Staff Nurse PACU

Position: Staff Nurse I PACU

Location

In PACU at Main Campus Children's of Alabama

Work Schedule

Full-time on the Day/Evening Shift shift, Monday-Friday 9:00am-7:30pm rotating off days, plus on call.

Summary

The Staff Nurse I is a professional nurse who with minimal supervision assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the nursing care of surgical patients, and their families when appropriate, that come to the Operating Room for a Surgical Procedure.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited School or Nursing

Experience

None listed.

Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries

• Current BLS Certification required
• Current Alabama Registered Nurse License required

Credentials with Equivalent Qualifications

• Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
  • Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State
  • Registered Nurse Non-AL NLC Multi State
• Basic Life Support

Education with Equivalent Qualifications

• Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing

Experience with Equivalent Qualifications

None listed.

Job Description

Children’s of Alabama Benjamin Russell campus has three general PACU’s:
Benjamin Russell, Minor Procedure and Imaging. Benjamin Russell recovers for 14 OR’s inpatients/outpatients and one Interventional Radiology room, Minor Procedure recovers for 7 OR rooms inpatients/outpatients, Imaging covers Pre Procedure through discharge for outpatient/inpatient Imaging general anesthesia patients. Our patients include neonate to adult populations recovering from general anesthesia after a variety of surgeries including but not limited to Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, GI, GU, Ophthalmic, Pulmonary, Plastics and General.

The acuity ranges from acute to critical care. Our staff are trained with the flexibility to work in all three areas and they work a variety of shifts that cover our operating time from 7am-11pm through the week as well as weekend and call back shifts.

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