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PRN PACU Registered Nurse

HCA Healthcare

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Compensation
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Location
Augusta, GA
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Augusta Surgical Center seeks a PRN PACU Nurse to provide postoperative nursing care in its ambulatory surgery center until patients are discharged. The nurse prepares care areas, monitors patients, performs assessments, and supports safe recovery. Candidates need nursing education, an active RN license, and specified experience and certifications. PACU or ICU experience is required; ambulatory surgery center experience is preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Airway ManagementPatient MonitoringIV Catheter ManagementPatient AssessmentPostoperative Nursing

Qualifications

Graduate From Accredited Nursing School1 Year PACU or ICU 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 career opportunities as a PRN PACU Registered Nurse you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Augusta Surgical 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 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 or ICU setting; preferably in an ambulatory surgery center

  • 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

Augusta Surgical 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:

  • 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.

Augusta Surgical Center (https://augustasurgicalcenter.com/) , founded in 1983, was the first freestanding ambulatory surgical center in Augusta, Georgia. We proudly serve Augusta-Richmond County. Our center performs over 375 cases a month in gastroenterology, ophthalmology, podiatry, pain, GYN, plastics, colorectal, and urology services. We are AAAHC accredited and a part of HCA Healthcare. We are committed to maintaining the highest standard of patient care, safety and satisfaction. We are located close to downtown with many choices of unique shops and restaurants in close proximity to the Augusta Canal.

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.

"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 PRN PACU Registered Nurse 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 58,203 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Georgia median$77–106K/yr126 salary ranges
  • Georgia median$38–52/hr439 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,522 open Registered Nurse jobs in Georgia and 58,203 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Georgia
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 (28,471 postings).
Education
4,392 of the 58,203 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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