Description
SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Do you have the careeropportunities as an Operating Room Registered Nurse that you want in yourcurrent role? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Doctors Hospitalof Augusta, a facility that is part of the nation's leading provider ofhealthcare services , HCA Healthcare.
We are committed toproviding our employees with the support they need. At Doctors Hospital, weoffer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as severaladd-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and yourfamily needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match 3%-9% of pay based on years of service)
- Identity Theft Protection discounts
- Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Youcontribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients lives andyou have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicatedOR RN like you to be a part of our team.
The OperatingRoom Registered Nurse will provide professional surgical nursing careto patients utilizing the nursing process, collaborating with other members ofthe health care delivery team, including physicians, to assure quality healthcare. The Operating Room Nurseassumes the responsibility for ensuring effective communication with thesurgical technologists, the other Registered Nurses, the surgeons, the patientsand their families, as well as the other members of the surgical team.
What you will do in thisrole:
- You will provide assistance in emergency procedures as well as elective and scheduled cases
- You will work alongside surgical teams to ensure that patients receive the best possible care
- You will serve as a liaison between the surgical team and the patients' families
- You will be responsible for organizing supplies needed for patients
- You will assess patients before, during, and after surgery and maintain a sterile operating room
- You will perform count procedures to protect patient from unintended retained foreign objects as well as perform interventions necessary to ensure the patients procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level
- You will perform interventions throughout the surgical procedure to maintain the status of the patients genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels
- You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders
- You will actively involve patient or designated support person in decisions affecting their post perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process
Qualifications
- Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required
- Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required
- Minimum of 1-year previous experience of Perioperative Nursing is strongly preferred
Doctors Hospitalof Augusta is a 350 plus bed HCAHealthcare facility located near the Georgia-South Carolina state border.Doctors Hospital is well known for its Joseph M. Still Burn Center, the largestburn center in the country, which sees more than 3,000 patients annually. Inaddition, the burn center was granted a special burn designation as part of theGeorgia Trauma Care Network. This designation included a rigorous reviewprogram administered by the American Burn Association (ABA) and the AmericanCollege of Surgeons (ACA). Doctors Hospital is certified as a Primary StrokeCenter, as well as an Accredited Chest Pain Center and is designated a Centerof Excellence in Womens Health Surgery. At Doctors Hospital, wehave a highly trained team to care for serious emergencies. As an ACS Verified Level II TraumaCenter , our ER team is ready24-hour a day to take care of critically ill or injured patients. Fully-staffed24/7 with board-certified trauma surgeons and a team of experiencedprofessionals, life-saving surgery is available within minutes of arrival.Patients are cared for in two dedicated trauma bays in our EmergencyDepartment.
HCA Healthcare, the parent company of DoctorsHospital of Augusta, has been continually named a World'sMost Ethical Company by Ethisphere Institute since 2010. In 2018, HCAHealthcare spent an estimated $3.3 billion in cost for the delivery ofcharitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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