Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Newport Coast Surgical Institute

SCA Health•Newport Beach, CA

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About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Newport Coast Surgical Institute. The RN assesses patients before and after surgery at intervals specified by facility policy, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, evaluates patient progress, and transfers care as needed. The role involves recovery management following general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia, along with monitoring patient status and responding to clinical needs throughout the perianesthesia continuum. The nurse provides safe medication administration, pain and comfort management, wound and tissue-perfusion care, fluid management, infection prevention, normothermia interventions, and care for patients’ systems and co-morbid conditions. The role also includes educating patients or their designated support persons, involving them in care decisions, protecting patient rights and privacy, documenting care, coordinating with other disciplines, and participating in quality improvement, team activities, and professional development. The position requires compliance with facility policies and applicable nursing practice standards.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
At least one year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure in good standing to practice nursing.
Current BLS/BCLS certification, or successful completion of BLS/BCLS within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion of an ACLS course within 90 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

Current PALS certification, or successful completion of a PALS course within 90 days of employment, when pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status needs.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and describe relevant disease processes and the physiology of anesthesia and procedures.
Apply appropriate patient transfer and discharge scoring criteria according to organizational policy.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care, including recovery management for general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, or extraneous objects.
Communicate patient status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care and provide accurate, concise hand-off reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications using the eight rights of safe medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, patient systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels as applicable.
Help patients achieve normothermia, protect them from infection, manage co-morbid conditions, and administer fluids as prescribed.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected procedural responses.
Involve patients or designated support persons in perioperative care and rehabilitation decisions.
Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
Participate in performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other assigned duties.