Registered Nurse Med Surg

LewisGale Regional Health System; Salem (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $20,000 sign-on bonus

Educational support

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Virginia seeks a Registered Nurse for the General Surgical role. The nurse will deliver compassionate, patient-centered care, ensure timely documentation, and collaborate closely with the healthcare team. Comprehensive benefits include medical, educational support, and more. Join a team committed to high-quality care and community health.

Qualifications

• RN – Registered Nurse required.
• BCLS certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient's condition during admission and shifts.
• Perform procedures and document care administration.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on medical conditions.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Medication administration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Associate Degree in Nursing

Job description

Join to apply for the Registered Nurse General Surgical role at LewisGale Regional Health System

Description

Do you have the career opportunities you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join LewisGale Medical Center, a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

*** UP TO $20,000 SIGN ON BONUS AND $7,500 RELOCATION ***

Introduction

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at LewisGale Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

What you will do in this role

• Assess the patient's condition during admission and each scheduled shift, promptly identifying and reporting any changes in patient status.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s), and ensure thorough and timely documentation of care administration in the patient's medical record. Administer prescribed medications, monitor the patient for therapeutic response, and take appropriate action in the event of an unintended response to the medication.
• Provide exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests, proactively anticipating patient needs, and resolving them.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about the patient's medical condition, treatment plan, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures, ensuring complete understanding by translating complex medical terminology.

Qualifications

• RN – Registered Nurse
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) or BCLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Bachelor’s Degree or Associate Degree in Nursing.

Benefits

LewisGale Medical Center 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.

Bennett: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare

LewisGale Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1909. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 500+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in the Salem area. We specialize in heart and vascular care—including the latest advanced technology available through our designated Heart Center—as well as orthopedics and spine care, services for mental and behavioral health and cancer care.

At LewisGale Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

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 General Surgical 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.