RN Surgery FT, PT, PRN

100 LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is looking for a surgical nurse to join their dynamic team in New Orleans. This role involves preparing patients for surgery, assisting during procedures, and providing post-operative care while ensuring patient safety and comfort. The ideal candidate will have a strong nursing background, a current Louisiana nursing license, and a commitment to exceptional patient care.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Flexible hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed nurse in Louisiana.
• Experience in surgery and patient care is required.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for surgery and provide post-operative care.
• Assist surgeons during procedures and manage documentation.
• Monitor patients for complications after surgery.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Empathy

Education

Current nursing license in Louisiana

American Heart Association BLS certification

5 years of relevant nursing experience

Job description

When you got your first “Operation” game as a kid, you knew that being a part of a surgical team was somewhere in your future. Fast forward a few years and some nursing education, you understand that your obligation to your patient’s care before, during, and after surgery is important to your surgical nursing role, and it’s so much more fulfilling than a game. No doubt your expert technical skills are paramount, but you also understand that teamwork and communication are key tools in the operating environment. As the bridge between the patient, doctor, and surgical care touch points, you embrace your role as the information gatekeeper collaborating with the surgeon and anesthesiologist.

We think you’re kind of cool and would like to welcome you to the real deal operating room as a surgical nurse where intricacy, responsibility, and everyday extraordinary happens. You’re going to love it here. And we know that there’s no one like 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

• Prepare your patient for surgery, review patient history, and provide patient care and support including supplies needed, medicine administration, patient positioning, vital signs monitoring, and health assessments.
• Assist medical practitioner in general and specialized surgeries performing RN Surgical First assist duties as assigned by surgeon including incisions, initial cut and closure, instrument handling and preparation.
• Implement surgical procedures such as controlling bleeding, suturing incisions, draping, providing exposure, and handling tissues.
• Perform required clinical documentation 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

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Medical expertise in handling and cutting tissue, suturing, providing hemostasis required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in nursing.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

Preferred

• Operating room 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.

Lakeside Hospital has a heritage rooted in extraordinary care for women and babies, while evolving to meet the healthcare needs of the whole family. As an essential part of LCMC Health’s community of care, Lakeside Hospital provides comprehensive and specialty healthcare services in Metairie.

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-a-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.

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