Registered Nurse Ambulatory Care Preadmit Testing

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse Ambulatory Care Recovery 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 HCA Florida Largo 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 HCA Florida Largo Hospital!

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Pre-Admission Nurse position is fulltime, Monday – Friday, 0800-1630. No weekends or nights and off all legal holidays. Very little overtime if at all.

This nursing position is for experienced nurses in surgical services, including pre-admission testing, pre-op, post-op, PACU surgical services or Med / Surg Units but may consider nurses having other direct patient care related positions. Meditech experience is a plus!

Autonomy, self-direction and attention to detail are a must, as well as the ability to be a team player and take direction. Has a basic understanding or at least is willing to learn about the surgeries taking place in order to understand the nursing assessment and evaluation needed for each patient.

This role centers around using critical thinking combined with solid nursing skills rotating through three areas of the Pre-Admission Department to prepare a patient for surgery and they include :

Face-to-face with patients for their pre-surgery appointment, including but not limited to taking height and weight, vital signs (manual BP), drawing labs, performing EKG and nasal swabs. Reviewing medical history, medications, allergies and other areas of the health interview and charting in Meditech. Communicating with the doctor’s offices to address any concerns.

Calling patients who do not require a face-to-face, reviewing medical history, updating medications, allergies and other areas of the health interview. Charting in Meditech and entering information onto the Nurse Report Sheet.

Creating and reviewing Charts for the day of surgery. Calling doctor’s offices for missing documentation including H&Ps, orders, clearances and testing completed outside of this facility. Ensuring all documents are stamped and tagged for signature, orders entered into Meditech and faxing medications to pharmacy.

Productivity for appointments and calls are counted daily and the nurse must be able to manage their own time during the day in order to meet the productivity expectations.

Benefits

HCA Florida Largo 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

HCA Florida Largo Hospital is the premier healthcare provider in Pinellas County and beyond. With 455 beds and over 650 sites of care, HCA Florida Healthcare is the largest healthcare network in Florida. Our hospital offers a wide range of specialty services, including advanced cardiac care, complex GI services, kidney and liver transplantation, weight loss surgery, advanced stroke care, and robotic surgery. Our Graduate Medical Education program is affiliated with USF Morsani College of Medicine, ensuring that our patients receive the highest quality care from the most skilled and knowledgeable medical professionals. Pick HCA Florida Largo Hospital for all your healthcare needs.

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 costs 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 Ambulatory Care Recovery 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.