Job Description
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Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Preoperative for a travel nursing job in Hermiston, Oregon.
Job Description & Requirements\n
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- Specialty: Preoperative
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 10 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
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Travel RN – Pre-Admission Services (PAS)\n
Specialty: Pre-Admission Services RN\n
Shift: Days – 4×10s\n
Schedule: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 8:00 AM–6:30 PM\n
Guaranteed Hours: 40 hours/week\n
Contract: 13 weeks\n
Position Overview:
\n Seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive pre-operative assessments and risk evaluations for surgical patients. The RN will assess patient readiness, identify surgical/anesthesia risks, coordinate medical clearances and testing, provide pre-op education, and collaborate closely with anesthesia, surgeons, and the perioperative team.
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Key Responsibilities:
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- Conduct pre-operative assessments by phone and in person.
- Review medical history, medications, allergies, and previous surgical/anesthesia experiences.
- Identify patients requiring additional medical clearance or specialty consultation.
- Coordinate pre-op testing, referrals, consultations, and medical clearances.
- Perform focused physical assessments and monitor vital signs.
- Document assessments and patient information accurately in Epic.
- Triage Epic InBasket messages, patient calls, and portal messages.
- Provide education on NPO guidelines, medications, dietary restrictions, arrival instructions, anesthesia, and post-op expectations.
- Communicate patient findings and recommendations to anesthesiologists, CRNAs, surgeons, NPs, PAs, and nursing teams.
- Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
- Float to other qualified departments as needed.
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Requirements:
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- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing experience preferred.
- Previous surgical experience preferred.
- Current, unrestricted Oregon and Washington RN licenses.
- BLS – Required
- ACLS – Required
- CRASE training required.
- Epic experience preferred.
- Strong assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and patient-education skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to work with culturally diverse patient populations.
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Preferred:
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- BSN
- PALS
- CNOR, CPAN, CAPA, or other relevant specialty certification
- Bilingual English/Spanish
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About Care Career\n \n
Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.
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With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
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Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.
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\n Benefits\n
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- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
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