RN Ambulatory Surgery Care

HCA Healthcare; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is hiring an RN for Ambulatory Surgery Care at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, VA. The role focuses on preoperative assessment, patient education, and perioperative care in a collaborative OR team.

Responsibilities include patient preparation, site verification, and participating in safety protocols, with on-call during non-business hours. ACLS/BLS required within specified timelines.

Qualifications

• RN license required and active.
• ACLS must be obtained within 4 months of start date.
• BLS must be obtained within 90 days of start date.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients prior to surgery.
• Provide education about peri-operative process.
• Prepare patient including IV therapy and preoperative meds.
• Perform surgical site verification and time-out procedures.
• Respond to patient emergencies and maintain safety.

Skills

Team collaboration

Patient education

Critical thinking

Education

RN license

Tools

ACLS

BLS

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $29.39 - $44.09 / hour

Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

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 RN Ambulatory Surgery Care today with LewisGale Hospital Montgomery.

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 4 months of employment start date

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree

Benefits

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, 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.

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery (https://lewisgale.com/locations/lewisgale-montgomery/) has provided quality healthcare services since 1910. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. We specialize in heart and vascular care— with the only cardiac catheterization lab in the New River Valley. We perform percutaneous coronary intervention - (stent and angioplasty). We provide services in orthopedic and spine care, and heartburn treatment at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery’s Heartburn Treatment Center. Our maternity services through our family-focused Birthing Center facilities have award-winning lactation consultants.

At LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, 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.

"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.