Operating Room Tech / Operating Room Open Heart
Job Description
Job Summary
Operating Room Nurse Specialist Open Heart Portsmouth, NH. This role involves working in a cardiovascular operating room environment with a focus on cardiac, vascular, and thoracic procedures. The position requires collaboration within a small, experienced team and offers a dedicated on-call schedule.
Job Details
- Shift: Days, with scheduled hours from 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM; additional call and late stays may be required.
- Required Qualifications: Certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS); valid nursing license must be in hand at the time of submittal; minimum of 2 years experience in a hospital setting; experience with cardiac, vascular, and thoracic procedures.
- Preferred Qualifications: Scrub experience in cardiac and vascular cases; familiarity with Meditech electronic medical records system.
- Unit Description: The unit has 3 beds with 9 staff members, including a charge nurse, registered nurses, scrub technicians, and aides. The team performs procedures such as CABG, valve replacements, TAVR, EVAR, TEVAR, carotid endarterectomy, fistula creation/interventions, VATS, thoracotomy, fem-pop bypass, angiograms with interventions, LVAD, RVAD, and ECMO, covering Level 2 trauma for all vascular and thoracic procedures.
- Schedule: Days, 8 hours per shift, minimum of 40 hours per week.
- Additional Information: Call requirements include one weekend per month and 2-3 days per week. The team always includes a backup nurse and additional assistance for on-call coverage, fostering a supportive environment for travelers. The hospital is situated on the seacoast of New Hampshire, approximately one hour north of Boston and one and a half hours south of the White Mountains.
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
ORT
Position Type
Travel
Portsmouth, NH
2026-07-16
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.




