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Operating Room

Facility

UnityPoint - Iowa Methodist Medical Center

Job Title

Registered Nurse

Job Number

64459

Start Date

1/26/2026

Specialty

Operating Room, OR

Contract Length

13

Shift

6:30am-5pm; M-F with rotating day off; call up to 2 overnight/week and 4 weekends per 13 weeks

40hrs/week

$2444/week

About the Position

Local Radius rule:  50 miles, 10% reduction to bill rate

  • NBO: 16 hrs

  • EMR: EPIC

  • OT/Holiday: 1.15x multiplier

  • Call Back:  1.5x multiplier with 2 hr CB minimum

  • On Call: $9/hr

  • Charge/Precept: $6/hr

Billable OT:

  • 36-40 hrs/week, OT billable after 40

  • 48 hrs/week, OT billable after 48

UNIT Info

  • Patient Types:  see submission requirements

  • Patient Ratios: 1:1

  • Bed Size: 16

  • Scrubs:  provided

Avg. 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.

  • Traveler will be required to float across all campuses; Iowa Methodist MC, Iowa Lutheran & Iowa Methodist

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Orientation Dates: 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16

  • 2+ years of current operating room experience [required]

  • circulating / operating room experience [required]

  • scrub experience [preferred]

  • strong Cardiac, vascular, thoracic proficiency & experience including General Surgery experience [required]

  • additional experience in the following cases: (General, daVinci robotics, pediatrics, trauma, Neurology, orthopedics (primarily trauma), gynecology, urology, transplants, plastics, Ear, nose, throat, Vascular) [highly preferred]

  • EPIC electronic medical systems experience within previous 3 years [required]

  • Trauma Level I experience [highly preferred]

  • No 1st time travelers, must have completed a travel assignment within previous 12 mos.

    • Scrub experience needed including open heart scrubbing [highly preferred]

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