Per Diem Pre-Op Registered Nurse RN

Application Deadline: 03/13/2026

Job Summary: 

The Pre-Operative Registered Nurse (RN) plays a key role in preparing patients for surgical procedures. This position is responsible for conducting thorough pre-operative assessments, verifying patient history, initiating IV therapy, administering pre-op medications, and ensuring all required labs, documentation and consents are complete and accurate. The Pre-Op RN collaborates closely with anesthesia, surgery, and other interdisciplinary teams to ensure patient readiness, safety, and comfort prior to surgery.

Hours: 

• Per Diem - Daytime Hours 

Essential Job Functions: 

• Advocate for patients’ rights, preferences, and needs, ensuring that they receive high-quality, compassionate care that is tailored to their individual circumstances
• Project a professional demeanor and appearance while maintaining the confidentiality of the patient, coworkers, and the organization, as appropriate
• Assess patient health problems and needs to develop, implement, and evaluate care in collaboration with healthcare team
• Ensure infection control protocols and safety standards are followed in all aspects of patient care
• Promptly records all care information concisely, accurately, and completely
• Respond to emergency situations using appropriate interventions
• Promptly report and document any occurrences of unusual events, safety concerns, or incidents in accordance with organization policies and procedures
• Review patient medical history, current medications, allergies, and surgical consent forms
• Monitor and record baseline vital signs, ensuring stability prior to surgery
• Initiate and manage IV lines and administer pre-operative medications per provider orders and document responses
• Communicate any patient concerns or changes in condition to the provider and anesthesia
• Operate and monitor medical equipment relevant to patient care
• Describes the perioperative experience to the patient and significant other including what to expect before, during, and after procedure
• Performs all preoperative testing needed the day of surgery, i.e. labs, EKG

• Ensure compliance with Universal Protocol by initiating a pre-procedural 'Time Out' to prevent wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient errors

• Assists in positioning and responding to the comfort and safety of the patient
• Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens
• Inventories all patient belongings preoperatively
• May be cross-trained and assigned to other nursing departments within the hospital, with responsibility for carrying out the essential functions of the assigned role
• Use the organization's secure messaging platform in accordance with departmental protocols, including timely receipt and responses to communications
• Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: 

• Medical Terminology
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems
• Quality assurance and accreditation standards
• Understanding of HIPAA regulations, patient confidentiality laws and patient rights
• Effective English communication in verbal and written format

• Competent in conscious sedation according to policy

• Quality work including attention to detail and accuracy
• Carry out organization customer service standards
• Basic computer proficiency
• Carry out customer service standards
• Prioritize tasks effectively through managing workload based on urgency and importance
• Capacity to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Continuously learn and improve through staying up to date on job specific trends, policies, and new technologies
• Successfully demonstrate organization-wide performance review competencies

Qualifications: 

• Demonstrates eligibility for employment in the U.S.
• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited nursing program required
• Current RN licensure in the State of Wisconsin
• BLS certification is required upon hire
• Must be able to achieve ACLS and PALS certification within six months of hire
• Previous perioperative or general nursing experience is preferred
• Must possess a cell phone that interfaces with the organization’s secure messaging system

Benefits:

• Free scrubs with laundry service 
• Wellness reimbursement 

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity  

Our organization is an equal oppor