Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Memorial Care OPSC Long Beach

SCA Health•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for PreOp and PACU care at Memorial Care OPSC Long Beach. The role supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values while providing individualized perianesthesia care throughout the preoperative and postoperative continuum. The nurse assesses patients at intervals specified by facility policies, develops and implements plans of care, evaluates progress toward outcomes, and transfers care as needed. Care includes patient recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia; pain and comfort management; medication administration; patient education; infection prevention; and protection of patients’ rights, dignity, and privacy. The nurse documents care, communicates and collaborates with teammates and other disciplines, participates in quality improvement and safety activities, maintains competencies, and performs other duties as assigned.

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 preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply applicable patient-transfer and discharge scoring criteria.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care, including preparation for and management of recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects; maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, normothermia, and protection from infection.
Manage pain and comfort, medications, fluids, comorbid conditions, and relevant body systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected procedural responses.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions affecting the perioperative plan of care and rehabilitation process.
Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports to teammates.
Delegate tasks in accordance with 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 appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Comply with facility policies and procedures, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, and perform other duties as assigned.