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PACU Registered Nurse

HCA Healthcare

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Location
San Antonio, TX
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

RN LicenseBCLS CertificationACLS CertificationPALS Certification

Job overview

The PACU Registered Nurse provides postoperative care in an ambulatory surgery center until patients are dismissed. The role includes monitoring patients, managing airways and IVs, documenting evaluations, and ensuring discharge criteria are met. The nurse will cross-train to PreOp and needs at least one year of experience in a PACU, ER, or ICU setting; ambulatory surgery center experience is preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Postoperative NursingAirway ManagementPatient MonitoringIV Catheter ManagementPatient AssessmentDischarge AssessmentAdult and Pediatric CarePreop Nursing

Qualifications

Accredited Nursing Program Graduate1+ Year PACU, ER, or ICU ExperienceRN LicenseBCLS CertificationACLS CertificationPALS Certification

Benefits

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

Full job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: PACU Registered Nurse (will cross train to PreOp)

Job Summary and Qualifications

We are seeking a PACU Nurse for our ambulatory surgery center who demonstrates the values of our company by caring like family. You will ensure safe and effective nursing care rendered postoperatively until the patient is dismissed from the facility. With your expertise, our center will continue its’ legacy of employing nurses who contribute to the company’s mission and vision.

What you will do in this role:

  • Prepare your patients’ care area adequately and ensure necessary equipment and supplies and provided

  • You will demonstrate proper airway management techniques

  • Monitor your patients according to policy (vital signs, temperature, cardiac, etc.).

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

  • Perform and document head to toe evaluation of your patients utilizing an approved scoring system in line with HCA policy and procedure

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

  • Provide a safe and comforting environment for your patients and family

  • Ensure your patients meet discharge criteria

Qualifications you will need:

  • Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing

  • Minimum 1 year of experience in a PACU, ER or ICU setting; preferably in an ambulatory surgery center

  • Experience with adults and pediatrics

  • Willingness to cross train to Preop

  • Active RN license as required by state of employment

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

  • ACLS required

  • PALS as required by facility

Benefits

Methodist Ambulatory Surgery-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.

Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center- Medical Center is located in the heart of San Antonio's Medical Center. Our facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and is a top revenue producing facility for Surgery Ventures powered by HCA Healthcare. We perform over 750 cases a month in ophthalmology, ENT, gynecology, pediatric urology, GI, general surgery, podiatry, and dental.

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.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our PACU Registered Nurse opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 54,828 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$79–107K/yr165 salary ranges
  • Texas median$38–54/hr1,116 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 4,256 open Registered Nurse jobs in Texas and 54,828 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (26,712 postings).
Education
4,442 of the 54,828 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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