Staff Nurse I PACU

Summary

In PACU at Main Campus Children's of Alabama.

Full‑time on the Day Evening Shift, Monday‑Friday, 9am‑7:30pm, rotating off days plus on call.

The PACU Staff Nurse is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for patients/families in the post‑anesthesia phase of care.

Must be able to use medical equipment, patient records, reports, and computer. On‑call and call‑back as assigned required for this position.

• Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
• Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State
• Registered Nurse Non‑AL NLC Multi State
• Basic Life Support

• Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing

Children’s of Alabama Benjamin Russell campus has three general PACU’s:
Benjamin Russell, Minor Procedure and Imaging. Benjamin Russell recovers for 14 OR’s inpatients/outpatients and one Interventional Radiology room, Minor Procedure recovers for 7 OR rooms inpatients/outpatients;
Imaging covers Pre‑Procedure through discharge for outpatient/inpatient Imaging general anesthesia patients. Our patients include neonate to adult populations recovering from general anesthesia after a variety of surgeries including but not limited to Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, GI, GU, Ophthalmic, Pulmonary, Plastics and General. The acuity ranges from acute to critical care. Our staff are trained with the flexibility to work in all three areas and they work a variety of shifts that cover our operating time from 7am‑11pm through the week as well as weekend and call‑back shifts.

Monday‑Friday 9am‑7:30pm rotating off days plus on call, Day‑Evening Shift, 10‑Hour Shifts