Quick Overview:

**Will consider NEW GRADS for this role!** (experience preferred, but not required)

Are you burnt out from working in the hospital environment? Constantly frustrated that you lack the time, staff, or resources to provide adequate or exceptional care for your patients? Long for an administration that TRULY cares about both employees and their patients? Tired of 12 hour shifts and want more time to spend with your little ones or family?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then Baptist Ambulatory Surgery Center (BASC) is the place for you!

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Some other benefits of working at BASC (a USPI/Tenet-owned company):

• NO call, NO weekends, NO holidays (holidays are PAID!)
• Opportunities to cross-train to other areas after establishing proficiency in PACU

Great, supportive work environment with:

• Bosses who truly care about you and your work/life balance
• Nurses who pride themselves on strong teamwork, communication, and making new hires feel welcomed
• Anesthesiologists who are experienced, professional, and kind toward nurses
• A Clinical Educator who is dedicated to your success and smooth transition onto the unit

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Job Summary:

• Facility Specialties: General Orthopedics, Joint Replacement, Pain Management
• Shifts: 4 days per week (off day rotates)
• 10 hour shifts (hours will vary depending on caseload, but full-time nurses always have to opportunity to close often for more hours)
• Close once per week

Official Job Description:
The Pre-Op/PACU RN has the responsibility to plan, direct, organize, coordinate and implement all nursing care services for the pre-op and post-surgical patients in a manner consistent with our mission statement. Nurses work within both pre-op holding and a post-anesthesia care unit, where patients are cared for and monitored as they recover from the effects of anesthesia. The nurses’ responsibilities include all aspects of patient care prior to and following surgery. This care includes monitoring heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and respiration, as well as managing the pain and nausea that often follow anesthesia. Additionally, they are responsible for:

Pre-Op:

• Assessing, instructing and preparing patients prior to surgery
• Taking and recording vital statistics of patients to ensure readiness for surgical procedure
• Initiating IVs and ensuring patients are informed about procedure
• Logging and charting all findings in patient files
• Monitoring patients for condition changes, reporting any changes to physician

PACU:

• Assessing patients’ post-operative condition
• Monitoring vital signs and other measurements of progress in meeting discharge criteria
• Logging and charting all findings in patient files
• Monitoring patients for condition changes, reporting any changes to physician
• Performing intervention duties during postoperative emergencies

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Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (required; associate degree or BSN acceptable)
• Current unrestricted TN RN License (OR those in the process of transferring a license in good standing to TN)
• Current BLS (Required)
• Current ACLS & PALS (Preferred)
• 2 years’ experience in Pre-Op/PACU (preferred—will consider NEW GRADUATES)
• Strong knowledge of surgical procedures and management of the surgical patient
• Understand principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
• Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
• Knowledge base to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing condition of the patient when needed
• Excellent teaching skills
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Demonstrate strong professional and ethical behavior
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, physicians, and fellow employees (ability to work as a team with other healthcare providers)

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Other Benefits Offered through USPI/Tenet:

• Competitive wages
• Health, Dental & Vision Coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan/matching
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Sick Time
• Company Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Health Savings Account/ Flexible Spending Account
• Education Assistance
• Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Free parking

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USPI Statement: Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

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Personal Testament:

"I came to work at BASC in PACU 4 years ago, and it renewed my love for nursing. I had worked in the ICU for years, but was emotionally drained, unmotivated from the inability to provide adequate care to my patients, and constantly dreaded going to work.

At BASC, I found a team and administration that cared about my wellbeing. I discovered that I had the time, staffing, and resources to provide the very best care for my patients. The nightmares that I had of dealing with aggressive family members, forgetting to chart something because I was so busy, and general anxiety-inducing situations related to work completely stopped.

I have been here over 3 years now, and have advanced to a clinical educator/charge nurse role. I love that my bosses truly want what's best for their patients and staff, and who aren't afraid to come to the unit to help the nurses if things get too busy. We do not cut corners here. And if we find out that we are, it is corrected immediately. I truly feel that BASC does healthcare right--that is, the environment and administration set the staff up for success and desire to make a positive impact on Nashville and surrounding communities. I look forward to many more years with them."

--Tess, RN, MSN-Ed, Clinical Educator, 4 years at BASC

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"Great place to work, great group of people to work with! I love it here because everybody works as a team. Patients are always very complimentary of the care they receive here at the facility. Management has been here a long time, and they are always ready to come out and help on the unit when it gets busy--even the administrator! Come join us; we'd love to have you!"

--Julie, RN, Pain Management/PACU, 4 years at BASC

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"I have been working at BASC for 4.5 years now, and this has been the best job I have ever had as a nurse! Management really cares about us and our wellbeing. One of the things that I love best about BASC is that it really feels like a family. Many people have been working here for over 10 years! If you are looking for a place to call home as a nurse, come work here!"
--Emilie, RN, OR Circulating Nurse/PACU, 4.5 years at BASC

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Critical & Intensive Care
• Orthopedics
• Perioperative Care
• Surgery

Physical setting:

• Ambulatory surgery center
• Outpatient
• PACU

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• 4x10
• No weekends

Application Question(s):

• Do you have critical care experience in ICU, ER, or related field? (This is not required for the position, but is preferable). If so, please list the amount & type of experience you have.

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)

Work Location: In person