Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Sarasota Physicians Surgical Center

SCA Health•Sarasota, FL

19h

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Sarasota Physicians Surgical Center. The RN provides preoperative and postoperative perianesthesia care, assesses patients at intervals according to facility policies, develops and implements individualized plans of care, evaluates patient progress, and transfers care as needed. The role includes caring for patients recovering from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia, communicating patient status, providing education, protecting patient rights and privacy, and collaborating with the care team. The RN also participates in quality improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and safety huddles, maintains competencies, and pursues professional growth. SCA Health describes its mission as caring for patients, serving physicians, and improving health care. The organization reports having more than 15,000 professionals and being part of Optum, supporting a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers and over 400 specialty physician practice clinics. The posted pay range is USD $29.00 to $45.00 per hour.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
At least one year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Complete Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.
Complete Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.
When pediatric care is included in the facility's scope of services, complete Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
Assess patients' preoperative and postoperative status at intervals according to facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status needs.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and describe commonly encountered disease processes and the physiology of anesthesia techniques and procedures.
Apply organizational patient-transfer and discharge scoring criteria accurately, such as Aldrete, Modified Aldrete/PARSAP, PADSS, or White score.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care for recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects; communicate patient status across the perianesthesia continuum; and provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity and tissue perfusion, and support the patient's body systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
Promote normothermia, protect patients from infection, manage comorbid conditions, and manage fluids as prescribed.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks according to applicable nursing laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines, participate in quality review and performance improvement projects, and participate in performance appraisals.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Comply with facility policies and procedures, participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles, and demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
Perform other duties as assigned.