Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Barranca Surgery Center

SCA Health•Irvine, CA

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU to float between the preoperative and postoperative areas at Barranca Surgery Center. The center primarily serves patients undergoing GI and ophthalmology procedures and is described as busy, fast-paced, and high volume. The RN assesses patients before and after procedures, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, supports recovery from different types of anesthesia, monitors patient status, manages pain and medications, protects patients from injury and infection, and educates patients or their designated support people. The nurse evaluates progress toward outcomes, transfers care when needed, communicates accurate hand-off reports, documents care, collaborates with other disciplines, and contributes to quality improvement, team activities, and professional development. Care must comply with facility policies and procedures and protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
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 a BLS/BCLS course within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification or successful completion of an ACLS course within 90 days of employment.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion of a PALS course within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA Health.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at intervals established by facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental-status needs.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant patient-transfer and discharge scoring criteria as defined by organizational policy.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care, including preparing for and managing recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects, 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, body-system function and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline; support normothermia, infection prevention, management of comorbid conditions, and prescribed fluid management.
Assess patient or designated support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wounds, and expected procedure responses.
Involve patients or designated support people in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation; 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 laws, regulations, 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, maintain required competencies, and pursue professional growth.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Comply with facility policies and procedures and actively participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.