Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Newport Coast Surgical Institute

SCA Health•Newport Beach, CA

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About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for preoperative and post-anesthesia care at Newport Coast Surgical Institute. The RN assesses patients before and after procedures, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, supports recovery from different types of anesthesia, and evaluates patients’ progress toward care outcomes. The role includes patient education, medication administration, pain and comfort management, monitoring and maintaining patient systems and fluid balance, infection prevention, and protecting patients’ rights, dignity, and privacy. The RN coordinates care with patients, designated support people, and other disciplines; transfers care and provides accurate hand-off reports; documents nursing care; delegates tasks in accordance with applicable requirements; and participates in quality improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and safety huddles. The role also requires maintaining competencies, pursuing professional growth, complying with facility policies, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Complete BLS or BCLS within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.
Complete ACLS within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification.
Complete PALS within 90 days of employment, or provide documentation of current certification, when pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services.

Nice To Haves

One year of Pre-Op/PACU experience is preferred.
Candidates with at least two years of Emergency Department or Intensive Care Unit experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply the appropriate patient transfer or discharge scoring criteria.
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, or extraneous objects; communicate patient status throughout the perianesthesia continuum.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications using the eight rights of safe medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity and tissue perfusion, support patient systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance, promote normothermia, prevent infection, manage comorbidities, and administer prescribed fluids.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound management, and expected procedural responses.
Involve patients or designated support people in decisions about the perioperative plan of care and rehabilitation.
Provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards and protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice requirements and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review, performance improvement, and performance appraisal processes.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Comply with facility policies and procedures and participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.