Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care - $30-43 per hour

About the role

This role provides direct clinical patient care. The position is responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and at the unit level. The role includes supervision of staff to whom appropriate care is delegated. Accountable to support the Chief Nursing Officer to ensure high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients.
• Assume responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process.
• Direct care according to established standards of safety, risk management, quality improvement, and infection control, with the goal of discharging the patient with an optimum level of care provided.
• Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
• Administer all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Perform and fulfill all HICS (Hospital Incident Command System) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster.
• Know the Hospital’s emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adhere to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

Education

• Required: Graduated from a state-approved school of nursing or an accredited school.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.

Experience

• Preferred: Recent acute care experience.

Certifications

• Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy.
• Required: AHA BLS.
• If applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire: AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.