RN - PACU

Profession: RN

Specialty: Pediatric PACU

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: AM 4 × 10 hr shifts

Hours per Shift: 10 hrs

Experience: Direct Pediatric PACU experience required

License: Current RN license

Certifications: Current flu vaccine required

Must-Have:

Must have direct Pediatric PACU experience.

On call is required for nights, weekends, and holidays.

Description:

All clinicians submitted to orders must have a current flu vaccine.

Clinicians without a flu vaccination during flu season will not be accepted.

The work schedule consists of 2 shifts of 8 hours and 2 shifts of 10 hours per week.

Start times fluctuate between .Thursdays always start ranteed hours are 36 hours per week, with the potential for up to 40 hours per week.

Shift lengths may vary between 8, 10, and 12 hours.

Patient populations include a variety of surgical cases.

Short procedures include EGDs, BMTTs, MRIs, T&A, DLBs, among others.

Bigger cases include Pectus Excavatum Repair, Spinal Fusions, Cardiac Caths, EVDs, Breast Reductions, and Orthopedic cases.

Key skills include proficiency in arterial lines, trachs, home vents, precedex drips, chest tubes, drains, and foleys.

Focus areas include airway management, scoring (Modified Aldrete Score), assessment/vital signs, medication administration, and discharge  Phase 1, there is a 1:1 patient ratio with monitoring every 15  Phase 2, there may be a 1:1 or 1 RN to 4 patients in Stepdown, with monitoring for discharge readiness at least once per hour.

Communication with anesthesiologists includes managing medication orders, signouts, and assistance with stats.

Surgeons manage discharge orders, instructions, wound issues, and radiology orders.