Registered Nurse - Pre-Op/PACU - RN

Mayo Clinic • Jacksonville, FL

4d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) coordinates nursing care, including direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care. The RN supports professional nursing practice across settings and throughout the continuum of care, using the Mayo Nursing Care Model to plan, implement, evaluate, and communicate all phases of care for assigned patients. Practice is based on the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.

The RN provides leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership, and quality improvement efforts. The RN delegates care based on skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and available resources. The position may also involve committee or project participation, mentoring, and teaching.

Pre-Op/PACU nurses care for patients before and immediately after surgery; they do not perform surgery. Care includes Pre-Op, Phase 1 PACU, and Phase 2 PACU. Nurses assess and address pre-operative issues, start and monitor IVs, administer pre-operative medications, and explain pre-operative instructions, patient rights, and procedures. In PACU, nurses care for patients recovering from general, regional, and local anesthesia. The department is a fast-paced unit that uses critical care nursing concepts, with stated nurse-to-patient ratios of 1:3 in Pre-Op, 1:2 in Phase 1 PACU, and 1:3 in Phase 2 PACU.

Applicants new to Mayo Clinic or the Pre-Op/PACU team must be available to orient Monday through Friday during the first week and 3–4 days per week for the following 4–5 weeks. Applicants must live within a reasonable driving distance of campus to meet the 45-minute on-call requirement. This role is eligible for TN sponsorship; successful sponsorship requires state licensure and completion of VisaScreen or equivalent certification.

Requirements

• Graduate of a nursing program.
• Current RN license in accordance with applicable state requirements.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers certification upon hire and maintained thereafter from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) for Health Care Providers certification from the American Heart Association upon hire and maintained thereafter.
• Additional state licensure and/or specialty certification or training as required by the work area.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Computer skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, potentially including days, evenings, nights, holidays, weekends, and on-call.
• Ability to adapt to unpredictable situations in the work setting.
• Demonstrated leadership, effective communication, and excellent critical thinking skills.
• Must live within a reasonable driving distance of campus to meet the 45-minute on-call requirement.
• For associate degree or diploma RNs hired into the Department of Nursing with an RN start date after April 1, 2020, documented completion of a baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited program is required within five years from the last day of the month of the RN start date.
• For entry-level associate degree RNs with an RN start date before April 1, 2020, documented completion of a baccalaureate nursing degree is required as stipulated by the degree requirement program in place at hire.

Nice To Haves

• A baccalaureate nursing degree is preferred.
• One year or more of RN experience in an applicable care setting (Acute Care, Progressive Care, Emergency, or Critical Care), or at least one year of LPN experience at Mayo Clinic, is preferred.
• Prior experience with electronic medical record systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing care, including direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care.
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and communicate all phases of nursing care for assigned patients.
• Provide leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts.
• Delegate patient care according to staff skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and resource availability.
• Assess patients and quickly identify and resolve pre-operative issues.
• Start and monitor IVs and administer pre-operative medications.
• Provide pre-operative instruction and explain patient rights and procedures.
• Provide post-operative care to patients recovering from general, regional, and local anesthesia in PACU.
• Mentor and teach, and potentially participate in committees or projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree