
PACU Nurse PRN
Thousand Oaks, CAPer Diem$46.77–66.49/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
HCA Healthcare is seeking a PACU Nurse for an ambulatory surgery center. The nurse provides postoperative care until patients are dismissed, monitors their condition, and ensures they meet discharge criteria. The role requires an associate degree in nursing or higher, an active RN license, and at least one year of clinical nursing experience. BCLS is required upon employment; ACLS and, if required by the facility, PALS are due within 30 days of hire.
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Hourly Wage Estimate: $46.77 - $66.49 / hour
Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/prn-employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.
The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.
Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a PACU Nurse PRN you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Los Robles Surgery Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
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 continue its’ legacy of employing nurses who contribute to the company’s mission and vision.
What you will do in this role:
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Prepare your patients’ care area adequately and ensure necessary equipment and supplies and provided
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You will demonstrate proper airway management techniques
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Monitor your patients according to policy (vital signs, temperature, cardiac, etc.).
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You will exhibit proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks
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Perform and document head to toe evaluation of your patients utilizing an approved scoring system in line with HCA policy and procedure
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Check dressings and/or operative site of your patients and report abnormalities to the surgeon
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Provide a safe and comforting environment for your patients and family
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Ensure your patients meet discharge criteria
Qualifications you will need:
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Associate Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or Higher degree in Nursing Required
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1+ years of nursing experience in a clinical setting, preferably in PACU, ICU or Surgery
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Active RN license as required by state of employment
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BCLS Certification upon employment. ***online certification not acceptable
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ACLS required within 30-days of hire
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PALS if required by facility within 30-days of hire
Benefits
Los Robles Surgery Center, 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:
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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 and position.
Los Robles Surgicenter (https://losroblessurgicenter.com/) islocated in Thousand Oaks, California. We are one of the top 10 cities in the Unites States. The surgicenter is accessible to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and a major airport. Our centerperforms over 500 procedures a month. Services in gastroenterology, ENT, gynecology, orthopedics,plastics, and podiatry are provided. As a member of the HCA Healthcare Ambulatory SurgeryDivision, we follow our mission. Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvementof human life.
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 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 14,103 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$46.77–66.49/hr
- California median$56–79/hr374 hourly ranges
- US median$34–47/hr6,045 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $56.63/hr, is 17% below the California median midpoint ($68/hr) — in the middle half of Nurse hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 563 open Nurse jobs in California and 14,103 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health131 open
- Kaiser Permanente89 open
- Providence32 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (5,678 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 4,474 of the 14,103 open Nurse jobs (32%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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