Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Newport Coast Surgical Institute

SCA Health•Newport Beach, CA

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Newport Coast Surgical Institute. The role provides preoperative and postoperative nursing care and supports patients throughout the perianesthesia continuum. The nurse assesses patient status, develops and implements individualized plans of care, manages recovery from various anesthesia techniques, and evaluates progress toward expected outcomes. Care includes medication administration, pain and comfort management, patient education, protection of patient rights and privacy, accurate documentation, and coordination with other care-team members. The nurse also participates in quality improvement, competency maintenance, team activities, and professional growth.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current state licensure to practice 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.
Complete PALS within 90 days of employment or provide documentation of current certification when pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services.

Nice To Haves

One year of Pre-Op/PACU experience preferred; candidates with a minimum of two years of Emergency Department or Intensive Care Unit experience will also be considered.
Medical/surgical nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess preoperative and postoperative patient status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status needs.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant discharge and patient-transfer scoring criteria.
Develop individualized perianesthesia plans of care and implement interventions for recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury, infection, and compromised wound integrity or tissue perfusion; maintain or restore systems and fluid, electrolyte, acid-base, and temperature status as appropriate.
Manage pain, comfort, medications, fluids, and comorbid conditions as applicable.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wounds, and the procedure.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidential health information; provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice requirements and laws.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
Participate in quality review, performance improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies, and perform other duties as assigned.