**Description** **Rapides Regional Medical Center** **Registered Nurse PACU** **Full Time, Day Shift, Requires Call** Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse 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 Rapides Regional Medical Center 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 Rapides Regional Medical Center! **Job Summary and Qualifications** As a PACU Registered Nurse, you will play a critical role in the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients. Your responsibilities will include managing airway support, closely monitoring neurological and cardiac status, and responding promptly to any complications or side effects. You will provide initial wound care to the patients’ surgical site and ensure patient stability during recovery. You will collaborate with the surgical and anesthesia team. This role includes on-call availability during select non-business hours which will be discussed in the interview. **Position Details:** + Self/Preferential Scheduling posted four weeks in advance + Supportive, visible leadership that promotes a collaborative, respectful team culture where nurses are empowered to ask questions, seek help, and provide valuable input + Staffing Support from Certified Nurse Assistance, Patient Care Techs, Charge Nurses, and an RN float pool internal to HCA Healthcare that is available as a staffing resource as needed + Rounding with unit leaders, including charge nurses, to ensure your voice is heard on suggestions for patient care **What you will do in this role:** + 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), therapy, 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:** + Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date + PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 60 months of employment start date + Registered Nurse Diploma + (GN) Graduate Nurse, or (RN) Registered Nurse + Basic Cardiac Life Support, or CPR for Healthcare Providers must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date **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 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards) **_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._** "Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder 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. 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 PACU 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. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.