Registered Nurse, Pediatric Operating Room (per diem)

We are searching for a Per Diem Registered Nurses for the Operating Room- Austin North Campus-- someone who works well in a fast-paced inpatient, operating setting. In this position, you will provide nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care circulating in the operating room.  Think you’ve got what it takes? 

Qualifications:

Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is required for all employees at Texas Children’s, unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
• 1 year of circulating operating room experience required
• 1-year professional nursing experience required
• RN license from the Board of Nursing of the State of Texas required
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required

Responsibilities:

• Collects and analyzes data from the medical record in order to coordinate patient care
• Discusses the patient’s plan of care with team members, family and/or significant individuals and documents in the medical record as appropriate
• Determines which standards of care and practice apply to the patient; coordinates and communicates this information to other health care team members, in order to meet patient needs
• Implements and individualizes plan of care based on nursing assessment, reflecting the bio-physical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate), cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs of the patient/family
• Evaluates and documents patient’s response to the care provided and recognizes the patient’s progress toward meeting the desired outcomes and discusses with the patient/family
• Work in a variety of surgery settings including:
  • Ortho
  • Plastics
  • General
  • ENT
  • Urology
  • Ophthalmology - minimal
  • Neurosurgery

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