RN MedSurg

About the Role

As a MedSurg Registered Nurse at Doctors Hospital of Augusta, your voice influences patient care through open, collaborative relationships with your manager and formal opportunities via hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You will help shape decisions that elevate patient outcomes and the future of nursing while delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with departmental and state standards. This role involves collaborating with medical providers and the care team to provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values.

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 medical provider(s), ensuring 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.

Requirements

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).
• Active and clear Georgia or compact state nursing license (RN).
• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

Benefits

Doctors Hospital of Augusta offers a total rewards package supporting health, life, career, and retirement:

• 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: paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources: 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: tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits: fertility and family building support, 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.

About the Organization

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, part of HCA Healthcare, is a 350-bed facility providing a wide range of medical services, including 24/7 emergency care, a Level II Trauma Center, Burn Center, advanced heart care, and Baby-Friendly maternity services. The hospital also offers surgery, women’s imaging, and a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Key accreditations include:

• American College of Radiology for radiation oncology services.
• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program for bariatric surgery.
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for its inpatient rehabilitation facility.
• College of American Pathologists for its laboratory.
• The Joint Commission for its Center for Stroke Care.
• Laboratory Accreditation Board of ABRET for its electroencephalogram (EEG) laboratory.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute over ten times and has contributed an estimated $3.7 billion in charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses in recent years.