Travel Operating Room Tech - Operating Room Open Heart - Fort Myers, FL
- Certification preferred
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
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This assignment posts $2,171 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel surgical technologist assignments post a median of $1,898 a week, the middle half $1,602 to $2,140, across 385 assignments, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
Tax-free stipend limit here
GSA's per diem rate for Fort Myers, FL (GSA's Fort Myers area) is $141 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $80 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,547 a week. Agencies set tax-free housing and meal stipends against it, for a traveler who keeps a tax home elsewhere; the posting's own figure says what this assignment pays. Stipend limits in Florida.
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting 7 Dec 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,171 a week in all, a taxable rate of $17.32 an hour plus $1,547 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Operating Room Open Heart Technologist, Operating Room Open Heart. This position supports open-heart surgical procedures in a cardiovascular operating room setting. The role requires substantial cardiac experience, prior travel experience, participation in call coverage, and flexibility to float as needed.
Job Details
- Schedule: 12-hour day shifts with varied start times and a minimum of 36 hours per week; call coverage is required, including approximately one weekend per month and one to two weekday call shifts extending through 6:30 a.m.
- Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of cardiovascular operating room and heavy cardiac/open-heart experience; prior travel experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Preferred Qualifications: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification preferred.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- Travelers may be assigned to other affiliated campuses as operational needs require.
- Travelers are expected to function in alignment with core staff responsibilities and participate fully within the assigned unit.
- All requested time off must be submitted with the initial application.
- Required documentation must be completed by the Monday before the start date.
- Assignment dates are 12/07/2026 through 03/06/2027.
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
From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Cross Country Healthcare
National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs
Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.7% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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