Clinical Nurse I: Pre/PACU - Hoag Surgery Center

Hoag•Irvine, CA

2d•$52 - $81•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse I – Perioperative role provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act for assigned patients in a Perioperative unit. The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure safe, timely, appropriate, quality patient care. Care includes physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administration, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and addressing patient teaching and discharge needs. The nurse uses the nursing process and evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs, evaluates and adjusts care as necessary with consultation, and confers with appropriate resource personnel when making ethical, legal, or medical-dilemma decisions. Other duties may be assigned. Hoag Irvine Surgery Center is a high-volume outpatient surgery center performing same-day procedures across orthopedics, spine, ENT, ophthalmology, pain management, plastics, and general surgery. The RN provides care in Pre-Op and PACU (Phase I and Phase II Recovery), preparing patients for surgery through assessments, education, chart review, medication reconciliation, and IV starts, and managing post-anesthesia recovery, pain control, discharge readiness, and patient/family education. Nurses work closely with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and perioperative staff in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment focused on patient safety, quality outcomes, efficiency, and exceptional patient care. The schedule is full-time, five eight-hour shifts, Monday through Friday.

Requirements

For Clinical Nurse I roles at Magnet-designated facilities, a BSN is required, or the employee must start a BSN program within one year of hire and attain the BSN within two years of starting the program.
For the Pre Post Unit, one year of nursing experience in a perioperative setting in an acute care hospital or outpatient surgery center is required.
For Recovery Room/PACU, one year of recent PACU experience in an acute care hospital or critical care unit is required.
Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the State of California.
Current BLS - Basic Life Support certification from the AHA upon hire.
For Irvine Recovery Room/PACU and Irvine Pre Post Unit, ACLS and PALS are required; PALS must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
For Recovery Room/PACU, ACLS and PALS are required; PALS must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
For Pre Post Unit, nurses hired before 10/1/2025 must have ACLS; nurses hired after 10/1/2025 must have ACLS and obtain PALS within 90 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
One or more years of Preop/PACU experience in a surgery center preferred.
One or more years of experience in an acute care setting preferred.
Successful completion of an ECG course or equivalent is required only for units with telemetry monitoring.
Pre Post Unit: Specialty certification preferred.
Recovery Room/PACU: ASPAN certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct perioperative patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
Collaborate with other healthcare disciplines to deliver safe, timely, appropriate, quality patient care.
Perform physical assessments and nursing interventions.
Manage pain and administer medications.
Collect specimens and address patients’ nutritional needs.
Provide patient teaching and meet discharge needs.
Use the nursing process and evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs.
Evaluate and adjust the nursing care process as needed, consulting when appropriate.
Consult appropriate resource personnel when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas.
Prepare patients for surgery through assessments, education, chart review, medication reconciliation, and IV starts.
Manage Phase I and Phase II post-anesthesia recovery, pain control, discharge readiness, and patient/family education.
Work with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and perioperative staff to support a safe and seamless patient experience.
Perform other duties as assigned.