PACU Registered Nurse - Full Time

Surgery Partners Careers•Durham, NC

About The Position

Southpoint Surgery Center (SPSC), an affiliate of North Carolina Specialty Hospital, is a new ambulatory surgery center in the Durham-Southpoint area between Raleigh and Durham. The multi-specialty facility provides outpatient surgical and related ancillary care across specialties including orthopedics, spine, ophthalmology, ENT, gynecology, general surgery, urology, plastics, podiatry, vascular, and pain management. The role provides professional nursing care to patients across the age continuum, from 4 weeks through geriatric age, in accordance with hospital policies and nursing practice standards. With minimum supervision, the nurse directs and/or provides care for an assigned patient group, uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care, and provides supervision and guidance to other team members. In the manager’s absence, the nurse may be authorized to make decisions affecting the PACU.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
Associate degree required; a BSN is preferred.
Current North Carolina RN license or compact multistate RN license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) required upon hire.
ACLS and PALS certifications through the AHA or ARC must be obtained within 6 months of employment.
One year of critical care nursing experience required.
Work independently and meet established deadlines; make sound, reasonable decisions; and stay organized.
Concentrate on detailed requests despite frequent interruptions.
Demonstrate accountability, professionalism, openness, receptiveness to change, creativity, and innovation.
Identify and calmly handle stressful situations with tact; communicate effectively and develop strong working relationships with consumers and staff.
Seek guidance, direction, and assistance when needed; be flexible and take on new responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

BSN.
A minimum of one year of previous perioperative nursing experience in a hospital setting.
ACLS and PALS certifications on hire.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to plan, implement, evaluate, and adjust patient care in accordance with established standards.
Participate in developing patient care plans, including patient problems, goals, evaluations, and interventions; report symptoms and significant changes in condition to appropriate personnel.
Coordinate with the care team on patients’ discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge.
Apply age-specific standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines when caring for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including medication administration, care during altered consciousness related to analgesia, conscious sedation, or anesthesia, and routine treatments and procedures.
Incorporate patients’ cultural and developmental needs into care plans and provide nursing care in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner.
Use critical thinking to provide and delegate activities based on patient assessment, task complexity, staff competency and credentials, and safe and efficient care requirements.
Document patient care in the patient record according to established standards.
Participate in performance-improvement activities, including collecting and analyzing data, supporting quality outcomes, developing care-delivery systems and standards, contributing to policies and procedures, and joining problem-solving teams.
Complete additional duties as needed and assigned.