Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Pool - Fellowship Surgery Center

SCA Health•Mount Laurel Township, NJ

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for PreOp and PACU care at Fellowship Surgery Center. 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 patient progress. The role includes safe medication administration, pain and comfort management, patient education, care coordination, accurate documentation, and protection of patients’ rights, privacy, and safety. The nurse also collaborates with other disciplines, participates in quality improvement and team activities, maintains required competencies, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Current BLS/BCLS certification or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess preoperative and postoperative patient status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply appropriate discharge or transfer 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, and extraneous objects.
Communicate patient status throughout the perianesthesia continuum and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications safely using the 8 rights of medication administration.
Perform interventions to maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia; protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected procedural responses.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
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.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable laws, nursing practice requirements, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review, performance improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and safety huddles.
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, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, and perform other duties as assigned.