Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Part-Time - The Endoscopy Center at Bainbridge

SCA Health•Chagrin Falls, OH

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About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a part-time Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for The Endoscopy Center at Bainbridge. The nurse supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values while providing individualized preoperative and postoperative perianesthesia care. Care includes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation across the perianesthesia continuum, with attention to patient safety, comfort, education, rights, privacy, and confidentiality. The role also includes documentation, handoffs, teamwork, quality improvement, professional development, and compliance with facility policies and procedures.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience required.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure in good standing to practice.
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.

Nice To Haves

PALS certification or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment is required when pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at intervals according to facility or organizational policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and describe relevant disease processes and physiology associated with anesthesia and procedures.
Apply the organization’s relevant scoring systems and discharge criteria for patient transfer, such as Aldrete, Modified Aldrete/PARSAP, PADSS, or White score.
Develop and implement an individualized perianesthesia plan 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 the patient’s current status throughout the perianesthesia continuum and provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Perform interventions to maintain wound integrity and tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and acid-base balance at or above baseline levels.
Promote normothermia, protect patients from infection, manage comorbid conditions, and administer fluids as prescribed.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound management, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or designated support persons 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 consistent care across settings.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and give accurate, concise, pertinent handoff 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, participate in quality review and performance improvement, and take part in performance appraisal.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work 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.