Summary
Location
Corpus Christi
Type
full-time
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About this role
Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
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. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
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)
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
Other facts
About DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN
DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HEALTH PLAN is a hospital & health care company based out of 615 N Upper Broadway St, Corpus Christi, TX, United States.
DHP is a non-profit, community based health insurance plan in south Texas which is part of the Driscoll Children's Health System. DHP products include STAR Medicaid, STAR Kids, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal plans and covers 24 counties with over 6,000 providers and 230,000 members within the Driscoll network.
What you'll do
- The Pre-Operative Staff Registered Nurse is responsible for meeting with or calling patients scheduled for surgery to gather data and provide pre-operative preparation instructions. They also provide procedure-specific education and screen for risks related to the procedure or anesthesia treatment.
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