RN- One Day Surgery FT

100 LCMC Health; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Deliver healthcare with heart

Be honest and real, with compassion

Bringing lagniappe to care

Job summary

LCMC Health, a leading Louisiana healthcare provider, seeks a Same Day Surgery RN to deliver care before and after surgery. You will review histories, set up IVs, monitor vitals, and educate families on home care after discharge.

The role emphasizes fast action, accurate documentation, and maintaining an safe, compassionate care environment. Ideal candidates hold a current Louisiana RN license with BLS, ACLS, and PALS, plus at least 2 years of RN flex experience.

Qualifications

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• ACLS and PALS certifications required.
• 2 years RN flex experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care before and after surgery and review patient history.
• Set up IVs, monitor vital signs, and educate families on home care after discharge.
• Complete clinical documentation and pre-/post-operative assessments.
• Monitor patients post-operatively for pain, complications, infection; manage CPR if needed.
• Collaborate to meet overall patient care needs and ensure a safe environment.

Skills

Critical thinking

Timely communication

Care coordination

Education

Registered Nurse license (Louisiana)

BSN preferred

Job description

Your job is more than a job. Same Day Surgery is fast paced, but that's why you chose it. It gets your adrenaline going and you love the team spirt environment. You like being the go-to voice for your patients' care before, during and after surgery. No doubt your expert nursing skills are front and center, but you also bring that extra something: critical thinking, action, and timely communication. You're the bridge between your patients, doctors, families and all the touchpoints of care. Challenging yourself to leave a positive impact during your patients short Same Day Surgery journey, you embrace your role as a caregiver and teacher preparing and educating your patient for home recovery. You only have one shift to make a lifelong connection and if anyone can do it, you know you can. That's what we love about you. Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we're excited to get to know you and find out what you will bring to this critical nursing role.

Your Everyday Provide patient care before and after surgery, review patient history, set-up IVs, and monitor vital signs. Educate and prepare patients and their families on home care after discharge. Perform required clinical documentation and pre- and post-operative assessments. Monitor your patient after surgery for pain and/or complications and the surgery site for healing or infection following Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements. Perform CPR or other emergency measures if required. Collaborate to identify and meet the overall needs of patient care or when unable to complete assignments or perform tasks promptly, effectively, or safely. Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone. Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient. Initiate patient and family education on the operation and post-operation care as required.

The Must-Haves Minimum:

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• Current ACLS and PALS certifications.
• 2 years RN flex experience.

Preferred:

BSN 1-year related experience

WORK SHIFT:

Variable Hours (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

Touro Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health's incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans' most enduring healthcare monuments. It's where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog "Grade A" Hospital Safety distinction

Your extras:

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do
• You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference.

About LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you're the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let's make every day extraordinary, together.