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Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Albuquerque, NM for RNs

Find Top RN Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Albuquerque, New Mexico

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top OR travel nurse jobs in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. We currently offer 2 of the best available nurse travel jobs in the Albuquerque area. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare Albuquerque’s OR nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

As of Jun 1, 2025, the average Operating Room travel nurse working in Albuquerque and surrounding areas earned about $2,140 weekly. Today you can find OR jobs with a salary range between $1,889 to $2,082 per week.

If you have a specific start date in mind, we have a variety of options for OR travel jobs in Albuquerque. The earliest start date in Albuquerque is Jul 14, 2025 for a Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room role at $2,129 per week. The latest start date for an OR job in Albuquerque is Aug 18, 2025 for a Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room role at $2,129 per week. You can also find other possibilities by sorting on “start date” in the list below.

There are a variety of contract lengths available for a(n) Operating Room travel nurse job in Albuquerque including 12 weeks and 13 weeks.

Albuquerque is a great location for OR travel nurses to come live, work and play! And what is a travel nurse looking for if not a great work/life balance in a fun city? Search for jobs below or apply now and our AMN Healthcare team will help get you started!

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Search Top Paying Operating Room Jobs in or near Albuquerque

We have 2 Operating Room jobs in Albuquerque, NM and 19 Operating Room travel jobs in New Mexico, and 242 total Nationwide. If you’re not finding what you’re looking for immediately, sign up for the AMN Passport App today and we’ll connect you directly with a recruiter.

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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
  • 12 E,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,889 to $2,082
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Operating Room unit, based in exciting Albuquerque is looking for the right technician 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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico – 87106
  • 12 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 12
$1,889 to $2,082
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding Operating Room unit, based in exciting Albuquerque is looking for the right technician 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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,932 to $2,129
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 8 D,
  • August 4, 2025
  • 13
$1,932 to $2,129
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,932 to $2,129
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 8 E,
  • August 18, 2025
  • 13
$1,932 to $2,129
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,922 to $2,119
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,826 to $2,013
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – 87505
    Distance from Albuquerque: 58 miles
  • 8 D,
  • October 20, 2025
  • 10
$962 to $1,060
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Espanola, New Mexico – 87532
    Distance from Albuquerque: 70 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,932 to $2,129
Weekly Pay*
Job Summary: -Utilizes the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift. -Ensures safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care of patients. -Provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting individual patient needs, actions taken, and patient responses. -Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient/family and healthcare team. -Initiates, utilizes, and documents appropriate protocols and standards of care. -Administers medication and treatments as prescribed by physician or standard protocols and documents according to policy. -Identifies and meets patient and family learning and discharge needs on admission and throughout the episode of care. -Assumes responsibility for the clinical supervision of LPNs and non-licensed assistive personnel. -Completes patient population/age-specific/procedure and protocol education and competency testing per unit standards.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Socorro, New Mexico – 87801
    Distance from Albuquerque: 72 miles
  • 12 D,
  • August 18, 2025
  • 13
$2,007 to $2,211
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Durango, Colorado – 81301
    Distance from Albuquerque: 166 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 28, 2025
  • 13
$2,239 to $2,468
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Las Cruces, New Mexico – 88011
    Distance from Albuquerque: 192 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,884 to $2,077
Weekly Pay*
The circulating nurse in the OR is responsible for patient safety, documentation, workflow coordination and sterile field support during surgical procedures. 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. You can expect to work on complex cases with a driven team of passionate Operating Room (OR) professionals, utilizing the best patient care models. – 168 bed community hospital located in South/Central NM; about 3hrs from Albq, 4 hours east of Tucson – Accredited Chest Pain Center, Joint Replacement Center and Stroke Center. Campus offers minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery, and a Wound Care Center
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Las Cruces, New Mexico – 88011
    Distance from Albuquerque: 192 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,779 to $1,960
Weekly Pay*
The circulating nurse in the OR is responsible for patient safety, documentation, workflow coordination and sterile field support during surgical procedures.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Las Cruces, New Mexico – 88011
    Distance from Albuquerque: 192 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,779 to $1,960
Weekly Pay*
The circulating nurse in the OR is responsible for patient safety, documentation, workflow coordination and sterile field support during surgical procedures.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Las Cruces, New Mexico – 88011
    Distance from Albuquerque: 192 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 21, 2025
  • 13
$1,779 to $1,960
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. You can expect to work on complex cases with a driven team of passionate Operating Room (OR) professionals, utilizing the best patient care models. – 168 bed community hospital located in South/Central NM; about 3hrs from Albq, 4 hours east of Tucson – Accredited Chest Pain Center, Joint Replacement Center and Stroke Center. Campus offers minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery, and a Wound Care Center
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Carlsbad, New Mexico – 88220
    Distance from Albuquerque: 231 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,780 to $1,962
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Carlsbad, New Mexico – 88220
    Distance from Albuquerque: 231 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,780 to $1,962
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Carlsbad, New Mexico – 88220
    Distance from Albuquerque: 231 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,780 to $1,962
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Carlsbad, New Mexico – 88220
    Distance from Albuquerque: 231 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,780 to $1,962
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Montrose, Colorado – 81401
    Distance from Albuquerque: 244 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$2,025 to $2,232
Weekly Pay*
The Certified Surgical Technologist First Assistant assists the surgeon during a surgical procedure carrying out functions that will assist the surgeon in performing a safe operation. The non-physician first assistant practices under the direct supervision of the surgeon. Must demonstrate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and other cognitive education with additional education in the use of surgical instruments on tissue versus the handling of instruments. The certified first assistant may also function as a surgical technologist.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Tuba City, Arizona – 86045
    Distance from Albuquerque: 268 miles
  • 12 D, 12 E, 12 N,
  • July 18, 2025
  • 13
$2,139 to $2,358
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado – 80920
    Distance from Albuquerque: 278 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 8, 2025
  • 17
$2,512 to $2,769
Weekly Pay*
***7/8 STARTS OR SOONER, URGENT COMPLIANCE*** Campus Location: Colorado Springs Hospital Position Title: OR RN Traveler Length of Assignment: 16 Weeks Float Requirement: None Weekend Requirement: PRN On Call Requirement: 4–6 shifts/month Minimum Qualifications • Previous travel experience highly preferred • Licensure/Certification: RN Required • Job Qualifications: Pediatric OR Experience Must be clearly documented in work history FLOAT: Client reserves the right to float or reassign Personnel to other areas of practice within their clinical competence to fulfill the scheduled guaranteed hours and within thirty-five (35) miles of their originally assigned facility (unless otherwise agreed to in such Personnel’s individual assignment confirmation). Required Certifications • BLS (Basic Life Support) Comments • Service Lines Include: GI, General, Urology, Ortho, Neuro, Dental, Eyes, ENT • Scrub experience not required • No RTO approved during the first two weeks of assignment • Medical and religious exemptions allowed for seasonal influenza vaccination Exemption Form: https://redcap.link/CHCO-Vaccine-Exemption-Request
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Moab, Utah – 84532
    Distance from Albuquerque: 289 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 18, 2025
  • 13
$1,951 to $2,150
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.
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Statistics on OR RN Jobs in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Here are some helpful statistics about OR traveling nurse jobs in & near Albuquerque. The data is based on the last three complete months of OR job postings in the Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel OR Nursing Jobs for RNs in Albuquerque, NM

What are the top paying Operating Room jobs currently available in or near Albuquerque?

  • Registered Nurse – OR with a per week salary of $2,211, a 13 weeks duration, for a 12 D in Socorro (72.2 miles away)
  • Registered Nurse – OR with a per week salary of $2,129, a 13 weeks duration, for a 8 E in Santa Fe (57.9 miles away)
  • Registered Nurse – OR with a per week salary of $2,129, a 13 weeks duration, for a 8 D in Santa Fe (57.9 miles away)

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

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Day shifts were the most common in Albuquerque and surrounding areas.

How many Operating Room travel nursing jobs are available in Albuquerque?

There are currently 2 Operating Room travel nursing jobs available in Albuquerque. We also get new nursing specialties jobs daily, so be sure to apply now and a recruiter will help you find the perfect fit as jobs become available.

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

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Operating Room nurse in Albuquerque can make an average of $1,970 per week based on recent job availability.

How much does a night shift Operating Room nurse make on average in Albuquerque and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Operating Room nurse in Albuquerque can make an average of $1,938 per week based on recent job availability data.

How much does an Operating Room travel nurse make on average in Albuquerque?

An Operating Room nurse in Albuquerque can make an average of $1,988 per week.

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

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

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Albuquerque Hospitals With OR Departments

There are 2 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have OR nurses in Albuquerque. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling OR nurse position in or nearby Albuquerque.

Presbyterian Rust Medical Center
Shifts
6 D, 8 D, 8 E, 8 N, 10 D, 10 E, 10 N, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
8 wks, 11 wks, 13 wks, and 18 wks
Departments
Cardiac Catheterization Lab Registered Nurse, Emergency Room RN, Operating Room RN, Operating Room Surgical Technology, Operating Room Surgical Technology, Operation Room Nursing Surgical Technology, Operation Room Nursing Surgical Technology, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse, and RN Case Manager
Address
2400 Unser Blvd. SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
* 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.