Registered Nurse, PACU

• Monitoring post-operative patients' levels of recovery and consciousness from anesthesia
• Treating pain, nausea, and other post-operative symptoms of anesthesia and administering medication as prescribed
• Regularly checking vital signs
• Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care
• Updating charts, patient files, and medical records
• Providing for patient needs as recognized through use of the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation)
• Supervision of care provided by supportive personnel and coordination of care provided by ancillary services
• Including patients and significant other (SO)/families in developing an individualized plan of care
• Education of patients/SO/families to their disease process and plan of care
• Coordination and preparation of assigned room/case, assessment of patient care needs and the anticipation of needs of the case
• This position requires call rotation

• 2-3 years Surgical Services Experience
• 2-3 years Critical Care Nursing Experience
• Associate of Science in Nursing Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
• Licensed Registered Nurse Required

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing Preferred
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred
• Conscious Sedation Certification Preferred
• Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) Preferred
• Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Preferred

Qualifies for competitive differentials and additional call compensation