Pre Operative Staff RN

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB

The Pre-Operative Staff Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability to meet with or call patients scheduled for surgery to gather data, provide pre-operative preparation instructions, provide procedure-specific education, and screen for disease/conditions or behaviors/activities that could pose a risk for the procedure or anesthesia treatment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LICENSE, EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN preferred.
• Current RN license in the State of Texas
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred
• Perioperative Experience Preferred (At Least One Year)
• Operating Room Experience preferred (At Least One Year)

CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS

• BLS pre-hire
• Must register to test for unit specific certification (Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse- CAPA) by 24 months post-orientation completion date.
• Must have unit specific certification exam results by 3 years post-orientation completion date.