Surgical Services/Float RN
Core
Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for surgical patients ranging from newborns to geriatrics in inpatient, outpatient, and perioperative settings.
Role type
Registered Nurse (Surgical Services/Float)
Builds
Safe surgical outcomes and patient recovery across operating rooms, PACU, and outpatient testing areas.
Domain
Healthcare / Surgical Services
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient assessment, medication administration, infection control, specimen management, count procedures, normothermia maintenance, anesthesia knowledge, cross-training adaptability
Preferred skills
BSN, AORN certification, PALS certification, ambulatory surgery experience
Technologies
Electronic health records (implied by documentation), medical devices for anesthesia and monitoring
Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized care plans; Protect patients from injury and infection during surgical procedures; Administer medications and manage patient specimens; Provide preoperative and postoperative care; Cross-train in circulating, scrubbing, PACU, and outpatient testing roles.
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on IC