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PreOp PACU Nurse PRN

HCA Healthcare

Tampa, FLPer DiemSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Tampa, FL
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Active RN LicenseBCLS CertificationACLS Certification

Job overview

The PreOp PACU Nurse joins an ambulatory surgery center team and plans, executes, and evaluates nursing care before and after procedures until patients are discharged. The role includes preparing care areas, assessing patients, administering prescribed medications and IV therapy, monitoring operative sites, and confirming discharge criteria. The posting requires nursing education, an active RN license, BCLS certification, and ACLS certification within 30 days of hire.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Preoperative NursingPostoperative NursingPatient AssessmentIntravenous TherapyIV Catheter InsertionOperative Site Monitoring

Qualifications

Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or Higher1+ Years Nursing ExperienceActive RN LicenseBCLS CertificationACLS CertificationPALS Certification

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a PreOp PACU Nurse you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Ambulatory Surgery Center Tampa which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Join our team as a Perioperative Nurse in our ambulatory surgery center. You will be responsible for planning, executing, and evaluating the nursing care rendered preoperatively and postoperatively until your patients are discharged. As a valued addition to our company, you will exhibit the values of Surgery Ventures powered by HCA Healthcare as a whole, as well as your individual center, providing quality care like family.

What you will do in this role:

  • Prepare your patients’ care area adequately before case

  • Ensure availability of necessary equipment and supplies for your patients’ procedure

  • Conduct complete physical, and psychological assessment and evaluation of your patients’ history and diagnostic tests

  • Administer pre-operative medications and intravenous therapy as prescribed

  • You will exhibit proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks

  • Check dressings and/or operative site of your patients and report abnormalities to the surgeon

  • Ensure your patients meet discharge criteria

Qualifications you will need:

  • Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or Higher degree in Nursing Required

  • 1+ years of nursing experience in a clinical setting, preferably in PACU, ICU or Surgery

  • Active RN license as required by state of employment

  • BCLS Certification upon employment. ***online certification not acceptable

  • ACLS required within 30-days of hire

  • PALS if required by facility within 30-days of hire

Benefits

Ambulatory Surgery Center Tampa, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

  • 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 and position.

Ambulatory Surgery Center (https://tampaambulatory.com/) located in Tampa,Florida. We offer orthopedic, ophthalmology, GI, urology, podiatry, plastics and painmanagement services to the residents of Hillsborough and Pasco counties. We see over 500 casesa month. The center has 100% physician survey participation. Our attentive nurses andsupportive administrative staff are dedicated to providing the highest quality care. We are a partSurgery Ventures powered by 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 thedelivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our PreOp PACU Nurse PRN opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and 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

How this job compares

Set against the 29,437 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Florida median$71–113K/yr155 salary ranges
  • Florida median$32–52/hr797 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,971 open Nurse jobs in Florida and 29,437 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (12,246 postings).
Education
3,235 of the 29,437 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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