Registered Nurse RN Day Surgery

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Free counseling

Paid time off

Family leave

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition assistance

Student loan assistance

Certification support

Dependent scholarships

Fertility assistance

Life insurance

Identity theft protection

Consumer discounts

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake in the Houston area is seeking a Registered Nurse for Day Surgery. The RN will assess patients pre- and post-operatively, educate families, and ensure safety throughout the perioperative process.

You will work with a dynamic interdisciplinary team, apply evidence-based practices, and participate in site verification and patient care planning. On-call is required during select non-business hours.

Qualifications

• ACLS must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• BLS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• PALS must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• RN license/certification required
• Associate Degree required
• 1 year RN experience in an acute care setting

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients prior to surgery
• Provide patient and family education surrounding the procedure and peri-operative process
• Prepare patients, including IV therapy, preoperative medications, and surgical site verification
• Participate in surgical site verification, briefing, timeout, debriefing, and universal protocols
• Recognize and respond to patient emergencies
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care with evidence-based practices and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with a dynamic interdisciplinary team
• Apply nursing process, critical thinking, and leadership to deliver safe care
• Assess patient condition, monitor, and document changes
• Educate patients and families about medical condition, treatment, and follow-up measures

Education

Associate Degree

RN license

1 year RN experience in acute care

Tools

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Basic Cardiac Life Support

PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Job description

The shift for this position will be: 10:30A - 9:00P

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 Support must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Associate Degree

• 1 year RN experience in an acute care setting

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, 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 Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-clear-lake) is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital . For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our doors in 1972 and now employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians in a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region. We are a Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston . Our accredited center provides nationally-recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of cardiovascular diseases. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a variety of other services, including Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and much more. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse RN Day Surgery opening.

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.