Registered Nurse PD - Pediatric Perioperative Resource Team

The Pediatric Perioperative Resource Team (PPRT) at UCSF Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide nursing coverage across pediatric perioperative units at three campus locations: Mission Bay, Oakland, and Walnut Creek. This is a float position that requires flexibility and adaptability to support the 12-bed Mission Bay Operating Room, 12-bed Level One Trauma Oakland Operating Room, and 3-bed Walnut Creek Ambulatory Care Center. You will work as part of a highly skilled and dynamic team of nurses, technicians, and surgeons, providing perioperative care to pediatric patients and their families across all surgical specialties.

Clinical Setting

You will be cross-trained to care for patients across all surgical specialties, including general, laparoscopic, orthopedic, ENT, urology, and neurosurgical cases. The role requires the flexibility to orient to and work in any UCSF Health perioperative setting as needed, with assignments based on where staffing is most needed across the three campus locations.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for pediatric perioperative patients using the nursing process
• Provide circulating and, when qualified, scrub assistance for general, laparoscopic, orthopedic, ENT, urology, and neurosurgical cases
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care and ensure seamless handoffs across three campus locations
• Apply Living PRIDE standards in all patient and family interactions, including AIDET communication and cultural sensitivity
• Adhere to safety, infection control, and environmental care protocols; report unsafe conditions promptly
• Maintain current knowledge and competencies required by the Nurse Practice Act and UCSF policies
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and meet departmental performance metrics
• Maintain accurate documentation and basic computer functions for electronic health records
• Perform additional duties assigned by the Nurse Service Supervisor

Required Qualifications

• Three years of recent full-time inpatient Operating Room (OR) RN clinical experience
• Proficiency in laparoscopic surgery
• Proficiency in circulating duties
• Proficiency in scrubbing duties
• Flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Health locations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Well organized and detail oriented with the ability to multitask and work independently and under pressure
• Basic computer keyboard skills and general PC knowledge
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California
• Current healthcare provider CPR certification

Preferred Qualifications

• General Surgery, Orthopedic, Neurosurgery, or Level 1 trauma experience
• Ability to both circulate and scrub
• CNOR (Certified Nurse Operating Room) specialty certification
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Pediatric operating room experience