Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Part-Time - Beltway Surgery Center Springmill Eye

SCA Health•Carmel, IN

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Beltway Surgery Center Springmill Eye. The nurse assesses patients before and after surgery at intervals defined by facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status. The role interprets information from noninvasive and invasive monitors, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, and evaluates patients’ progress toward expected outcomes. Responsibilities include preparing for and managing recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia; administering medications safely; managing pain, fluids, comorbid conditions, and other aspects of postoperative care; protecting patients from injury and infection; supporting normothermia and wound and tissue integrity; and educating patients or their designated support people. The nurse protects patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, provides culturally competent and age-specific care, documents care, transfers care as needed, and communicates through accurate hand-off reports. The role also involves delegating tasks appropriately, collaborating with other disciplines, participating in quality improvement, performance appraisal, meetings, trainings, and safety huddles, maintaining competencies, pursuing professional growth, and complying with facility policies and procedures. Other duties may be assigned. The posted pay range is USD $32.00–$50.00 per hour.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
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.
When 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.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at intervals according to facility or healthcare organization policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors accurately.
Describe commonly encountered disease processes and the physiology associated with anesthesia techniques and surgical or procedural interventions.
Apply the appropriate patient transfer or discharge scoring system accurately, as defined by organizational policy.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care.
Prepare for and manage patient recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury caused by positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
Communicate patients’ current status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care.
Provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely and correctly using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
Perform interventions to maintain patients’ body systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
Support patients in reaching or returning to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids as applicable.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound management, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or designated support people in decisions about the perioperative plan of care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, and privacy; provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards; and provide consistent and comparable care across settings.
Evaluate patients’ progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports to teammates.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice acts, regulatory requirements, laws, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate effectively with other disciplines.
Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects and in the performance appraisal process.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Act as a patient advocate and protect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
Comply with facility policies and procedures when providing care.
Participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.