Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Surgicare of Mobile

SCA Health•Mobile, AL

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for PreOp and PACU care at Surgicare of Mobile. The nurse supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values while providing individualized perianesthesia care and promoting safe recovery from procedures and anesthesia. The role includes assessing patients before and after procedures, interpreting monitor information, implementing and evaluating plans of care, educating patients and support persons, and coordinating care with the clinical team.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience required.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Current BLS/BCLS certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion of the ACLS 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 PALS course within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at intervals required by facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information accurately from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply relevant patient-transfer and discharge scoring systems and criteria in accordance with organizational policy.
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 patients’ status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care.
Provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely and correctly using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
Perform interventions to maintain patient body systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
Help ensure patients are or return to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids as applicable.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and expected responses to procedures.
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.
Provide consistent and comparable care regardless of setting.
Evaluate patient progress toward desired outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Give teammates accurate, concise, and pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines as needed.
Participate in quality review, performance improvement projects, performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Act as a patient advocate and comply with facility policies and procedures.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.