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Travel Nurse RN - CVOR - $4,105 per week

Genie Healthcare

iconBakersfield, CA, US, 93399

icon8 October 2025

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Genie Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN CVOR for a travel nursing job in Bakersfield, California.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: CVOR
  • Discipline: RN
  • Start Date: 10/13/2025
  • Duration: 14 weeks
  • 40 hours per week
  • Shift: 8 hours, days
  • Employment Type: Travel

Position: RN – CVOR (Cardiovascular Operating Room)
 

Shift Details:

  • 8-hour Day shifts
  • Start: 6:30 AM (occasional 11 AM start)
  • EOW (every other weekend)
  • First to float
  • 40 hours/week guaranteed
  • Contract: 14 weeks

Unit Information:

  • 10 OR rooms total:
    • Room 1: Neuro cases
    • Rooms 4 & 7: Total joint implants
    • Room 5: Major vascular
    • Room 6: Hearts (directly across from Cath Lab)
    • Room 10: Robotics
    • Remaining rooms: General surgeries, GYN, urology, plastics
  • Average: 30 cases/day across 10 rooms
  • Common Cases: CABG, valve replacements, TAVR support for Cath Lab, trachs, thoracotomy, VATS, pericardial window, sternotomy, pleurodesis, neuro, total joints, vascular, hearts, general, GYN, urology, plastics, podiatry

  • Not performed: Ophthalmology or bariatrics

Required Certifications:

  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • PALS

Experience Required:

  • Minimum 3 years CVOR RN experience
  • Experience titrating meds, assisting perfusionists, drawing labs, assisting anesthesia with lines
  • Experience setting up IV meds and programming pumps
  • RN scrubbing not required (scrubbing done by techs)

Support & Structure:

  • Charge Nurse: Permanent coverage weekdays; RNs rotate for charge on Mondays/when needed
  • OR Techs: Scrubbing done by techs, first assist by RNFA
  • 7 Nursing Assistants (turnover, equipment, transport)
  • 2 Anesthesia Aides (support anesthesia)
  • Surgery schedulers M–F, 7 AM–5:30 PM; RNs schedule surgeries after hours/weekends

Scheduling & Call:

  • One weekday off per week
  • Call: 2–3 times/week
  • Weekend Call: Every 3rd weekend (Fri–Mon 6:30 AM)
  • Weeknight Call: 2 PM – 6:30 AM
  • Holiday Call: Rotating with CVOR team
  • Call Response Time: 30 minutes

Other Details:

  • Orientation: 1 week general, 1 week unit (flexible)
  • Scrubs provided by hospital
  • EMR: Cerner
  • License: Must be active at submission

Job ID #17154043. . .

About Genie Healthcare

Genie Healthcare is one of the fastest growing Nurse Travel Agencies in the USA. Genie serves hundreds of facilities and has over 4000 current travel RN contracts open at any given time.

Genie provides travel RN’s flexibility, support, top pay scale, housing and the #1 rated, multi-state health insurance coverage.

Genie Healthcare carries with it a commitment to providing a comprehensive level of service and quality care. Growing from a small team of eager recruiters to a company with satisfied clients in nearly every corner of the nation, delivering excellence in patient and customer care is the key to Genie’s success.

The management team has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and staffing in medical and non-medical fields, roles ranging from Clerical job to Cardiologist to software developer to CEO.