Pediatric Preop RN: Risk Assessment & Care Coordination

Vanderbilt Health; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Perioperative Risk Assessment team in Nashville, TN. The role focuses on preoperative screening of pediatric patients, identifying perioperative risks, and coordinating care with APPs, anesthesia clinicians, and surgical teams.

You will educate families, review medical histories, and help optimize readiness for anesthesia and procedures.

Qualifications

• RN licensure is required.
• Pediatric nursing experience preferred.
• Experience in perioperative, PACU, OR, procedural, anesthesia, preoperative or complex-care is preferred.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and care-coordination skills.
• Comfortable working within a collaborative RN/APP/provider care model.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
• Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient’s care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient’s progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
• Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Communication

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Education

RN licensure

Job description

Vanderbilt Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Perioperative Risk Assessment team in Nashville, TN. The role focuses on preoperative screening of pediatric patients, identifying perioperative risks, and coordinating care with APPs, anesthesia clinicians, and surgical teams.

You will educate families, review medical histories, and help optimize readiness for anesthesia and procedures.