Registered Nurse Operating Room RN

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Kissimmee (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Free counseling

Paid time off

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital in Kissimmee, FL is seeking an experienced Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) to support patient care in a collaborative surgical team. You will evaluate patients pre- and post-operatively, provide perioperative education, and ensure safety with site verification and protocols.

The role emphasizes patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement within a dynamic OR team.

Qualifications

• RN license and clinical competencies required.
• Strong patient assessment and perioperative care skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced OR environment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients prior to surgery.
• Provide patient and family education about procedures and perioperative care.
• Prepare patients including IV therapy, preoperative meds, and site verification.
• Participate in site verification, briefing, time out, and debriefing per policy.
• Recognize and respond to patient emergencies with safe care.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with surgeons, techs, and the interprofessional team.
• Apply nursing process with critical thinking and leadership in care delivery.
• Monitor patient condition and document changes accurately.
• Educate patients and families on medical conditions, treatments, and follow-up.

Skills

RN

Operating Room

Patient care

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

RN Diploma

Job description

As a Registered Nurse Operating Room RN, 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.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Position Details:

• Self/preferential scheduling posted four weeks in advance for you to have predictability in your schedule
• Culture of mutual respect and collaboration among all surgical staff
• Continuous investment in equipment including surgical instruments, devices and patient positioning for you to do your best work with patient safety and workflow efficiency in the Operating Room
• Rounding with unit leaders, including charge nurses, to ensure your voice is heard on suggestions for patient care and surgical workflow improvement
• On-call is required during select non-business hours

What you will do in this role:

• Evaluate patients prior to surgery
• Provide patient and family education surrounding the procedure and peri-operative process
• Assume responsibility for patient preparation, including intravenous therapy, preoperative medications, and surgical site verification
• Participate in surgical site verification, including briefing, time out, debriefing, and universal protocols, according to hospital policy
• Recognize and respond to patient emergencies
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while managing evidence-based practices and continuous improvement initiatives
• Be an integral member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team – consisting of the provider(s), surgeons, surgical technologists and more
• Consistently apply the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients
• Assess patient condition, monitor throughout your shift, and document changes in patient condition along with the care provided thoroughly
• Educate patients and families/caregivers about the patient’s medical condition, treatment and follow‑up measures

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Registered Nurse Diploma

No Travel Required

1-2 years Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Florida Poinciana 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital is a purpose‑guided healthcare provider. We are a four‑story, 150,000‑square‑foot hospital. We have 70 private beds and a six‑bed private ICU. We provide a full range of acute care services including emergency services, inpatient and outpatient diagnostic imaging, and inpatient and outpatient surgery. Other services include cardiac catheterization, laboratory, pharmacy, and a full range of support services. Our Emergency Department (ED) is approximately 14,500 square feet. Our ED consists of 22 private treatment rooms, an EMS entrance, and a helicopter pad.

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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient’s family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. 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.