Registered Nurse - PACU

UCSF • San Francisco, CA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The Perianesthesia Care Units at Mt Zion include the Pre-operative (prep), Post-Anesthesia Care Units (PACU), and the 23-Hr Short Stay Unit (overnight observation unit). The team of nurses provides dynamic, compassionate care to a wide range of surgical patients, including adults and adolescents (ages 13 and up), in the ambulatory care setting. In preparing patients for surgery, we ensure their readiness and provide preoperative teaching for patients and their families. The priority postoperatively is to physiologically stabilize patients, provide innovative pain management strategies, and integrate family-centered care. An interdisciplinary team of nurses, surgeons, specialty physicians, anesthesiologists, and respiratory therapists works to initiate the recovery from surgery. Nurses collaborate with anesthesia providers, surgeons, and other members of the interdisciplinary team. In addition to the Patient Care Manager and other Assistant Unit managers within the perioperative areas to continuously improve patient safety, efficiency and patient satisfaction. The 23-Hour Short Stay unit provides quality care and patient satisfaction for those patients who require outpatient extended care. This modality of service offers greater flexibility for various procedures and enhances operational efficiency and clinical excellence in the ambulatory surgery center. The nurses in this unit collaborate with anesthesia providers, surgeons, and other members of the interdisciplinary team to provide an integrated, family-centered patient care experience.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse license
• Experience in the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Ability to provide safe, therapeutic care
• Ability to function as a member of an interdisciplinary and nursing team
• Ability to carry out established nursing procedures
• Ability to perform nursing care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision
• Ability to assist with the management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team
• Experience in preoperative teaching for patients and their families
• Ability to physiologically stabilize patients postoperatively
• Experience with pain management strategies
• Ability to integrate family-centered care
• Ability to collaborate with anesthesia providers, surgeons, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
• Ability to collaborate with Patient Care Manager and Assistant Unit managers
• Experience in providing quality care and patient satisfaction for patients requiring outpatient extended care
• Ability to provide an integrated, family-centered patient care experience

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care.
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams.
• Carries out established nursing procedures and performs related duties as required.
• Performs nursing care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision.
• Assists with the management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team.
• Provides preoperative teaching for patients and their families.
• Physiologically stabilizes patients postoperatively.
• Provides innovative pain management strategies.
• Integrates family-centered care.
• Collaborates with anesthesia providers, surgeons, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Collaborates with the Patient Care Manager and other Assistant Unit managers within the perioperative areas to continuously improve patient safety, efficiency and patient satisfaction.
• Provides quality care and patient satisfaction for patients requiring outpatient extended care in the 23-Hour Short Stay unit.
• Provides an integrated, family-centered patient care experience in the 23-Hour Short Stay unit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level