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**Description** **Introduction** Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse RN Phase II PACU you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you - at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Texas Orthopedic Hospital which is a part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare. 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 Texas Orthopedic Hospital! **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 provider(s), 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 patient's medical condition, treatment and follow-up measures **What qualifications you will need:** **· Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.** **· Current licensure in Texas as a Registered Nurse required.** **· 2 years medical surgical experience, with preference for post anesthesia care experience** **· American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support course (BLS or BCLS) and certification is required.** **· American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support course (ALS or ACLS) and certification is required.** **· American Red Cross or American Heart Association Pediatric Life Support course (PLS or PCLS) and certification is required.** **Benefits** Texas Orthopedic Hospital, 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 Learn more about Employee Benefits ( **_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._** "Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing." Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare Opened in 1995, Texas Orthopedic Hospital ( was developed to provide high-quality, cost-effective, specialized orthopedic care in a streamlined environment focused on wellness, mobility and quick recovery. As **one of the only specialty hospitals in the country focusing solely on orthopedics** , Texas Orthopedic Hospital is pleased to offer all services conveniently located within one building. Texas Orthopedic Hospital is partially physician-owned and partners with Fondren Orthopedic Group, L.L.P., _the largest and most comprehensive association of private orthopedic surgeons in the Houston area and one of the largest in the nation_ . Our physicians are internationally renowned and as a result, patients at Texas Orthopedic Hospital receive _precise diagnoses and the very latest in treatment options_ . Texas Orthopedic Hospital is affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. 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. If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse RN Phase II PACU opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. **_We are interviewing apply today!_**

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