Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit/Ambulatory Surgery Unit
About the role
The Perioperative Post Anesthesia Care Unit & Ambulatory Surgery Unit (PACU-ASU) Critical Care Nurse is a professional registered nurse (RN) who is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process along the Perioperative continuum of care - PeriAnesthesia - Post-anesthesia Phase I - Phase II - and Extended Care. The incumbent provides care to all surgical and procedural service specialties.
Responsibilities
- Competent in charge nurse and preceptor duties
- Practice affects unit - team - or workgroup level to improve care
- Practices independently
- Organizes and coordinates staff and resources to identify problems - issues - and needs to improve existing processes at the unit - team - or workgroup level
- Looks for opportunities to improve practice or functions at the unit level for a group of patients - using group process to accomplish this by organizing - leading - or facilitating interdisciplinary team meeting(s)
- Precepts and mentors others by coordinating patient care and collaborating with other disciplines/ departments to achieve desired patient outcomes
- Precepts and coaches others on appropriate management of mechanically ventilated patients
- Precepts and coaches others on safe and therapeutic care of the patient with epicardial and transvenous pacing
- Able to lead resuscitation efforts of a patient during a code blue or rapid response situation
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills - with the ability to quickly analyze problems - determine appropriate level of intervention - and develop and apply effective solutions
- Assists the UPC and the Nurse Manager in the development - maintenance - and implementation of the Units Score Card - addressing process related to the feedback from All Employee Survey
- Proactively makes leadership choices to prioritize Veteran-Centered needs - operating within allocated resources - and takes the initiative to find solutions to operational challenges
- Functions as an expert in clinical practice and/or areas related to the assignment of roles and responsibilities
- Guides - develops - and supports staff from a leadership perspective
- Assumes leadership role in identifying policies procedures - standards - guidelines - and protocols requiring review or revision
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency - in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for