Registered Nurse, Preoperative and Recovery Room Ambulatory Surgery

Overview

Under the direction of the Director and Team Leader the registered nurse will assess, perform, document, and evaluate professional independent nursing practice. Job duties will include the following:

• Prepare patient, family member and/or significant other for procedure by educating on preoperative requirements, confirms planned procedure and answers questions
• Admit patient to the preoperative area, assesses patient and prepares the patient for surgery and/or planned procedure
• Receive and monitor patient’s condition post procedure
• Works collaboratively with surgeons and anesthesia team to assure safe, timely emergence from anesthesia
• Educate patients, family member and/or significant other by instructing them about procedure, medications, physician’s discharge orders and their continued care after discharge
• Other duties as assigned

Work schedule: This is a .8 FTE (64 hours/2 weeks) 8 hour shifts starting anytime between 5:30 am and 11:00 am. No nights, weekends, or holidays expected.

• Associates OR Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Two years of nursing experience in recovery room and/or related field such as ICU
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse with the State of Minnesota
• BLS Certification
• ACLS Certification preferred

Our benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, 401k with match, disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits take effect first day of employment. We offer an on-site employee fitness center, an on-site physical therapy clinic for employees as well as an on-site employee clinic to make it more convenient for our staff to get the care they need. We also have a Center for Employee Resilience that provides support and evidence-based practices to bring relief and build resiliency.

Regions is a qualified non-profit employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Regions is also proud to be a Yellow Ribbon Company.