Registered Nurse (RN) PACU
About The Position
Signature Healthcare’s Brockton Hospital is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in Brockton, Massachusetts. The hospital describes itself as a recently renovated, modern healthcare facility focused on patient care and safety. The posting does not specify the employment type or shift; the placeholders in those fields have not been completed. The Registered Nurse provides care to assigned patients, assesses patient health data, determines nursing diagnoses, identifies expected outcomes, and develops and implements plans of care. The nurse evaluates and documents patient progress, safely administers medications and intravenous solutions, and reports significant changes in patient condition to physicians. The role also includes educating and counseling patients and families, supporting them through illness and end-of-life stress, collaborating with the care team, maintaining current professional knowledge, evaluating care quality, and using clinical inquiry and resources responsibly. Signature Healthcare is a not-for-profit, community-based healthcare system serving Southeastern Massachusetts. The organization describes its workplace as inclusive and supportive, with opportunities for employees to grow and develop their careers.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Current American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers completion.
Nice To Haves
- Meditech experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collect relevant patient health data, including age-specific data pertinent to the specialty area.
- Analyze assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Identify individualized expected outcomes for patients.
- Develop and implement plans of care prescribing interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Evaluate and document patient progress toward expected outcomes in the medical record.
- Provide nursing care to assigned patients.
- Safely administer prescribed medications and intravenous solutions.
- Report significant changes in a patient's condition to a physician.
- Counsel and educate patients and their families, including them in the overall plan of care.
- Help patients and families cope with stress accompanying illness, offering solace and support to dying patients.
- Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Apply current professional practice standards, laws, regulations, and changes in healthcare delivery in daily practice.
- Acquire and maintain current knowledge and competency in patient care.
- Interact with and contribute to the professional development of peers and other healthcare providers.
- Make decisions and take actions on behalf of patients in an ethical manner.
- Collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare providers to provide care in a healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Use clinical inquiry in practice.
- Consider safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning and delivering patient care.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Life and disability benefits.
- Retirement Savings Plan.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Voluntary benefits, including accident, home and auto, and pet coverage.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- PTO and paid holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
