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Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Cape Girardeau, MO for RNs

Find Top RN Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Carbondale, Illinois – 62901
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 33 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 8, 2025
  • 13
$2,058 to $2,268
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Herrin, Illinois – 62948
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 44 miles
  • 12 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,058 to $2,268
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Madisonville, Kentucky – 42431
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 111 miles
  • 8 D,
  • June 26, 2025
  • 13
$2,105 to $2,319
Weekly Pay*
Need a RN for Surgery. Def need to be very skilled in ortho, general, abdominal, urology, vascular. Hearts would be a bonus!!!
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Louisville, Kentucky – 40215
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 215 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,730 to $1,907
Weekly Pay*
Outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team. 300 bed community hospital offers a full range of vascular, orthopedic, cardiac, neurological, surgical, rehabilitative and 24/7 emergency services including 24/7 STEMI service
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Louisville, Kentucky – 40202
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 215 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,730 to $1,907
Weekly Pay*
460 bed teaching hospital. Facility is an internationally renowned, high-tech tertiary referral center located in downtown Louisville, developing leading-edge advancements in a vast number of specialties and services.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Louisville, Kentucky – 40215
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 215 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,730 to $1,907
Weekly Pay*
Outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team. 300 bed community hospital offers a full range of vascular, orthopedic, cardiac, neurological, surgical, rehabilitative and 24/7 emergency services including 24/7 STEMI service
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Fort Madison, Iowa – 52627
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 249 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$2,399 to $2,643
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • West Burlington, Iowa – 52655
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 259 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$2,399 to $2,643
Weekly Pay*
Assists in operations under the supervision of physicians, registered nurses and other surgical personnel. Responsible for creating and maintaining the sterile field. Prepares the operating room by collecting needed supplies and equipment, passes instruments and other supplies to surgeons. Functions within the sterile field. Provides high quality care to the following surgical patient populations: Patient of any age undergoing surgical procedures in the following specialties: ENT, General, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Pain Management, Ophthalmology, Urology, OB/Gynecology and Endoscopy procedures. Procedures daily 20-25. We staff 2-3 staff per room, depending on the complexity of the procedure. Responsible for first and second scrubbing. Service lines in order of highest volume to lowest. General Orthopedic C-Sections OB/GYN ENT Urology Podiatry
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Bentonville, Arkansas – 72712
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 267 miles
  • 10 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 13
$1,616 to $1,780
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Lenexa, Kansas – 66215
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 305 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,709 to $1,883
Weekly Pay*
350 bed Level 2 Trauma center located in a suburb just south of Kansas City. Local attractions include the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Museum at Prairiefire, Indian Creek Greenway, and numerous other museums and theaters.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Meridian, Mississippi – 39301
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 345 miles
  • 8 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 12
$1,851 to $2,040
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right individual 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
  • Hazard, Kentucky – 41701
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 348 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 14, 2025
  • 13
$1,987 to $2,190
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Hiram, Georgia – 30141
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 357 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,604 to $1,767
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
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 365 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,604 to $1,768
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Austell, Georgia – 30106
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 365 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$1,604 to $1,768
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Selma, Alabama – 36701
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 367 miles
  • 8 D,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,949 to $2,148
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Des Moines, Iowa – 50309
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 368 miles
  • 10 N,
  • June 26, 2025
  • 15
$2,506 to $2,762
Weekly Pay*
Iowa Methodist Medical Center was established in 1901 in a single building. Today, Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital. Located in downtown Des Moines on a 42-acre campus, Iowa Methodist employs nearly 4,000 people and has 370 staffed beds. Iowa Methodist is well known throughout the Midwest for cancer care. Iowa Methodist is one of two Level I Trauma Centers in the state of Iowa. Life Flight, the air ambulance program for Iowa Methodist, began in 1979 and continues to fly hundreds of vital missions per year. 16 OR’s 1,050 cases/month Variety of cases, Level I Trauma Ctr All specialties Open Heart, Kidney Transplant, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Robotics, ENT, General Surgery, Bariatrics, Pediatrics, Plastics, Urology, Vascular, Gynecology, Oncology
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Duluth, Georgia – 30097
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 378 miles
  • 8 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,023 to $2,229
Weekly Pay*
A great opportunity to join the Emory team at John’s Creek! This is a close knit team with friendly surgeons Top 10 Diagnosis/Procedures: Total Joints (hips, knees, shoulders), Spine (ortho & neuro), General (chole, appy, colon), Robotics (urology, general, colorectal, GYN)
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 379 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,023 to $2,229
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 379 miles
  • 10 D,
  • July 7, 2025
  • 13
$2,023 to $2,229
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.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 379 miles
  • 8 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 12
$1,872 to $2,063
Weekly Pay*
Northside Hospital Atlanta (in Sandy Springs) opened in 1970 and is our system’s flagship hospital. What started as a facility with 250 beds has expanded to 621 beds, 2,300 physicians and more than 11,000 employees.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 379 miles
  • 8 D,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 12
$1,872 to $2,063
Weekly Pay*
Northside Hospital Atlanta (in Sandy Springs) opened in 1970 and is our system’s flagship hospital. What started as a facility with 250 beds has expanded to 621 beds, 2,300 physicians and more than 11,000 employees.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 379 miles
  • 10 D, 10 N,
  • June 30, 2025
  • 12
$1,872 to $2,063
Weekly Pay*
Northside Hospital Atlanta (in Sandy Springs) opened in 1970 and is our system’s flagship hospital. What started as a facility with 250 beds has expanded to 621 beds, 2,300 physicians and more than 11,000 employees.
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Registered Nurse – Perioperative Nurse – Operating Room
  • Atlanta, Georgia – 30342
    Distance from Cape Girardeau: 379 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 26, 2025
  • 13
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Northside Hospital Atlanta (in Sandy Springs) opened in 1970 and is our system’s flagship hospital. What started as a facility with 250 beds has expanded to 621 beds, 2,300 physicians and more than 11,000 employees.
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Statistics on OR RN Jobs in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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

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FAQs About Travel OR Nursing Jobs for RNs in Cape Girardeau, MO

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

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

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

A: A 12 Hour Day shift Operating Room nurse in Cape Girardeau can make an average of $1,846 per week based on recent job availability.

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

A: A 10 Hour Night shift Operating Room nurse in Cape Girardeau can make an average of $1,866 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Operating Room staff in or near Cape Girardeau?

  • Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau

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

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

Locating Operating Room Travel Nursing Jobs in Cape Girardeau

In Cape Girardeau, facilities like Southeast Hospital, all offer OR departments.

Other popular cities near Cape Girardeau’s OR job opportunities are Sikeston (29.9 miles), Perryville (34.5 miles) and Dexter (42.8 miles).

Cape Girardeau Hospitals With OR Departments

There are 1 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have OR nurses in Cape Girardeau. 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 Cape Girardeau.

Southeast Hospital
Shifts
8 D, 8 N, 10 D, 10 E, 10 N, 12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
11 wks, 13 wks, 19 wks, and 20 wks
Address
1701 LACEY ST.
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
* 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.