Registered Nurse SAU/PACU - Casual
About The Position
At Summit Orthopedics, we recognize the impact each member of the Summit Family has on one another and on our patients every day. Join a patient-first environment where our values — Better together, Own it, Nimble, Excellence, and Service — are lived down to our BONES. At Summit, team members feel respected, valued, and connected to meaningful work, contributing to a collaborative, community-centered culture built on mutual respect and enjoyment. The SAU (Surgical Admission Unit) / PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit) registered nurse provides skilled nursing assessment, plans and evaluates treatment, and administers appropriate nursing intervention to all patients admitted to the surgery center. The SAU/PACU registered nurse collects, interprets, documents, and communicates patient information in accordance with State and Federal guidelines, rules and regulations applicable to the facility setting. Join our team as a Casual SAU/PACU RN, supporting our five Surgery Centers located in Woodbury, Eagan, Vadnais Heights, Plymouth, and Minnetonka. In this role, your designated home base is our Plymouth Bass Lake Campus and will float to other locations as needed, providing exceptional patient care and teamwork across our network. This is a flexible, casual role—you’ll have the opportunity to pick up shifts based on your availability and department needs, with no set or guaranteed schedule.
Requirements
- Skilled nursing assessment
- Plans and evaluates treatment
- Administers appropriate nursing intervention to all patients admitted to the surgery center
- Collects, interprets, documents, and communicates patient information in accordance with State and Federal guidelines, rules and regulations applicable to the facility setting.
Responsibilities
- Collect, interpret, record and communicate pertinent data that are relevant to the providing and promoting a safe surgical patient outcome.
- Data in concurrently assessed for optimum patient care and planned discharge of the ambulatory surgical patient.
- Follows established guidelines for providing administration of safe nursing care
- Organizes equipment and monitoring devices needed to perform assessment
- Utilizes available resources in planning care; utilizes external resource staff as needed (physician’s assistants, MRI / radiology; anesthesia, surgeon preferences.
- Revises plan of care as needed to accommodate patient’s specific needs
- Communicates plan of care to other staff of the center as needed
- Provides direct care to patients, meeting their physiological and psychological needs
- Continuously evaluates the patient’s response to nursing and surgical interventions and modifies plan of care to accommodate change to achieve optimal patient outcomes
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- life insurance
- paid time off
- 401(k)/profit sharing retirement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
