PreOp PACU Nurse

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Description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $34.67 - $49.59 / hour. Learn more about the benefits offered for this job. The estimate represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may determine your actual salary include specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees in this role. The typical candidate is hired below the midpoint of the range.

As a Pre Op PACU Nurse, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn—through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager and through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You ll help shape decisions that elevate patient outcomes and the future of nursing. Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life.

At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Clear Creek Surgery Center.

We are seeking a Pre Op PACU Nurse for our ambulatory surgery center who demonstrates the values of our company by caring like family. You will ensure safe and effective nursing care rendered postoperatively until the patient is dismissed from the facility. With your expertise, our center will continue its legacy of employing nurses who contribute to the company s mission and vision.

• Prepare your patients’ care area adequately and ensure necessary equipment and supplies are provided
• You will demonstrate proper airway management techniques
• Monitor your patients according to policy (vital signs, temperature, cardiac, etc.)
• You will exhibit proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks
• Perform and document head to toe evaluation of your patients utilizing an approved scoring system in line with HCA policy and procedure
• Check dressings and/or operative site of your patients and report abnormalities to the surgeon
• Provide a safe and comforting environment for your patients and family
• Ensure your patients meet discharge criteria

• Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or Higher degree in Nursing Required
• 1+ years of nursing experience in a clinical setting, preferably in Preop, PACU, GI, ER, ICU or Surgery
• Active RN license as required by state of employment
• BCLS Certification upon employment. online certification not acceptable
• ACLS required within 30-days of hire
• PALS if required by facility within 30-days of hire

Clear Creek Surgery Center 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

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing.

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice…