Work Schedule: 3 shifts per week; 7a-7p/Rotating Weekends
As a Recovery Registered Nurse at Corpus Christi Medical Center - Doctors Regional—whether your peri anesthesia expertise spans roles as a PACU, Post-Anesthesia Care, Post-Op, Post-Operative, Phase I, Phase II, Step-Down, Ambulatory, or Day Surgery Recovery RN—you will practice within an advanced 250-bed full-service acute care hospital that has proudly anchored healthcare delivery across the Texas Coastal Bend for more than 25 years. Your role directly drives the clinical excellence of our high-volume surgical service lines, managing patients as they emerge from general anesthesia, epidural/spinal anesthesia, and heavy intravenous sedation. Our procedural infrastructure is backed by continuous technological investments, featuring state-of-the-art multi-parameter physiologic monitoring, advanced airway management platforms, and a comprehensive electronic health record system (Meditech) designed for precise, real-time charting. As a certified Primary Stroke Center, accredited Chest Pain Center, and a 24/7 Level IV Trauma Center, our recovery department provides a highly sophisticated, high-acuity environment with the robust multi-specialty backup required to safely manage complex post-surgical cases across cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, and advanced robotic-assisted surgical lines.
Recovery nurses at Doctors Regional operate within HCA Healthcare’s progressive Professional Practice Model, which utilizes a robust shared governance framework designed to empower frontline nursing staff, increase structural accountability, and advance professional development. Within our PACU suites, you will work as an integral member of an elite interdisciplinary team—collaborating directly with board-certified surgeons, anesthesiologists, certified surgical technologists, and intraoperative circulating teams. Backed by an on-site clinical simulation training center to continuously hone crisis management, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, and emergency readiness, our recovery nurses are fully supported with the resources and administrative backing required to maintain the highest clinical standards in accordance with AORN, ASPAN, and other regulatory bodies, ensuring proactive patient advocacy and a safe transition through every phase of post-operative recovery.
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.
What you will do in this role:
- Evaluates clinical status, environmental safety risks, and potential abuse during admissions and routine shifts.
- Delivers specialized post-surgical monitoring for patients recovering from general, regional, and IV sedation.
- Administers high-risk therapies, medications, and blood products while tracking therapeutic responses and managing pain.
- Teaches patients and families about conditions, medications, and lifestyle modifications using accessible Teach-Back methods.
- Oversees care delivery through appropriate delegation while driving evidence-based quality improvements and AORN compliance.
- Utilizes AIDET communication, active listening, and proactive safety rounding to ensure empathetic, family-centered care.
What qualifications you will need:
- Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
- Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
- Current BLS and ACLS issued from American Heart Association required
- 1 year of clinical PACU experience as a licensed RN in a hospital required.
Benefits
Corpus Christi 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
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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
Corpus Christi Medical Center is a 630+ bed healthcare system of hospitals in Corpus Christi and the surrounding Coastal Bend community. Bay Area is our full-service acute care hospital and offers state-of-the-art cardiovascular services, bariatric, GYN and robotic surgery. The Women’s Center at Bay Area, with its NICU Unit, is also the home of our graduate medical education program. Doctors Regional is our acute care hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department, cardiac catheterization labs, orthopedic and surgical services, and inpatient rehabilitation. The Heart Hospital offers complete diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. Northwest Regional/Northwest Behavior Health Center provides emergency medical services, laboratory, imaging services and outpatient behavioral health services. Bayview Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient short-term treatment for psychiatric patients ages 12 years and older, as well as substance abuse treatment. Northshore Emergency Center is a full-service 24-7 emergency department in Portland that offers outpatient laboratory, imaging and occupational services. Radiation Oncology offers advanced technology for treating cancer with the latest and most specific radiation therapies available. Our programs focus on the needs of individual patients, while employing the latest techniques and research of 21st-century medicine.
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 RN PACU opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!
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