Registered Nurse- Obstetrics and Gynecology Operating Room

Texas Children's Hospital • Houston, TX

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About The Position

Texas Children’s is seeking a full-time, day-shift Obstetrics and Gynecology Operating Room Registered Nurse for the Pavilion for Women. The nurse provides age-appropriate patient care through assessment, planning, education, implementation, and evaluation, incorporating family-centered principles and cost-effective care.

The Pavilion for Women Operating Room includes surgical suites and procedure spaces supporting obstetrics, gynecology, fetal surgery, general surgery, urgent interventional radiology, and other specialized services for pregnant patients and women. Perioperative Services also supports operating rooms in Labor and Delivery and procedure, pre-operative, and recovery areas in the Reproductive Endocrinology Clinic. The unit cares for patients from adolescence through adulthood and is part of the broader Perioperative Services Department.

Successful candidates are required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing; alternatively, an associate degree in nursing or a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for RN licensure, with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and a signed agreement.
• Alternatively, a technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and a signed agreement.
• Must be currently enrolled in a Nursing Bridge Program working toward an MSN; verified BSN equivalency or a signed agreement is required.
• Current RN license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of operating room experience preferred.
• OB/GYN, robotics, or laparoscopic operating room experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance with Da Vinci and laparoscopic procedures.
• Assist in collecting patient and family data, which may include biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and environmental information, according to site protocol.
• Prepare patients for examinations according to site protocol.
• Assist providers, as directed and within the site’s scope, during treatments, examinations, and testing.
• Administer medications and immunizations as directed by a physician and according to site protocol.
• Document medication and immunization administration in the medical record according to site protocol.
• Provide patient and family education as instructed by the physician or site protocol.
• Document patient and family education in the medical record.
• Coordinate referrals.
• Triage presenting patient complaints according to site protocol.
• Verify provider orders and patient identity according to site protocol.
• Undergo respiratory fit testing as a condition of successful candidacy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level