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As a Registered Nurse Preadmission Testing PRN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

The RN PAT is responsible for coordinating and preparing patients for surgical and procedural admissions. This includes obtaining accurate patient demographics, surgical orders, and screening information from patients and physician offices. The RN ensures completeness and accuracy of pre-admission charts, audits documentation, and facilitates communication with Business Services and ancillary departments.

What you will do in this role: 

• Complete patient packets and schedule patients per physician orders.
• Contact physician offices to obtain records and verify proper orders per HIM policy.
• Enter and update patient demographics, procedures, tests, and equipment in the pre-admissions system.
• Answer phones; schedule, reschedule, or edit procedures as requested by physicians or patients.
• Communicate with ancillary departments to facilitate walk-ins, add-ons, and resource updates.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA regulations.
• Utilize CPCS, PAS, Meditech, Microsoft Office, fax/e-fax systems, and office equipment.
• Troubleshoot system and equipment issues; coordinate with Help Desk as needed.
• Attend mandatory training and staff meetings; adhere to infection control, patient safety, and OSHA standards.
• Report potential patient safety issues using the occurrence reporting system.
• Train new employees and provide ongoing peer support; act as a resource for coordinators and departments.
• Serve as primary contact in supervisor’s absence.
• Demonstrate professionalism, service excellence, and adherence to company values.

• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Registered Nurse Diploma
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

St. David's Surgical Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for 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.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

St. David's Surgical Hospital, part of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, is a specialty hospital focused on surgery. It provides expert care in orthopedic, gynecological, urological, breast, and reconstructive surgery, among other types. Located in North Austin, the hospital has 45+ large inpatient rooms, 10 operating room suites, and an inpatient rehabilitation unit with a therapy gym and 20 private rehab rooms. It also includes an ADL/occupational therapy suite (for helping patients with daily living skills), as well as imaging, pharmacy, lab services, and dedicated teams for nursing, therapy, and leadership.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Preadmission Testing PRN opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.