Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Memorial Care Surgery Center Saddleback

SCA Health•Laguna Hills, CA

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About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for PreOp and PACU care at Memorial Care Surgery Center Saddleback. The RN assesses patients before and after procedures, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, monitors recovery, manages pain and medications, and supports safe transitions of care. The role includes patient and support-person education, advocacy, documentation, collaboration with the care team, and participation in quality, safety, and professional-development activities. The position promotes SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values and requires compliance with facility policies and applicable nursing practice standards.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience required.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Current BLS/BCLS certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
When 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 Health.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental-status needs.
Interpret information accurately from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply appropriate patient-transfer and discharge scoring criteria in accordance with organizational policy.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care, including preparing for and managing 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 of care and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications safely using the 8 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 and comfort, wound care, 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 standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Delegate tasks according to applicable nursing practice 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 appraisals, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, and demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
Comply with facility policies and procedures and perform other duties as assigned.