Registered Nurse / Operating Room Open Heart
Job Description
Job Summary:
Operating Room Open Heart Technologist at a healthcare facility in Pittsburgh, PA. This position involves providing specialized cardiovascular surgical support within a busy operating room setting. The role requires certification, experience with cardiac robotics, LVAD, heart transplants, and a solid background in cardiovascular operating room procedures. The opportunity offers a rotating shift schedule with call responsibilities, suitable for professionals with recent cardiovascular operative experience.
Job Details:
- Schedule: Nights shift, 10 hours per night, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: Candidates must hold certification with NCCT-TS-C or NBSTSA-CST. A minimum of 1 year in travel experience and 2 years within the last 3 years of cardiovascular operating room experience at a Level 1 Trauma center is required. Experience with cardiac robotics, LVAD, and heart transplants is strongly preferred.
- Preferred Qualifications: Experience with general, orthopedic, neuro, vascular, trauma, and transplant cases, including robotics, is desirable.
- Additional Information: The position involves call responsibilities with a 30-minute response time, and in-house call rooms are available. Candidates should be able to scrub and demonstrate proficiency in cardiovascular OR procedures including cardiac robotics, LVAD, and transplant cases. Call and weekend work are required, with flexibility for weekday or weekend call.
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 320 East North Avenue.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
Speciality
Other
Experience
RN
Position Type
Travel
Pittsburgh, PA
2026-07-08
Agency Info
Cross Country Nurses
As one of the leading suppliers of travel healthcare professionals and a Best of Staffing® Talent Award winner, Cross Country Nurses offers thousands of opportunities for healthcare professionals across the country. We have relationships with more than 2,500 healthcare facilities nationwide and offer excellent compensation and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry. Have the freedom to decide where you want to work and take your career where you want it to go when you travel with us.




