Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Wellness Ambulatory Surgery Center

SCA Health•McKinney, TX

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for PreOp and PACU care at Wellness Ambulatory Surgery Center. The role provides individualized perianesthesia care across preoperative and postoperative recovery, supporting patients before and after procedures and collaborating with physicians and other care-team members. The nurse assesses patients, implements and evaluates plans of care, communicates patient status, documents care, and advocates for patient rights, privacy, and safety. The position also includes participation in quality improvement, team activities, competency maintenance, and professional growth.

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 to practice.
Current BLS/BCLS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant discharge and transfer scoring criteria.
Develop, implement, and evaluate 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 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, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia; protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain, wounds, and expected procedural responses.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal practice standards.
Transfer care as needed and delegate tasks according to applicable 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 appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Comply with facility policies and procedures and demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
Perform other duties as assigned.