Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Charlotte Surgery Center Wendover Campus

SCA Health•Charlotte, NC

15d

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU to provide perianesthesia care at the Charlotte Surgery Center Wendover Campus. The RN assesses patients before and after procedures, develops and implements individualized plans of care, monitors patient status and response to care, and supports safe recovery from anesthesia. The role includes medication administration, pain and comfort management, patient and support-person education, patient advocacy, accurate documentation, and coordination and handoffs with the care team. The nurse also participates in quality improvement, team activities, competency maintenance, and professional growth, while complying with facility policies and applicable standards of nursing practice.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
At least one year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure in good standing to practice.
Current BLS/BCLS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
When pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information accurately from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply relevant patient-transfer and discharge scoring systems as defined by organizational policy.
Develop individualized perianesthesia plans of care and implement appropriate interventions.
Prepare for and manage patient recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
Communicate patients’ status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care.
Provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely and correctly using the 8 rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia at or above baseline as appropriate.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education on expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected procedure responses.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, pertinent handoff reports to teammates.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines as needed.
Participate in quality review, performance improvement projects, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and comply with facility policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.