PACU; RN

Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Perioperative Registered Nurse (PACU RN)

Perioperative Registered Nurse –

Job Summary:

Evaluate, plan, implement, and document nursing care given to the patients in the pre-operative and acute post-operative setting. Function within the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, to deliver comprehensive, family centered nursing care to all patients.

• Coordinate the surgical patient’s care in the pre-operative and acute post-operative setting.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Flex Spending Account/Dependent Care Spending Account
• Hospital Indemnity
• Life Insurance – Employer Paid
• Long-Term Disability/Short-Term Disability – Employer paid
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• MASA – Medical Transportation Solutions
• 403(b) Retirement Plan – up to 4% employer contribution
• Earned Time Off
• Extended Illness Bank – Hospital contribution
• Free 24-hour fitness center
• May be eligible for $15,000 Sign on Bonus

• Principal Accountabilities:
  • Coordinate the surgical patient’s care in the pre-operative and acute post-operative setting.
  • Assess patient understanding of plan of care to facilitate opportunities and materials during immediate post-operative hospital stay, from admission to dismissal.
  • Follow established protocols for medication administration ensuring the 5 rights of medication administration are met.
  • Communicate pertinent information related to patients’ condition to inform doctors, additional staff nurses, and/or ancillary departments of patients’ needs and/or plan of care.
  • Document concerns, findings, and actions, implementing appropriate care plans related to patients’ diagnosis for continuity of care.
  • Assess patients’ conditions, monitor changes in status, physical findings, vital signs, coping skills ensuring appropriate care is given related to patient’s needs.
• Department Specific Accountabilities:
  • Performs and documents admissions, dismissal, and intermittent nursing assessments in the peri-operative setting as appropriate per policy and patient needs.
  • Assess patient risk and initiate measures to prevent unplanned perioperative hypothermia to maintain normothermia (36°C–38°C / 96.8°F–100.4°F).
  • Manage postoperative nausea and vomiting to prevent prolonged stay and unanticipated admission.
  • Manage postoperative pain and comfort to prevent prolonged stay and unanticipated admission.
  • Demonstrate knowledge about the psychological, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families to the operative or invasive procedure.
  • Maintain competency of procedures, equipment, and supplies in the peri-operative setting.
  • Assist perioperative staff, including surgeons, anesthesia providers, RNs and surgical technologists, in providing quality care to the surgical patient.
  • Take call on rotation with other staff during OR non-scheduled hours as appropriate.
• Other Job Accountabilities:
  • Provide postoperative education to patients and family as appropriate.
  • Participate in the professional development of self and team members.
  • Maintain confidentiality as required by HIPAA regulations.
  • Exhibit professionalism at all times.
  • Other duties as assigned.

• Education: Associate of Nursing degree or equivalent formal training program. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Experience: 6 months practicing as an RN in an acute hospital setting. PACU or ER experience preferred.
• Licensure/
  
  Certifications:
  
  
  • Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse
  • ACLS & PALS verified within 6 months of hiring
• Skills:
  • Knowledge of surgical procedures and the immediate peri-operative process
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good organizational and time management skills
  • Computer skills related to Word, Outlook, and Windows
• Age-Specific
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Infant (29 days – Less than 1 year)
  • Pediatric (1-12 years)
  • Adolescent (13-17 years)
  • Adult (18-64 years)
  • Geriatric (65 years and older)

• Hazardous
  
  Working Conditions:
  
  
  • OSHA Category 1 – Tasks involving exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, and other potentially infectious materials.
  • OSHA Category 2 – Tasks involving no exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, and other potentially infectious materials.
• Environmental Surroundings:
  • Work requires ability to lift light material (10–20 lbs)
  • May occasionally lift moderate weight (20–50 lbs)
  • May occasionally lift heavy weights (50 lbs and up, e.g., Moving patients)
• Physical
  
  Working Conditions:
  
  Prolonged standing, walking, and sitting; use of hands; reach, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch; talk or hear; taste or smell.

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.