Job Description

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse Operating Room you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you \xe2\x80\x93 at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Doctors Hospital of Augusta which is a part of the nation\xe2\x80\x99s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Currently offering a Sign On Bonus for Full-Time Experienced OR RNs!

Benefits

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Doctors Hospital of Augusta!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Operating Room Registered Nurse will provide professional surgical nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process, collaborating with other members of the health care delivery team, including physicians, to assure quality health care. The Operating Room Nurse assumes the responsibility for ensuring effective communication with the surgical technologists, the other Registered Nurses, the surgeons, the patients and their families, as well as the other members of the surgical team.

What you will do in this role:

\xc2\xb7 You will provide assistance in emergency procedures as well as elective and scheduled cases

\xc2\xb7 You will work alongside surgical teams to ensure that patients receive the best possible care

\xc2\xb7 You will serve as a liaison between the surgical team and the patients\' families

\xc2\xb7 You will be responsible for organizing supplies needed for patients

\xc2\xb7 You will assess patients before, during, and after surgery and maintain a sterile operating room

\xc2\xb7 You will perform count procedures to protect patient from unintended retained foreign objects as well as perform interventions necessary to ensure the patient\xe2\x80\x99s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level

\xc2\xb7 You will perform interventions throughout the surgical procedure to maintain the status of the patient\xe2\x80\x99s genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels

\xc2\xb7 You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders

\xc2\xb7 You will actively involve patient or designated support person in decisions affecting their post perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process

What qualifications you will need:

\xc2\xb7 Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate\'s Degree in Nursing or higher is required

\xc2\xb7 Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license

\xc2\xb7 Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required

\xc2\xb7 Minimum of 1-year previous experience of Perioperative Nursing is required

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Doctors Hospital of Augusta has provided quality healthcare services since 1973. We give patient\'s access to trained physicians and advanced technology. With nearly 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 350+ bed hospital is one of the region\'s leading acute care facilities. We offer a wide range of services for our patients. Our services include our nationally recognized Burn Center and Cancer Center, accredited by the American College of Surgeons. We are Chest Pain Accredited. We have earned the Joint Commission\'s certificate of distinction for total hip and total knee replacement and spinal fusion surgery and are the only CARF accredited facility in the area.

At Doctors Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our Augusta community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World\xe2\x80\x99s Most Ethical Companies\xc2\xae 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.

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"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Operating Room opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Doctors Hospital of Augusta