Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Walnut Hill Surgery Center

SCA Health•Dallas, TX

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for preoperative and post-anesthesia care at Walnut Hill Surgery Center. The RN assesses and cares for patients throughout the perianesthesia continuum, develops and implements individualized plans of care, monitors recovery, communicates patient status, and supports safe transfer and discharge. The role includes patient and support-person education, advocacy, documentation, collaboration with the care team, and participation in quality, safety, and professional development activities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
At least one year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure 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.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant discharge and transfer scoring criteria.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care for patients recovering from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury, infection, and harm related to positioning, thermal sources, or extraneous objects; maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, normothermia, and body-system function.
Communicate patient status throughout care, provide acute pain and comfort management, administer medications safely, manage fluids and comorbid conditions, and transfer care as needed.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wounds, and recovery from procedures.
Involve patients or designated support persons in care and rehabilitation decisions; protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care.
Evaluate progress toward outcomes and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and job descriptions; document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review, performance improvement, appraisals, team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills, maintain competencies, pursue professional growth, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies, and perform other assigned duties.