Registered Nurse PACU

St Francis Hospital•Colorado Springs, CO

2d•$33 - $60•Onsite

About The Position

Nurses are at the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success. We offer Certification pay and a Clinical Career Ladder to help you grow and recognize your contributions to clinical excellence! Here, you will help advance modern nursing by providing your skills, experience, and commitment to compassionate care. The impact you will make in our faith-based, mission-driven culture will cultivate excellence and achieve professional fulfillment united in humankindness.

Requirements

Associates Degree in Nursing required; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required for new graduates, preferred for experienced RNs
RN License required; Current state nursing licenses or valid RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact
Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

Nice To Haves

Previous PACU/ICU/Procedural experience highly preferred
Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
One year experience preferred
Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty

Responsibilities

Facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team, and the patient/family to identify and meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient.
Promote the optimal health, well-being and safety of the patient through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act.
Demonstrate personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.
Recover all cases both Phase I & II.
RNs will cover both pre-op and PACU areas with 3-4 total on each shift.
Staff is expected to float between Pre Op/ PACU.
RNs in pre-op/ PACU are responsible for pre op calls, PATs, transports in addition to the clinical aspects of pre-op and PACU care.
Unit does see a few recoveries form other departments but is rare.