Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Mid-Bronx Endoscopy Center

SCA Health•New York, NY

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for the Mid-Bronx Endoscopy Center. The RN provides preoperative and postoperative nursing care, assessing patients throughout the perianesthesia continuum and developing and implementing individualized plans of care. The role includes monitoring and supporting patients recovering from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia; managing pain, medications, fluids, comorbidities, and other clinical needs; educating patients and support people; and protecting patients’ safety, dignity, rights, and privacy. The RN evaluates patient progress, transfers care when needed, provides accurate hand-off reports, documents care, delegates tasks within applicable requirements, and collaborates with other disciplines and teammates. The position also participates in quality improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and safety huddles, maintains required competencies, and pursues professional growth. The posted pay range is USD $45.00 to $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 in good standing to practice.
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 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 needs.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply relevant patient-transfer and discharge scoring systems according to 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 related to 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 using the eight rights of medication administration.
Perform interventions to maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system status, 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 management, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or designated support people in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patient rights, dignity, and privacy, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Provide consistent and comparable care regardless of setting.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice acts, regulations, laws, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines as needed.
Participate in quality review, performance improvement projects, and the performance appraisal process.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
Comply with facility policies and procedures.
Participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.