Preop​/Pacu Registered Nurse

Preoperative/Post‑Anesthesia Care Registered Nurse – Full‑time position at Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Chardon, OH.

You will prepare patients for surgery and monitor and care for them immediately after the procedure, facilitating discharge and ensuring patient safety.

• Assess, plan, implement, and coordinate patient care from admission to discharge.
• Prepare patients for surgical procedures and monitor them in the PACU.
• Conduct patient care activities consistent with the facility’s policies and Patient’s Rights and Responsibilities.
• Handle patient information confidentially and sensitively.

• Assesses patient status on admission and ongoing basis.
• Implements appropriate standards of care based on assessment data.
• Coordinates nursing interventions to achieve expected outcomes and readiness for discharge.
• Ensures daily patient care in an organized and timely manner.
• Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.
• Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
• Directs and provides patient care in emergency situations.
• Assesses learning needs and promotes patient education.
• Assumes a leadership role in quality nursing care for patients.
• Analyzes and evaluates nursing care relative to established standards.
• Participates in monitoring and improvement of nursing care.
• Adapt care plans in response to patient age and developmental needs.
• Provides appropriate safety interventions.
• Demonstrates competence in designated skills for the position.
• Engages in patient care activities in compliance with RN job description.

• Admission assessment upon patient arrival.
• Document responses to nursing actions.
• Treat patients and families with courtesy, respect, and professionalism.
• Provide pre‑ and post‑operative instructions verbally and in writing.
• Stock unit, check crash cart, and count narcotics.
• Follow up with patients via phone or written communication.
• Prepare patient for surgery using preference cards.
• Document unusual occurrences and postoperative complications for quality improvement.
• Conduct frequent ongoing patient condition assessments.
• Administer pain and anti‑nausea medications promptly.

• Knowledge and experience in PACU or critical care nursing.
• Effective communication skills.
• Customer‑relations skills via telephone and face‑to‑face interaction.
• Positive attitude towards colleagues.
• Ability to prioritize and provide clear direction to others.
• Ability to correlate clinical data with clinical care.

• Current licensure to practice in the State of Ohio.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required; ACLS and PALS preferred.

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Minimum of 2 years experienced in PACU, ICU, or ER nursing preferred.

• Ability to frequently hear and communicate orally.
• Ability to see up close and at a distance.
• Ability to read and understand written information.
• Ability to stand, sit, walk, reach, handle, and feel objects.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull, including a 150‑lb patient.
• Maximum unassisted lift >100 lbs.
• Ability to wear lead apron and move heavy equipment.