Registered Nurse (RN) | Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

Position Summary

The ideal candidate will provide high-quality nursing care to patients, ensuring their comfort, safety, and well-being. This role involves collaborating with physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement patient care plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides independent care to unit specific patient population; serves as clinical resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit.
• Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
• Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit, and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
• Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse; collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.
• Serves as clinical resource for others.
• Supports charge nurse decisions; performs charge role for assigned shifts as needed.
• Affords assistance in the development of clinical practice protocols and standards for unit.
• Participates in unit-based process activities: Performance Improvement, Professional Development, Clinical Practice, Teamwork, etc.; assists in development of action plans and supports implementation.
• Serves as preceptor, coach, mentor to new nurses and students.
• Contributes to ancillary personnel skills and development, attends educational offerings and in-services independently.

Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Maryland or eligibility to practice under Compact state agreements in accordance with the Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required.
• Five to seven years of perioperative nursing experience preferred.
• Certification in a nursing specialty preferred.

Benefits

• Compensation Pay Range: $42.03 - $53.30/hr.
• Sign-On Bonus & Relocation Assistance Available.
• Shift, Weekend, & Holiday Differentials.
• Benefits Package applicable to Full-Time, Part-Time, & PRN Team Members.
• Advancement Opportunities Within a Growing, High-Acuity Peri anesthesia and Surgical Services Team.