Work Schedule: 8-hour shifts/Rotating Weekends – Float position between Preop/PACU and Phase 2 - 30-minute commutable address to facility required for On-Call.
Advance your perioperative nursing career at HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress and deliver exceptional patient-centered care as a Pre-Op Registered Nurse (RN). This dynamic role is intentionally structured to attract high-caliber Preoperative, Preadmission Testing (PAT), Perioperative, and Day Surgery RNs who excel in clinical preparation, patient advocacy, and multi-specialty surgical throughput. Operating within our advanced surgical services line, you will manage comprehensive pre-surgical care—including detailed preadmission assessments, medical history reviews, IV placement, anesthetic preparation, and patient/family education—across 11 state-of-the-art operating suites handling open-heart, robotic, orthopedic, and complex general surgeries. Our unwavering commitment to clinical and nursing excellence is highlighted by elite organizational honors, including our surgical department being recognized as a prestigious HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction recipient for outstanding nursing performance. Furthermore, our surgical service line is highly decorated by Healthgrades, placing our hospital in the top 5% nationwide with the Surgical Care Excellence Award, the America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery Award, and dedicated recognitions for Vascular Surgery and Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence, offering a premier environment to practice at the absolute peak of your nursing license.
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Pre-Op Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.
What you will do in this role:
- Evaluate the patient's functional, cognitive, physiological, and psychological condition, including family expectations and perceptions, prior to surgery.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate general nursing care and discharge plans using an interdisciplinary team approach.
- Administer medications accurately, carry out physician treatment orders, assist with procedures, and follow controlled substance regulations.
- Observe patient clinical status, document nursing care accurately, and communicate changes in condition through the established chain of command.
- Adhere to hospital policies, universal precautions, and infection control techniques while participating in clinical performance improvement activities.
- Plan patient and family teaching, respect privacy and confidentiality, and honor diverse cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual values.
What qualifications you will need:
- Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
- Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
- Current BLS and ACLS issued from American Heart Association preferred
- 1 year of clinical Pre-Op experience as a licensed RN required.
Benefits
HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."
Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare
HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, a campus of HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, is a 165+ bed, general acute care hospital, founded in 2006 by local physicians who wanted to create a sophisticated, patient-friendly healthcare environment for their community. We strive to provide world-class healthcare to patients throughout Cypress, TX and Northwest Houston. HCA Houston North Cypress provides comprehensive services utilizing the latest in medical technology and equipment. We employ well-respected area physicians and aim to provide an upscale five-star hotel-like ambiance with the comfort of those we care for in mind. Our services include a 20+ bed unit ICU, robotic-assisted surgery, orthopedic care, joint replacement surgery, cancer care, advanced wound care services using hyperbaric medicine, advanced breast cancer screening and imaging, and much more. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Preoperative Registered Nurse opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!
