Registered Nurse | AMU​/PACU

Overview

The Pre‑Op/PACU Nurse provides safe, compassionate, evidence‑based nursing care to surgical patients before and after operative or invasive procedures. This role involves preparing patients in the pre‑operative area, monitoring recovery in the Post‑Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and collaborating with the surgical and anesthesia teams to ensure quality outcomes and patient safety.

The RN 2 is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for a specific patient population in the department/unit. RN uses knowledge of growth and development principles over the lifespan, assesses data reflective of the patient’s status, interprets information to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age‑specific needs, engages in caring relationships with patients, families, and significant others, works collaboratively with other health‑care workers, applies sound judgment while performing nursing and medical interventions, and adheres to specialty standards and organizational standards, policies, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.

Reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager and may participate in supervision of Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.

Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.

• BLS required.
• ACLS and PEARS/PALS within 6 months.

• One year prior clinical nursing experience.
• Prior PACU or critical care experience preferred.
• Evidence of the ability to work effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team.

Shifts are rotating days and evenings starting as early as 6 am and ending as late as 9:30 pm. 9‑hour and 12‑hour shifts are available and rotate. RN’s are required to cover off shifts with on‑call coverage. On‑call requirements include 1–2 night calls and 1–2 weekend day calls in a 6‑week period.

You will be trained to work in both the pre‑operative area (AMU) and the post‑operative area (PACU).

• Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Develops, evaluates, and revises patient’s plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient’s needs.
• Documents care provided and patient’s progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
• Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care. Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
• Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
• Administers medications to patients.
• Provides direct patient care.
• Leads the health care team.
• Serves as a Resource Person for assigned shift.
• Serves as a preceptor for new employees.
• Performs job‑specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand. The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

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