OR RN Pediatrics Children's

Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Operating Room

Location:

McLane Children's Hospital - Temple, TX

Schedule:

Full-Time
• 6:45 AM-5:15 PM
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Department: OR Pediatric Surgery
• 5 Operating Rooms

About the Role

McLane Children's is seeking a passionate and motivated Pediatric OR RN to join our high‑performing surgical services team.

This role offers the opportunity to develop a rare and highly specialized skill set within a 5‑room pediatric operating suite-serving infants, children, and adolescents across a wide range of surgical specialties.

As our volumes grow and new service lines expand, this position is ideal for an RN who is eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the advancement of our pediatric surgical program.

What You'll Love About This Role

* Pediatric Operating Room

Experience:

Build expertise in a unique and highly specialized care environment.

* Growth & Development:
Opportunity to help grow new service lines over the next 12-24 months, including:

* Pediatric cardiac surgery

* Interventional radiology

* Cath lab services

* Additional advanced procedural offerings

* Supportive Team Culture:
Join a tight-knit team that cares deeply for one another and for the children we serve.

* Meaningful Impact:
Provide life-changing surgical care for pediatric patients and families throughout Central Texas.

Schedule & Work Environment

* Full-Time (Four 10‑hour shifts)

* Shift: Days/6:45A-5:15P on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday

* Department Size: 5 pediatric operating rooms with a collaborative multidisciplinary care team

Preferred Skills

The following experience is beneficial:

* Operating Room experience

* Procedural area experience (OR, GI, Cath Lab, etc.)

JOB SUMMARY

The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays.

The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF

THE ROLE

Clinical Judgment:
Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes.

Clinical Inquiry:
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.

Caring Practices:
Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.

Response to Diversity:
Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.

Advocacy and Moral Agency:
Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.

Facilitation of Learning:
Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community;…