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Work Schedule: 5 days per week, 8 hour shifts
Advance your perioperative nursing career by joining the premier ambulatory care team at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, an award-winning facility ranked by Healthgrades among America's 250 Best Hospitals™ and a consecutive recipient of the Patient Safety Excellence Award™. As an Outpatient Day Surgery Registered Nurse (RN), you will manage the seamless transition of patients through high-turnover Pre-Op preparation, immediate post-operative recovery (PACU), and final phase-two discharge. Operating within our active, daytime ambulatory framework, you will provide expert clinical support for a diverse spectrum of same-day, minimally invasive, and elective procedures, including robotic orthopedic surgeries (total joint replacements), laparoscopic gynecological interventions, urological procedures, advanced gastroenterology (GI) treatments, and general surgeries like gallbladder removal and hernia repairs. Choosing a career here means practicing with an elite, multidisciplinary clinical team in a facility ranked in the top 5% nationwide for clinical outcomes, officially designated as an American College of Surgeons Surgical Quality Partner, and celebrated as a Five-Star Recipient by Healthgrades for Gallbladder Removal and Hip Fracture Treatment.
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.
What you will do in this role:

• Administers medications in a safe, knowledgeable, and accurate manner.
• Carries out physician's orders including treatments and procedures, in a safe and appropriate manner.
• Coordinates care to include pre admission, admission, hospitalization, pre discharge and after discharge where applicable.
• Determines and prioritizes specific patient educational needs. Promotes interactive communication, encourages patient participation in care decisions, and promotes health lifestyles.
• Observes patient, and records significant conditions and/or reactions to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents. Notification of any such condition and/or reaction will follow the established chain of command.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS issued from American Heart Association required
• Neonate Resuscitate Program (NRP)
• 1 year of clinical Day Surgery experience as a licensed RN in an acute hospital.

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Benefits
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of 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. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.
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.
"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing's future."
Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare
Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Outpatient Surgery Registered Nurse - RN opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.