Registered Nurse Pre op and Post Surgery

HCA Healthcareabout 1 year ago
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

Position Overview

Do you have the career opportunity as a Registered Nurse Pre op and Post Surgery you want in your current role? At HCA Healthcare, we invest in what matters most to nurses – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. Join Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, part of a nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, and have your voice heard through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. Become a vital member of our multi-generational nursing family and deliver world-class patient care!

Key Responsibilities

  • Self/preferential scheduling posted four weeks in advance for predictability in your schedule
  • Maintain a culture of mutual respect and collaboration among all surgical staff
  • Utilize continuous investment in equipment—including surgical instruments, devices, and patient positioning—to ensure patient safety and workflow efficiency in the Operating Room
  • Participate in rounding with unit leaders, including charge nurses, to ensure your ideas for patient care and surgical workflow improvement are heard
  • Fulfill on-call duties during select non-business hours
  • Evaluate patients prior to surgery
  • Provide patient and family education on the procedure and peri-operative process
  • Prepare patients by administering intravenous therapy, preoperative medications, and ensuring surgical site verification
  • Participate in surgical site verification processes including briefing, time out, debriefing, and adherence to universal protocols as per hospital policy
  • Recognize and respond to patient emergencies
  • Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while applying evidence-based practices and continuous quality improvement initiatives
  • Work as an integral member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team including providers, surgeons, and surgical technologists
  • Continuously assess patient conditions, monitor throughout your shift, and document care provided
  • Educate patients and caregivers about medical conditions, treatment options, and follow-up measures

Required Qualifications

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
  • Associate Degree in Nursing
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (or CPR) must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • Availability for 9-hour shifts, 4 days a week

Benefits & Perks

  • 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 offering paid time off, paid family leave, and both long- and short-term disability coverage
  • Savings and retirement resources including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and more
  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, and dependent scholarships
  • 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

Required Skills

Postoperative Care
IV Therapy
Emergency Response
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Preoperative Care
Critical Thinking
Patient Assessment
Surgical Site Verification
Patient Education