PACU - Registered Nurse - Part-TIme

Overview

Connecticut Orthopaedics Specialists is seeking a part-time Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse (RN) for our surgery center located in Branford, CT. The Staff Nurse provides care to patients 12+ through assessment, planning, treatment, and evaluation, delivering safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, educative, individualized, and goal-directed nursing care to patients and their families in the Center.

• Correlate clinical data with patient’s medical and nursing care.
• Set priorities and provide direction to others that is clear, concise, and promotes efficiency across clinical areas.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, teammates, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Recognize legal and policy limits of individual practice.
• Assess, plan, evaluate, and ensure implementation of the patient’s care to achieve identified outcomes and deliver safe care according to facility policy and procedures.
• Assess patient status on admission and on an ongoing basis.
• Implement appropriate standards of care based on assessment data and patient goals.
• Coordinate nursing interventions to achieve outcomes and readiness for discharge.
• Provide care daily in an organized and timely manner and adhere to facility policies and procedures.
• Utilize nursing care standards in planning and implementing patient care.
• Demonstrate the ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situations.
• Assess learning needs according to patient’s level of understanding and readiness to learn.
• Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and revise plans of care as patient status changes or new information is obtained.
• Document patient progress toward outcomes and supervise teaching of care plans.
• Contribute to quality improvement by participating in monitoring and evaluation of nursing care, and assign patient care responsibilities based on patient needs and staff capabilities.
• Accept charge nurse responsibilities as assigned and participate in facility-level problem solving and quality initiatives.

• Branford, CT
• 20 hours per week

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in PACU, ER, or ICU settings.
• Current state licensure to practice.
• Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) / Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment, or documentation of current certification.
• Successful completion of ACLS within 90 days of employment, or documentation of current certification.
• Successful completion of PALS within 90 days of employment, or documentation of current certification.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Competitive salary, 401(k) contributions, and company-paid life insurance
• Generous PTO and paid holidays to promote work-life balance
• Access to training and development opportunities and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Uniform allowance
• Free parking
• Reimbursement for credentialing fees