Registered Nurse, PACU, Full-Time, Weekend, Baptist South

Baptist Health System, Inc.•South - Main Building, SC

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Baptist Health is hiring a Registered Nurse to join our Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) team at Baptist South in Jacksonville, FL. This is a full-time Weekend Day shift opportunity. Scheduled shift 7:00am-7:00pm. The weekday shift can be flexible. This position does not require call coverage, except for holiday call. The PACU team provides critical post-operative care, ensuring safe recovery from anesthesia. This role is ideal for nurses with strong assessment skills and experience in surgical or critical care settings. Baptist Health is recognized as a top place to work in health care and cares for more patients in Northeast Florida than any other provider, ranking as “most preferred” for more than 30 years. We’re Jacksonville's only locally governed, faith-based, not-for-profit health system and provide a full spectrum of preventive and specialty care through 200+ locations and six hospitals. Our centers of excellence include Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute and Wolfson Children's Hospital. Baptist Health’s care for the community spans generations. Together, we’re the largest group of people in Northeast Florida focused on innovative health care for patients, improving the health equity of our neighbors, and creating a welcoming workplace for team members where everyone’s voice is heard.

Requirements

2–3 years Surgical Services Experience (required)
2–3 years Critical Care Nursing Experience (required)
Associate of Science in Nursing (required)
Licensed Registered Nurse (required)
Basic Life Support (BLS) (required)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (preferred)
CCRN or CNOR (preferred)

Responsibilities

Monitor patients recovering from anesthesia
Assess and manage pain, nausea, and post-op complications
Administer medications as prescribed
Monitor vital signs and patient status
Educate patients and families on recovery care
Coordinate care with surgical and ancillary teams
Maintain accurate documentation
Provides for patient needs as recognized through use of the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation) and the mission statement; organization; supervision of care provided by supportive personnel and coordination of care provided by ancillary services
Including patients and significant others (SO)/families in developing an individualized plan of care
Education of patients/SO/families to their disease process and plan of care
Serves as patient advocate and responsible for providing care to critical patients that require a higher acuity of care.