Registered Nurse Post Anesthesia

Intermountain Health

5d • $35 - $53 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver accountable for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. The staff RN uses the nursing process, technology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practice, and coordination with other health team members. In this post-anesthesia role, the RN monitors and cares for patients recovering from anesthesia, applying critical thinking and clinical expertise to support safe recovery and patient outcomes.

The role includes cross-training in Pre-Op and Post-Op. Scheduling primarily involves day and evening shifts, most often Monday through Friday, with shifts ranging from 9 to 12 hours and typically extending into the evening. Some night and weekend work is required. Scheduling follows a repeating Week A/Week B template that is reevaluated every 8 weeks, and flexibility is required. The position also includes three on-call shifts per 8-week cycle and rotating assignments for one major winter and one major summer holiday.

This position is based at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, and is scheduled for 36 hours per week. The hourly range is $35.22–$53.29, with the actual rate dependent on experience. Intermountain describes its benefits package as supporting caregivers’ well-being across health, security, connection, and engagement.

The RN performs appropriate physical, social, and psychological assessments; develops individualized plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members; coordinates and provides or delegates care consistent with the plan and professional licensure; and evaluates responses to interventions and revises care as needed. The RN also promotes the nursing profession and the development of others, follows legal, ethical, and regulatory standards, practices within licensure, and maintains accurate and timely documentation.

The role requires the ability to read and interpret patient and equipment information, communicate and hear effectively, use hands and fingers with precision, operate equipment and computers, transfer and transport patients, handle supplies and equipment, walk, push and pull equipment, and potentially stand for extended periods. Driving-related physical requirements apply only to roles that require driving.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice; valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of employment start.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution; the degree will be verified.
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain a BSN within four years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
• Flexibility to work the department’s changing Week A/Week B schedule, including some night and weekend shifts.
• Ability to fulfill the stated physical requirements, including patient transfers and handling or transporting supplies and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate.
• Seek and evaluate information from patients, families, physicians, nursing and non-nursing disciplines, support staff, and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Collaboratively develop individualized plans of care using assessment information and critical thinking, and involve patients, families, team members, and physicians, including in education planning.
• Plan and prepare patients for support needs after the current episode of care, including teaching, referrals, and follow-up.
• Direct interdisciplinary care through delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate.
• Provide or delegate care consistent with the plan of care, guidelines of care, and professional licensure provisions.
• Prioritize, coordinate, and organize patient care delivery while managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluate patient responses to interventions by reviewing goals, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction; revise and reassess the plan of care as indicated.
• Monitor and care for patients recovering from anesthesia.
• Promote the nursing profession and participate in the development of others.
• Integrate legal and ethical standards into practice, comply with regulatory standards, work within licensure scope, and provide accurate and timely documentation.
• Cross-train in Pre-Op and Post-Op.
• Participate in the required on-call schedule and rotating major holiday assignments.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package covering programs intended to support well-being, health, security, connection, and engagement.
• Continuing education opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level