Description
SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Do you have the careeropportunities as an PACU Registered Nurse that you want in yourcurrent role? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Memorial Satilla Health, a facility that ispart of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services , HCAHealthcare.
We are committed toproviding our employees with the support they need. At Memorial Satilla Health, we offer an arrayof medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on perks to makeyour benefits package truly customizable to you and your family needs. Some ofour 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 PACU 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 PACU 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
MemorialSatilla Health isa 200 plus bed, full-service, acute care medical center that has been providinghigh-quality medical care to the greater Waycross community and southeastGeorgia region for more than 60 years. The facility, in the HCA HealthcareSouth Atlantic Division, attributes its success to the team effort that isfocused on caring for you and your family. Memorial Satilla Health employsa staff of over 600 employees and more than 300 physicians who work hard everyday to combine safe, quality medical care and advanced technology withcompassion and understanding. Key specialty services include Cardiac,Orthopedic, Surgical, Rehabilitation, Sleep and Birthing Centers. Additionally,Memorial Satilla Health treats more than 45,000 emergencies each year and hasan extensive Behavioral Health program.
Waycross,GA, andits neighboring town of Blackshear, GA, collectively offer excellent publicschools, an active art and theater group, several golf courses, and anexcellent array of hiking, fishing, camping and boating. With many large tractsof land available, excellent housing, and low real estate costs, our locale isthe perfect place for families.
HCAHealthcare hasbeen consecutively named a World's Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere Institutesince 2010. In 2018, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.3 billion in cost forthe delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensatedexpenses.
Be a part of anorganization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications.Highly qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managersfor interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patientcare.
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Date Posted: 26 April 2024
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