RN PreOp PACU II - North Jersey ASC Associates

SCA Health•Clifton, NJ

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About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU to provide perianesthesia care. The nurse assesses patients before and after procedures, develops and implements individualized plans of care, monitors recovery from different types of anesthesia, manages pain and other clinical needs, and evaluates patient progress. The role also includes educating patients and support persons, protecting patient rights and privacy, coordinating and transferring care, documenting nursing care, collaborating with other disciplines, and contributing to quality and performance improvement. The nurse is expected to follow facility policies, maintain required competencies, participate in team activities, and perform other duties as assigned. SCA Health is part of Optum and supports a network of ambulatory surgical centers, specialty physician practice clinics, labs, and surgical hospitals. The organization emphasizes clinical quality, integrity, service excellence, teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and inclusion.

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.
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.
When 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 intervals specified by facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status needs.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply appropriate patient transfer and discharge scoring systems and criteria 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 patient status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, and patient systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
Help ensure patients return to normothermia after the immediate postoperative period and protect them from infection.
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 their designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and health information, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable practice acts, regulations, laws, and job descriptions.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality reviews 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 work relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other duties as assigned.