Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Naperville Surgical Centre

SCA Health•Naperville, IL

12h

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Naperville Surgical Centre. The role supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values while providing preoperative and postoperative nursing care across the perianesthesia continuum. The nurse assesses patients’ cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status; interprets information from invasive and noninvasive monitors; develops individualized plans of care; and evaluates patient progress toward expected outcomes. The nurse prepares for and manages recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia; provides acute pain and comfort management; administers medications safely; and performs interventions to protect patients from injury and infection and to maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid balance, and normothermia. The role also includes patient and support-person education, advocacy, privacy protection, transfer and hand-off communication, accurate documentation, collaboration with other disciplines, and participation in quality improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and safety huddles. Other duties may be assigned. SCA Health describes its workforce as more than 15,000 professionals and its network as more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics, and numerous labs and surgical hospitals. Benefits listed include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off, and life and disability insurance.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience required.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Current BLS or BCLS certification, or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion of the 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 the course within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant discharge and transfer scoring criteria.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care, including preparation for and management of 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 and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports when transferring care.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications using the eight rights of safe medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and 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 designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards and consistent care across settings.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable 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, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other assigned duties.