurse jobs in & near Baton Rouge. The data is based on the last three complete months of OR job postings in the Baton Rouge and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Operating Room job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in Baton Rouge and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel OR Nursing Jobs for RNs in Baton Rouge, LA

What types of shifts are most common for OR travel jobs in Baton Rouge?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 8 Hour Day shifts were the most common in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.

How much does a day shift Operating Room nurse make on average in Baton Rouge and nearby cities?

A: A 8 Hour Day shift Operating Room nurse in Baton Rouge can make an average of $1,739 per week based on recent job availability.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Operating Room staff in or near Baton Rouge?

  • Ochsner St Mary in Morgan City (50.8 miles from Baton Rouge)
  • Ochsner St Anne General Hospital in Raceland (63.3 miles from Baton Rouge)
  • Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette (52.3 miles from Baton Rouge)
  • Iberia Medical Center – Main Campus in New Iberia (47.5 miles from Baton Rouge)
  • Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary (14.6 miles from Baton Rouge)

What is the most common contract for Operating Room travel jobs in Baton Rouge?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Operating Room job in Baton Rouge is 13.

Locating Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Baton Rouge

In Baton Rouge, facilities like Ochsner St Mary, Ochsner St Anne General Hospital and Lafayette General Medical Center, all offer OR departments. It’s a great city to work in and nearby to neighborhoods like Bendel Gardens (zip code 70505), Arbolada Addition (zip code 70504) and Woodland Ridge (zip code 70816) neighborhoods.

Other popular cities near Baton Rouge’s OR job opportunities are Zachary (14.3 miles), Gonzales (21.3 miles) and Hammond (43.4 miles). These are near to zip codes: 70816 (9.1 miles), 70791 (14.6 miles) and 70560 (47.5 miles).

* Estimate of payments is intended for informational purposes and includes hourly wages, as well as reimbursements for meal & incidental expenses and housing expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. Please speak with a recruiter for additional details.