
Registered Nurse Recovery
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse Recovery provides immediate post-operative care to surgical patients in the PACU, monitoring their condition and responding to complications. The role includes airway support, neurological and cardiac monitoring, initial wound care, and collaboration with surgical and anesthesia teams. The nurse also assesses patients, documents changes, educates patients and families, and participates in on-call coverage during select non-business hours.
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Full job description
As a Registered Nurse Recovery, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
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:
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Self/Preferential Scheduling posted four weeks in advance
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Supportive, visible leadership that promotes a collaborative, respectful team culture where nurses are empowered to ask questions, seek help, and provide valuable input
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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
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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:
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Deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while managing evidence-based practices and continuous improvement initiatives
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Be an integral member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team – consisting of the provider(s), therapy, and more.
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Consistently apply the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients
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Assess patient condition, monitor throughout your shift, and document changes in patient condition along with the care provided thoroughly
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Educate patients and families/caregivers about the patient’s medical condition, treatment and follow-up measures
What qualifications you will need:
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Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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(RN) Registered Nurse
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Registered Nurse Diploma
No Travel Required
1 years experience Required Years of Experience
Benefits
St. David's Surgical Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
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Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
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Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
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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
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Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
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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.
"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
St. David's Surgical Hospital (https://www.stdavids.com/locations/st-davids-surgical-hospital) , part of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center (https://www.stdavids.com/locations/st-davids-north-austin-medical-center) , is a specialty hospital focused on surgery. It provides expert care in orthopedic, gynecological, urological, breast, and reconstructive surgery, among other types. Located in North Austin, the hospital has 45+ large inpatient rooms, 10 operating room suites, and an inpatient rehabilitation unit with a therapy gym and 20 private rehab rooms. It also includes an ADL/occupational therapy suite (for helping patients with daily living skills), as well as imaging, pharmacy, lab services, and dedicated teams for nursing, therapy, and leadership.
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 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$78–107K/yr178 salary ranges
- Texas median$38–53/hr1,231 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 4,574 open Registered Nurse jobs in Texas and 58,803 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)1,078 open
- Baylor Scott & White Health470 open
- Houston Methodist410 open
- 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 (28,608 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 17,625 of the 58,803 open Registered Nurse jobs (30%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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