Registered Nurse RN - Pre-Admit Testing PAT - PRN

HCA Houston Healthcare; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

Wellbeing support

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is seeking a PRN Pre‑Admit Testing (PAT) Registered Nurse to provide high-quality preoperative care in a leading surgical hospital in Pasadena, TX. The role offers 8- and 10-hour shifts with start times at 0700 or 0800, emphasizing risk screening, medication reconciliation, and coordination of diagnostics to ensure safe, streamlined patient flow.

The successful candidate will have a nursing degree, Texas RN licensure (or Texas license within 90 days for

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associate, or baccalaureate degree nursing program.
• Current Texas RN license or Multi-State Compact with Texas eligibility within 90 days.
• Current BLS and ACLS preferred.
• 1 year of clinical Pre-Op/PAT experience required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient-centered care per department standards.
• Collaborate with providers and care team to ensure optimal preoperative preparation.
• Administer medications and follow physician orders accurately.
• Monitor patient status and communicate changes through chain of command.
• Adhere to infection control, universal precautions, and performance improvement activities.
• Plan patient and family teaching while respecting privacy and cultural values.

Skills

PAT experience

BLS/ACLS certified

RN licensure Texas

Clinical vigilance

Education

Nursing degree (Diploma/Associates/Bachelor)

Job description

Work Schedule: PRN Status/As Needed Schedule - 8 and 10 hour shifts with start times of 0700 or 0800

Advance your perioperative nursing career with exceptional flexibility as a PRN Pre-Admit Testing (PAT) Registered Nurse (RN) at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast. This premium per-diem role is deliberately structured to attract high-caliber Preoperative, Preadmission Testing (PAT), Perioperative, and Day Surgery RNs who excel in clinical optimization, rigorous risk screening, and multi-specialty surgical throughput. Operating as a vital clinical gatekeeper within our surgical services division, you will manage comprehensive pre-surgical preparation—including physical readiness evaluations, extensive medical and anesthesia history reviews, medication reconciliation, and coordination of diagnostic labs, X-rays, or ECGs. Your flexible clinical practice will be backed by a facility highly decorated for surgical excellence, boasting the Healthgrades Surgical Care Excellence Award™ (placing us in the top 5% nationwide) and the Healthgrades Prostate Surgery Excellence Award™ (ranking us #1 in Texas). Furthermore, our surgical service line collaborates within an elite system honored with Healthgrades America's 250 Best Hospitals™ and the Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for five consecutive years, providing an award-winning, daytime environment with premium hourly rates to practice nursing at its highest level.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a 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 organizations vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

• Evaluate the patients 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, PAT experience as a licensed RN required.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 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.

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