Pre-op/PACU Registered Nurse
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse to join our orthopedic ambulatory surgery center team. The ideal candidate has a strong background in preoperative assessment, post-anesthesia recovery, and the care of orthopedic surgery patients. This nurse is skilled at recognizing changes in patient condition, providing compassionate, patient-centered care, and ensuring a safe, efficient surgical experience from admission through discharge. The successful candidate will have experience caring for patients undergoing total joint replacement, sports medicine, spine, hand, foot and ankle, and other orthopedic procedures. They will excel in patient education, pain management, discharge planning, and collaboration with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and the perioperative team. A commitment to clinical excellence, teamwork, and exceptional patient outcomes is essential.
Requirements
- Experienced Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse
- Strong background in preoperative assessment
- Strong background in post-anesthesia recovery
- Experience in the care of orthopedic surgery patients
- Skilled at recognizing changes in patient condition
- Skilled at providing compassionate, patient-centered care
- Skilled at ensuring a safe, efficient surgical experience from admission through discharge
- Experience caring for patients undergoing total joint replacement, sports medicine, spine, hand, foot and ankle, and other orthopedic procedures
- Excel in patient education
- Excel in pain management
- Excel in discharge planning
- Excel in collaboration with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and the perioperative team
- Commitment to clinical excellence
- Commitment to teamwork
- Commitment to exceptional patient outcomes
Responsibilities
- Preoperative assessment
- Post-anesthesia recovery
- Care of orthopedic surgery patients
- Recognizing changes in patient condition
- Providing compassionate, patient-centered care
- Ensuring a safe, efficient surgical experience from admission through discharge
- Caring for patients undergoing total joint replacement, sports medicine, spine, hand, foot and ankle, and other orthopedic procedures
- Patient education
- Pain management
- Discharge planning
- Collaboration with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and the perioperative team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
