Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Part-Time - Kalamazoo Endo Center

SCA Health•Portage, MI

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About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a part-time Registered Nurse for PreOp and PACU care at Kalamazoo Endo Center. The RN assesses patients before and after procedures, develops and implements individualized perianesthesia plans of care, monitors recovery from different forms of anesthesia, and evaluates progress toward expected outcomes. The role includes patient education and advocacy, safe medication administration, documentation, handoffs, care coordination, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. The RN also participates in quality improvement, safety activities, performance appraisal, and professional development, while following facility policies and applicable practice standards.

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.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status, including cardiovascular and respiratory function, airway needs, neurological status, hemodynamic stability, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply applicable patient-transfer and discharge scoring criteria.
Develop individualized perianesthesia plans of care and implement interventions to support 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 of care and provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia; prevent infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
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 about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and give accurate, concise, pertinent handoff reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable 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, training, 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, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, and perform other assigned duties.