Registered Nurse (RN) | PACU

Avera • Mitchell, SD

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) delivers nursing care by assessing patients, developing nursing diagnoses and care plans, establishing care objectives and interventions, and reassessing care as conditions change. The role provides physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families, and teaches them about conditions, medications, and self-care. The nurse coordinates care with physicians and other healthcare providers, documents services, and helps maintain a safe, well-equipped patient care environment.

The schedule is primarily days, starting at 8:00 a.m. with a varied end time, and includes 72 hours of call every two weeks. Call is typically one to two days per week and every fourth weekend, with night, weekend, and holiday call involvement. The position is at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
• Ability to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and effective communication and hearing abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work effectively in a team environment.
• Commitment to applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.

Nice To Haves

• 1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Review physician prescriptions and provide patient care in coordination with the healthcare team.
• Communicate nursing care plans and relevant patient information to other healthcare team members; coordinate with providers and confer with physicians.
• Obtain medical histories, examine patients, document physical condition and psychological status, consider social factors, and develop nursing diagnoses and care plans.
• Set patient care objectives and define nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends.
• Teach patients and their families about care goals, health conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
• Evaluate care against therapeutic standards and patient outcomes; review records, identify changes in condition or needs, reassess objectives, and modify care plans.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy care environment by following infection-control, medication, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements and alerting others to potential concerns.
• Document patient care in patient and department records.
• Maintain patient care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
• Maintain patient care supplies by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting items, verifying receipt, and stocking supplies.
• Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
• Work the specified hours, including scheduled call involvement.

Benefits

• May be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus.
• May be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, with an additional monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000.
• PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed