Registered Nurse - DSU/PACU/PAC

Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital•Grand Rapids, MN

About The Position

Grand Itasca is a nonprofit organization focused on transforming rural health care through quality, access, and value. The Registered Nurse in PACU/DSU/PAC provides clinically competent nursing care to surgical patients at Fairview Grand Itasca, using the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The position serves adult, geriatric, adolescent, and pediatric patients and supports safe, timely, accurate, and professional care across the continuum.

Requirements

Registration with the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
Current Same Day Surgery/PACU RN experience.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and maintenance of certification.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification and maintenance of certification.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, or ability to obtain it within three months of employment and maintain certification.
Ability to follow and adhere to Fairview Grand Itasca's mission, vision, values, and policies.
Reliable and consistent attendance.
If the listed qualifications are not met: at least two years of critical care nursing experience within the last three years, and at least one year of previous perianesthesia and Phase I or Phase II post-anesthesia nursing experience within the last five years.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Current Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA) or Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse (CPAN) certification.

Responsibilities

Provide quality patient care and promote patient safety throughout the continuum of care, advocating for patients and respecting advance directives and patient decisions.
Manage multiple patients and competing priorities effectively, using critical thinking, delegation, and respectful communication.
Complete assessments according to unit policy, drawing on medical history, therapeutic communication, and physical assessment.
Identify nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems and determine appropriate interventions within accepted standards of care.
Develop appropriate plans of care based on the individual needs of adult, geriatric, adolescent, and pediatric patients.
Document the continuum of care and maintain accurate, objective patient records.
Ensure the efficiency and accuracy of orders.
Organize workload effectively, assume patient-care responsibilities, and remain flexible as conditions change.
Use departmental equipment correctly and efficiently, including equipment and preparations required for department-specific procedures.
Perform nursing competencies including IV access, ECG interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring and interpretation, airway management, pain management, neurological assessment, fluid management, infection control, respiratory management, and sedation/analgesia assessment and monitoring.
Communicate professionally and collaborate with patients, families, coworkers, health care team members, and ancillary departments to coordinate patient-centered care.
Ensure plans of care align with nursing standards and hospital policies and procedures.
Participate in performance improvement activities.
Maintain knowledge of The Joint Commission standards and incorporate them into nursing practice.
Collaborate with and delegate to ancillary and professional staff as appropriate, ensuring adherence to their scopes of practice and considering licensure or certification.
Participate in professional growth and self-development activities and remain accountable for professional nursing practice.
Participate in staff meetings, committees, and projects, contributing to organizational quality and development.
Initiate and document discharge and transfer planning.
Take assigned PACU call on weeknights, holidays, and weekends in rotation with other nurses in DSU/PACU/PAC and DSU/PACU/DI.