Registered Nurse PACU

Hourly Wage Estimate: $38.29 - $57.43. Factors that may determine your actual salary include your specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees in this role.

About the role

As a PACU Registered Nurse, you will play a critical role in the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. Your responsibilities will include managing airway support, closely monitoring neurological and cardiac status, and responding promptly to any complications or side effects. You will provide initial wound care to the patients’ surgical site and ensure patient stability during recovery. You will collaborate with the surgical and anesthesia team. This role includes on-call availability during select non-business hours.

Position details:

• Self/Preferential Scheduling posted four weeks in advance
• Supportive, visible leadership that promotes a collaborative, respectful team culture where nurses are empowered to ask questions, seek help, and provide valuable input
• Staffing Support from Certified Nurse Assistants, Patient Care Techs, Charge Nurses, and an RN float pool internal to HCA Healthcare
• Rounding with unit leaders, including charge nurses, to ensure your voice is heard on suggestions for patient care

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while managing evidence-based practices and continuous improvement initiatives
• Be an integral member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team – consisting of providers, therapy, and more
• Consistently apply the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients
• Assess patient condition, monitor throughout your shift, and document changes in patient condition along with the care provided thoroughly
• Educate patients and families/caregivers about the patient’s medical condition, treatment, and follow-up measures

Requirements

• 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
• Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Associate Degree
• Basic Cardiac Life Support or CPR must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Full-time position: 8 or 9 hour shifts plus call
• On-call requirement: 6 days per 4-week period (4 weekdays and 2 weekend days)
• Shift start times vary from 5-9am
• Prefer RN with PACU or ICU experience

Benefits

Spotsylvania Regional Medical 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

About the organization

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 2010. We give patients access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 130+ bed hospital is one of the leading community hospitals for the Fredericksburg area. The center is part of HCA Virginia, the commonwealth's most comprehensive healthcare network. We offer a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including:

• 24-hour emergency room
• Advanced-technology operating rooms
• Cancer care center
• Advanced imaging
• Heart and vascular care
• Obstetrics and neonatal care
• Intensive care
• Psychiatric care

At Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, our "care like family" culture extends to our patients, our people, and our community. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.