Hospital - Operating Room RN III (10:30AM-7:00PM, Full Time)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
- Eligibility
- ORGastroenterologyOtolaryngology
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 40 hrs a week
Posted Jul 28
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 40 hours
- Orientation
- Preceptorship program
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Hospital
More role details
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1-3 years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
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About this role
The Operating Room RN II is a licensed staff nurse who functions at the competent stage. The RN II provides professional nursing care to a diverse patient population, conducting nursing assessments, assisting with exams and treatment, patient education, and maintaining medical records. The RN II provides direct patient care effectively and efficiently, which may include patients with varied and complex needs.
Collaborates with interprofessional health care team to facilitate, coordinate, and maintain compassionate, efficient, quality care and achieve desired treatment outcomes. Demonstrates competence when providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures, and managing emergencies, acting as a patient and family advocate to monitor and maintain patient rights. Participates in or leads unit and shared governance initiatives, serving as a preceptor to students or new employees, and possibly contributing to specialty line or hospital-wide initiatives in partnership with management.
Our Operating Rooms utilize state-of-the-art surgical technology and robotics to support complex procedures and innovative surgical care, including Epic EHR, Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci DV5 and SP robotic platforms, Orthopedic robotic surgical systems (ROSA and MAKO), Advanced GI and Pulmonary endoscopy technology including ION robotic bronchoscopy, and Getinge T-DOC instrument tray tracking system.
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Requirements
- RN
- RN License
- BLS Certification
- Associate's degree in Nursing
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (within 2.5 years of hire)
- English proficiency
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- Customer communication
- Nursing
- Hospital patient safety
Place
- City
- San Antonio, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,324/mo
- Local household income
- $65,056/yr
- Metro price level
- 5% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
San Antonio area index 94.7, where 100 is the national average.
San Antonio runs about 5% below the national cost-of-living average—median homes near $260,000, one-bedroom rents around $1,072. South Side and East Side still yield three-bedroom houses under $250,000. Alamo Ranch delivers new-construction value; Pearl and Alamo Heights command premiums for brewery-district energy and historic prestige.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is an academic medical center that integrates patient care, biomedical research, and health professions education in South Texas. The institution includes the Long School of Medicine…
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
Worth asking
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?