Registered Nurse - PACU

• Coordinates patient care planning with other disciplines
• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists
• Writes or obtains initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions and develops individual care plans
• Maintains patient documentation
• Receives and reviews preceding shift reports and floor nurse reports
• Makes complete rounds of all units, and notes patients' condition
• Notifies appropriate physician regarding any unusual or unexpected events
• Works with other members of the interdisciplinary patient care team
• Implements and reinforces patient instructional needs with patient and family
• Identifies and resolves workplace health and safety issues
• Provides appropriate, direct patient care utilizing appropriate aseptic techniques
• May manage IV lines
• May perform the administration of pharmacological vasodilator medications for nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging
• Complies with policies, procedures, regulations, and standards
• Orients, instructs, and educates assigned personnel
• Adheres to and supports team members in exhibiting TMCH values
• Adheres to TMC organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies and standards

• Graduation from a qualified, nationally-accredited nursing program
• One year of nursing experience in an acute care setting preferred
• Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Knowledge of direct patient care and critical care procedures and techniques
• Skill in communicating in a clear and concise manner
• Skill in reading 12-lead EKG
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others’ communication or instructions
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

• Critical Care/PACU experience
• Experience with adult and pediatric patients
• For some specialties, additional certification may be required (e.g., Neonatal Resuscitation for the NICU, EP certification)

10K sign on bonus