Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - InSight Surgery Center

SCA Health•Lone Tree, CO

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for preoperative and post-anesthesia care at InSight Surgery Center. The nurse assesses patients before and after procedures, monitors their clinical status, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, and evaluates progress toward expected outcomes. Care includes supporting recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia; managing pain, medications, fluids, comorbidities, and other clinical needs; protecting patients from injury and infection; and providing education to patients or their designated support people. The nurse also coordinates and transfers care, provides accurate hand-off reports, documents care, delegates tasks appropriately, collaborates with other disciplines, and participates in quality improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and safety huddles. The role includes advocating for patients, protecting their rights and privacy, maintaining required competencies, pursuing professional growth, following facility policies, and demonstrating fiscal responsibility. Compensation is USD $45.00 to $49.00 per hour.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure in good standing to practice.
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 patients’ preoperative and postoperative status, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status needs.
Interpret information from invasive and noninvasive monitors.
Apply the appropriate patient transfer and discharge scoring criteria in accordance with organizational policy.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care.
Prepare for and manage patient 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 and administer medications safely using the 8 rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system status, 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 responses to procedures.
Involve patients or their 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 and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice requirements, laws, 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 appraisals, team meetings, trainings, and daily 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 and demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
Perform other duties as assigned.