Registered Nurse, PACU

Registered Nurse, PACU

Department: 37710 Davie Medical Center - PACU

Status:
Full time

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Hours Per Week: 30

Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Varies

Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30

Renders highly professional and technical nursing care to assigned patient. Provides direct patient care using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation). Directs and supervises other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with unit standards of care.

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. Minimum of one year Operating Room experience or participation in a post-graduate program required. Refresher course required for nurses who have not worked in an Operating Room for five years or more.

Current licensures to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina and BCLS required. CNOR preferred.

• Utilizes the nursing process to ensure quality patient care is provided throughout the episode of care.
• Ensures complete, accurate and timely computerized communication of patient information.
• Demonstrates cost containment activities.
• Communicates to the team, co-workers, patients and family members in an effective, positive, and professional manner.
• Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance and for professional growth and development.

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
• Performs effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands
• Follows standards of clinical nursing practice
• Follows systems for patient safety
• Basic computer skills

Contact with patients, family members, visitors, co-workers, and medical staff under wide variety of circumstances. Regular exposure to blood-borne diseases, infectious and contagious diseases. Subject to multiple interruptions. Occasionally exposed to radiation hazards. Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals. Occasionally subject to irregular hours. Use of personal protective equipment.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois;
Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.