PreOp PACU Nurse PRN

HCA Healthcare; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Blue River Surgery Center, part of the HCA Healthcare network, invites a Perioperative Nurse to join our ambulatory surgery setting in a PRN capacity. You will plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for patients preoperatively and postoperatively until discharge.

You will perform patient assessments, administer pre-op meds and IV therapy, and ensure readiness of equipment and supplies. ACLS within 30 days and PALS if required are required for hire.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or higher
• 1+ year of nursing experience in PACU/ICU/surgery
• Active RN license as required by state
• BCLS certification required at hire (online not acceptable)
• ACLS required within 30 days of hire
• PALS if required by facility within 30 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute and evaluate nursing care preoperatively and postoperatively until discharge
• Prepare care area and ensure equipment and supplies are ready
• Administer pre-operative medications and IV therapy
• Insert, maintain and remove IV catheters and saline locks
• Assess patient history and diagnostic tests, report abnormalities
• Verify discharge criteria are met

Skills

PACU experience

RN licensure

Patient assessment

Pre/post-operative care

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Job description

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a PreOp PACU Nurse you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Blue River Surgery Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Join our team as a Perioperative Nurse in our ambulatory surgery center. You will be responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating the nursing care rendered preoperatively and postoperatively until your patients are discharged. As a valued addition to our company, you will exhibit the values of Surgery Ventures powered by HCA Healthcare as a whole, as well as your individual center, providing quality care like family.

What you will do in this role:

• Prepare your patients’ care area adequately before case

• Ensure availability of necessary equipment and supplies for your patients’ procedure

• Conduct complete physical, and psychological assessment and evaluation of your patients’ history and diagnostic tests

• Administer pre-operative medications and intravenous therapy as prescribed

• You will exhibit proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks

• Check dressings and/or operative site of your patients and report abnormalities to the surgeon

• Ensure your patients meet discharge criteria

Qualifications you will need:

• Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or Higher degree in Nursing Required

• 1+ years of nursing experience in a clinical setting, preferably in PACU, ICU or Surgery

• Active RN license as required by state of employment

• BCLS Certification upon employment. ***online certification not acceptable

• ACLS required within 30-days of hire

• PALS if required by facility within 30-days of hire

Benefits

Blue River Surgery Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

• 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

Blue River Surgery Center is the newest member of the Surgery Ventures Group powered by HCA Healthcare opening in early 2024. This state-of-the-art facility will include five operating rooms and two specialty procedures rooms. The center will be staffed by a skilled team of registered nurses and OR techs. Our specialties will include orthopedics, GI, podiatry, general and vascular surgery. The Center is located in South Kansas City near I-435 and Holmes.

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 costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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