Introduction
Do you want to be appreciated daily? Our nurses are celebrated for being on the front line, empathetic for patients. At Rapides Regional Medical Center, our nurses set us apart from any other healthcare provider. We are seeking an RN Surgery to join our healthcare family.
Benefits
Rapides 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 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. • 401k 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.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
At Rapides Regional Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurses path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination. Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life - for life - and empowers their passion for patient care. Apply today for our RN Surgery opportunity.
Job Summary and Qualifications
Position Details
• Self-preferential scheduling posted four weeks in advance for you to have predictability in your schedule. • Culture of mutual respect and collaboration among all surgical staff. • Continuous investment in equipment, including surgical instruments, devices, and patient positioning, for you to do your best work with patient safety and workflow efficiency in the Operating Room. • Rounding with unit leaders, including charge nurses, to ensure your voice is heard on suggestions for patient care and surgical workflow improvement. • On-call is required during select non-business hours.
What you will do in this role
• Evaluate patients prior to surgery. • Provide patient and family education surrounding the procedure and peri-operative process. • Assume responsibility for patient preparation, including intravenous therapy, preoperative medications, and surgical site verification. • Participate in surgical site verification, including briefing time out, debriefing, and universal protocols, according to hospital policy. • Recognize and respond to patient emergencies. • 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 the providers, surgeons, surgical technologists, 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 patients medical condition, treatment, and follow-up measures.
Qualifications
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date. • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date. • RN Registered Nurse. • Associate Degree or Bachelors Degree or Registered Nurse Diploma.
About Rapides Regional Medical Center
Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350-bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional, we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team, you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence, and professional expertise can do for your career.
About HCA Healthcare
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds 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. The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.
Join a family that cares about every stage in your career. We are interviewing candidates for our RN Surgery opening. Apply today, and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.