Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Emerald Coast Surgery Center

SCA Health•Fort Walton Beach, FL

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Emerald Coast Surgery Center. The RN provides perianesthesia care by assessing patients before and after procedures, developing and implementing individualized plans of care, monitoring recovery from anesthesia, and evaluating progress toward expected outcomes. The role includes supporting patient safety, comfort, education, privacy, and rights throughout the perioperative continuum of care. The nurse collaborates with other disciplines and teammates, transfers care when needed, documents care, participates in quality improvement and team activities, maintains required competencies, and complies with facility policies and professional standards. The listed pay is USD $35.00 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 BLS/BCLS 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, and hemodynamic status, airway management needs, pain and comfort needs, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply relevant patient transfer and discharge scoring criteria, such as Aldrete, Modified Aldrete/PARSAP, PADSS, or White score, according to organizational policy.
Develop individualized perianesthesia plans of care and implement appropriate interventions for 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 and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, patient-system status, fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and normothermia through appropriate interventions.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and fluids as prescribed.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected procedural 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.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing 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 appraisals, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other duties as assigned.