RN - PACU

RN - PACU

Shift: 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM

Shifts Per Week: 5

Scheduled

Hours:

40

Start Date:

08/16/2026

End Date: 11/15/2026

Duration: 13 Week(s)

Description:

4x10s Days
- On call - Rotating weekend and holiday call coverage

Requirements: AHA BLS/ACLS 2 years of experience required Traveler’s permanent residence must be 100 miles or > from the hospital’s service area. General orientation will begin on Sundays. Sunday will be online CBLs. I can start the traveler any Sunday that you can complete the compliance documents by the deadline. Please include in the confirmation: 16 hours of nonbillable orientation. Hospital can cancel/call off one shift biweekly without a financial penalty from the employed 36/36 or 36/48 schedule (use whichever is appropriate for the employment agreement) if there is a decrease in census.

Additional shifts picked up above the work commitment as additional overtime shifts will be flexed as needed for hospital census decrease/decreased resource need without penalty. Contract RN/LPN team members are expected to actively participate in nursing student support and clinical education as we prepare future nurses for the profession. The clinical nursing student education responsibility is expected in addition to/alongside the provision of clinical care practice in every nursing specialty at Ballad Health.

Submittals:
Low

Job

Requirements & Qualifications:

Previous Charge

Experience:

2 Years of Experience Patient Ratio

Experience:

2 Charting System

Experience:

Preferred LTAC

Experience:

Trauma Level I

Experience:

Trauma Level II

Experience:

Travel Experience

Required:

Yes

Certifications:

ACLS, BLS, PALS

Skills:

Abdominoplasty, Accessing/Managing Ports, Airway assessment, Ambulatory/Outpatient, Anterior/ Posterior fusion, Antiarrhythmics, Anticoagulation therapy, Antihypertensives, Arterial line management, AV fistula/shunt, Bilateral tubal ligation, Blood Product Administration, Breast augmentation, Cardiac Arrest/CPR, Care of Ventilated Patient, Central line care/management, Cervical fusions, Chest tube management, Cholecystectomy, Circulation Checks, Colon surgery, Conscious Sedation, Craniotomy, Discharge Instructions, Dysrhythmia recognition/management, Emergency Medications, Endo/Laparoscopic, ENT, External ventricular drain (EVD), Fresh tracheostomy, General, General, Gyn, Hyperglycemia/Hypoglycemia Protocols, Hypothermia protocol, Hysterectomy, Inpatient, Insulin protocols, Interpretation and communication of lab values, Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs), Isolation Precautions/PPE, IV vasopressors, Level III Trauma Center, Local, Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol, Management of pediatric patients, Mastectomy, Medication reconciliation, Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC), Narcotics/Opioid Analgesics, Nerve Blocks, Neuro, Neuro/Spine, Obtain Operative/Procedural Consent, Open reduction and internal fixation, Ortho, Ortho/Spine, Ortho/Total joints, Pain assessment & management, Pain Management, PCA pump management, Phase I PACU, Phase II Recovery, Phlebotomy, PICC line care and management, Placement of Oral/nasal airways, Plastics, Post-epidural management, Pre/Post Endoscopy procedures, Pre/Post Operative procedures, Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring, Radical neck dissection, Renal surgery, Reversal agents, Robotics, Spinal, Spine surgery, Starting and maintaining IVs, Straight urinary catheterization female, Straight urinary catheterization male, Stroke Scale, Thoracic, Tonsillectomy, Total joint replacement, TURP, Urology, Whipple, Wound Vacs

Unit Details:

Scheduling Type:
Other Patient Ratios Days: 2 Patient Ratios Nights: 2 Patient Ratios Weekends: 2 Float

Required:

Call

Required:

Every 4th weekend Weekend Coverage:
Number of Weekend Shifts Per

Contract:

Pre-Approved Time Off: one Orientation

Hours:

8

Facility & Patient Care Details:

Patient Age Groups:
Adolescents, Adults, Pediatrics, Geriatrics Daily Census: 35 Number of Visits Per Day:
Number of Rooms:
Number of Beds: 10 Interdisciplinary Support:
Physical Therapy, Respiratory Services, Interpretation Services, Radiology, Social Services, Rapid Response Teams, Pharmacy, Unit Secretary Patient Diagnoses:
Total Joint Replacement Neuro/Ortho…