Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Surgical Eye Experts

SCA Health•Worcester, MA

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU II for a fast-paced eye center. The nurse provides preoperative and postoperative assessment and care, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans, monitors patient recovery from anesthesia, and supports safe transfer and discharge. IV experience is recommended, with training provided. ACLS and BLS certifications are required, either upon hire or within the stated period.

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.
BLS or BCLS certification, or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.
ACLS certification, or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

IV experience is recommended; training will be provided.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply appropriate patient transfer and discharge scoring systems according to organizational policy.
Develop individualized perianesthesia plans of care and implement interventions to support 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 throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care and provide accurate, concise, pertinent 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 balance at or above baseline levels, and patient normothermia.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or their 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 delegate tasks in accordance with applicable laws and professional requirements.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review, performance improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other duties as assigned.