Registered Nurse Med Surg

About the role

We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Lee's Summit Medical Center, which is part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare. At HCA Healthcare, nurses have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi‑generational nursing family and partner with our nurses at Lee's Summit Medical Center. Lee's Summit Medical Center is an 80+ bed full‑service hospital serving Lee’s Summit and surrounding areas, with more than 300 physicians representing over 40 specialties, over 500 highly trained colleagues, and 60 volunteers. Services include cardiology, cancer care, endoscopy, emergency services, imaging, neurology, pain management, pulmonology, physical therapy, speech‑language pathology, occupational therapy, sports medicine, respiratory care, women’s care, and a full array of surgical services. The hospital is a dually‑accredited Chest Pain and Primary Stroke Center and is affiliated with HCA Healthcare Midwest Health.

Responsibilities

• Assess the patient's condition during admission and each scheduled shift, promptly identifying and reporting any changes in patient status.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by the medical provider(s), and ensure thorough and timely documentation of care administration in the patient's medical record.
• Administer prescribed medications, monitor the patient for therapeutic response, and take appropriate action in the event of an unintended response to the medication.
• Provide exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests, proactively anticipating patient needs, and resolving them.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about the patient's medical condition, treatment plan, medications, possible side effects, and follow‑up measures, ensuring complete understanding by translating complex medical terminology.

Schedule

Schedule: overnights 7 pm to 7 am, Shift Differential applies

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) must be obtained.
• NIH Stroke Scale must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.

Benefits

• 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.