Pacu RN

CommonSpirit Health • Fort Oglethorpe, GA

3h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Pre/Post Surgery RN, you will integrate the nursing process and standards into daily practice, applying growth and development knowledge to interventions and providing care tailored to each patient's changing needs. Daily, you will deliver efficient, safe patient care during the critical period following anesthesia and invasive procedures. This involves using the nursing process, delegating to and evaluating subordinate staff, and coordinating support services. Success in this role requires a strong grasp of surgical nursing principles, meticulous patient focus, and the ability to manage complex care in a critical, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Associate Of Nursing Nursing or Equivalent, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: GA, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, upon hire

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing or Equivalent, upon hire

Responsibilities

• Diagnostic and patient monitoring (detection and recognition of acute changes and escalation or concerns/critical results).
• Administration and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens (starting/maintaining intravenous therapies, administering medication per patients’ rights, preventing falls and skin breakdown and following policies in relation to safety measures).
• Effective management of rapidly changing situations (identifying, assessing and anticipating needs).
• Organization and work rule competencies (prioritizing, coordination and meeting multiple patient needs in a timely manner).
• Helping Role (consistently contribute to a healing environment, providing patient comfort and support for human dignity, serving as a patient advocate and building and maintaining a therapeutic environment.
• Teaching-Coaching Function (assess and evaluates the patient’s readiness and ability to learn, effectively explains a patient’s condition and their interpretation of his or her illness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees