Description
Description SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Do you have the career
opportunities as an Operating Room Registered Nurse that you want in your
current role? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Doctor’s Hospital
of Augusta, a facility that is part of the nation's leading provider of
healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
We are committed to
providing our employees with the support they need. At Doctor’s Hospital, we
offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several
add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your
family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:
- Tuition
Reimbursement/Assistance Programs
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match –
3%-9% of pay based on years of service)
- Identity Theft Protection
discounts
- Auto, Home, and Life Insurance
options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase
Program (ESPP)
You
contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and
you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated
OR RN like you to be a part of our team.
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:
- You will provide assistance in
emergency procedures as well as elective and scheduled cases
- You will work alongside
surgical teams to ensure that patients receive the best possible care
- You will serve as a liaison
between the surgical team and the patients' families
- You will be responsible for
organizing supplies needed for patients
- You will assess patients
before, during, and after surgery and maintain a sterile operating room
- You will perform count
procedures to protect patient from unintended retained foreign objects as
well as perform interventions necessary to ensure the patient’s procedure
is performed on the correct site, side, and level
- You will perform interventions
throughout the surgical procedure to maintain the status of the patient’s
genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory,
cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and
acid-base balances at or above baseline levels
- You will administer medications
in accordance with physician orders
- You will actively involve
patient or designated support person in decisions affecting their post
perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process
Qualifications - Must be a graduate from an
accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is
required
- Must be licensed as a
Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active
Compact/Multi-State RN license
- Current American Heart
Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health
Care Provider is required
- Minimum of 1-year previous
experience of Perioperative Nursing is strongly preferred
Doctors Hospital
of Augusta is a 350 plus bed HCA
Healthcare facility located near the Georgia-South Carolina state border.
Doctors Hospital is well known for its Joseph M. Still Burn Center, the largest
burn center in the country, which sees more than 3,000 patients annually. In
addition, the burn center was granted a special burn designation as part of the
Georgia Trauma Care Network. This designation included a rigorous review
program administered by the American Burn Association (ABA) and the American
College of Surgeons (ACA). Doctors Hospital is certified as a Primary Stroke
Center, as well as an Accredited Chest Pain Center and is designated a Center
of Excellence in Women’s Health Surgery. At Doctors Hospital, we
have a highly trained team to care for serious emergencies. As an ACS Verified Level II Trauma
Center, our ER team is ready
24-hour a day to take care of critically ill or injured patients. Fully-staffed
24/7 with board-certified trauma surgeons and a team of experienced
professionals, life-saving surgery is available within minutes of arrival.
Patients are cared for in two dedicated trauma bays in our Emergency
Department.
HCA Healthcare, the parent company of Doctors
Hospital of Augusta, has been continually named a World's
Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere Institute since 2010. In 2018, HCA
Healthcare spent an estimated $3.3 billion in cost for the delivery of
charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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