PACU Registered Nurse

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 76,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) match

Education support

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a PACU Registered Nurse for Jacksonville Surgery Center in Jacksonville, FL. This role focuses on safe post-anesthesia care, airway management, and timely discharge per facility protocols.

Responsibilities include preparing the care area, monitoring vitals, IV management, and performing head-to-toe assessments. Requires RN license in Florida, ACLS, and BCLS; PALS as needed. Benefits support health, retirement, and education opportunities.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a PACU or ICU setting; preferably in an ambulatory surgery center.
• Active RN license as required by state of employment.
• Required valid BCLS Certification; ACLS and PALS as required by facility.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the patient care area and ensure equipment and supplies are provided.
• Demonstrate proper airway management techniques.
• Monitor patients per policy (vital signs, temperature, cardiac).
• Insert, maintain, and remove IV catheters and saline locks as needed.
• Perform and document head-to-toe evaluations using an approved scoring system.
• Check dressings and report abnormalities to the surgeon.
• Provide a safe and comforting environment for patients and family.
• Assist patients in meeting discharge criteria.

Skills

PACU experience

Airway management

Vital signs monitoring

Education

RN license

ACLS

PALS

BCLS

Tools

IV therapy

ECG monitoring

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a PACU Registered Nurse today with Jacksonville Surgery Center.

Job Summary and Qualifications

We are seeking a PACU Nurse for our ambulatory surgery center who demonstrates the values of our company by caring like family. You will ensure safe and effective nursing care rendered postoperatively until the patient is dismissed from the facility. With your expertise, our center will continue its’ legacy of employing nurses who contribute to the company’s mission and vision.

What you will do in this role:

• Prepare your patients’ care area adequately and ensure necessary equipment and supplies and provided
• You will demonstrate proper airway management techniques
• Monitor your patients according to policy (vital signs, temperature, cardiac, etc.).
• You will exhibit proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks
• Perform and document head to toe evaluation of your patients utilizing an approved scoring system in line with HCA policy and procedure
• Check dressings and/or operative site of your patients and report abnormalities to the surgeon
• Provide a safe and comforting environment for your patients and family
• Ensure your patients meet discharge criteria

Qualifications you will need:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a PACU or ICU setting; preferably in an ambulatory surgery center
• Active RN license as required by state of employment
• Required valid BCLS Certification upon employment. ***online certification not acceptable
• ACLS required
• PALS as required by facility

Benefits

Jacksonville Surgery Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Jacksonville Surgery Centeris a leading provider of outpatient surgical services in the Duval County area. We arelocated in Jacksonville, Florida. Our trained staff perform over 400 cases amonth . Our procedures include colon/rectal, gastroenterology, gynecology, plastics,oral/maxillofacial, orthopedics, ophthalmology, ENT, podiatry and urologyprocedures. As a member of Surgery Ventures powered by HCA Healthcare,we follow our mission. Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement ofhuman life.

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 3.7billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensatedexpenses.

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.