Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - West Health Surgery Center

SCA Health•Plymouth, MN

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU to provide preoperative and postoperative nursing care at West Health Surgery Center. The nurse assesses patients throughout the perianesthesia continuum, develops and implements individualized plans of care, monitors recovery from different anesthesia techniques, and evaluates progress toward expected outcomes. The role includes patient and support-person education, safe medication administration, care coordination, accurate documentation, and collaboration with the healthcare team. The nurse also supports quality improvement, maintains competencies, participates in team activities, and complies with facility policies and procedures.

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.
Complete BLS or BCLS within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.
Complete ACLS within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, complete PALS within 90 days of employment or provide documentation of current certification.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess preoperative and postoperative patient status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant knowledge of disease processes, anesthesia, and procedural interventions.
Apply organizational discharge and transfer scoring criteria, such as Aldrete, Modified Aldrete/PARSAP, PADSS, or White score.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care, including preparing for and managing recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects; maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, normothermia, and protection from infection.
Communicate patient status throughout care, provide acute pain and comfort management, administer medications using the eight rights, and manage prescribed fluids and applicable comorbidities.
Perform interventions to maintain or restore organ-system function and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance at or above baseline levels.
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 care and rehabilitation decisions; protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.
Provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards and provide consistent, comparable care across settings.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice requirements, laws, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines, participate in quality review and performance improvement, and take part in performance appraisal.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective working 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.