RN-SAU/PACU

Fairview Health Services•Linwood Township, MN

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join their SAU/PACU team at M Health Fairview Lake's Hospital in Wyoming, MN. The Same Day Surgery nursing staff provides quality and compassionate care for patients before and after same-day surgery/procedure, as well as surgeries occurring before and during hospital admission. They offer emotional and educational support through preoperative phone calls, during the patient's stay, and with post-operative follow-up calls. The department experiences a rapid turnover of short-term patients, requiring staff with good assessment skills, a team-oriented approach, and adaptability to changing situations. This SAU/PACU nursing position involves working 60 hours every two weeks on rotating day/evening/night 10-hour shifts, with varying start times (6am, 7:30am, 10am). The schedule includes call shifts during the week (1-2 nights/month), on weekends (every 6th-8th weekend), and holidays. Hours of operation are 5:45am-8:30pm. Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit healthcare network, part of M Health Fairview, a partnership with the University of Minnesota and M Physicians. Their care portfolio includes community and academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, rehabilitation centers, home health care, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services. The organization has over 34,000 employees and 5,000 system providers.

Requirements

Current Minnesota RN License
2 years recent RN PACU or Critical Care experience (within the last three years).
BLS and ACLS
PALS within three months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
2 years recent RN PACU experience (within the last three years).

Responsibilities

Assess patients and patient condition according to Perioperative Policy and ASPAN Standards, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s) who are anticipating and recovering from procedure(s) and anesthesia.
Coordinate care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate.
Demonstrates ability to deliver care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.
Evaluates care, adapts interventions and prioritizes care based on patient assessment, uses resources to respond to emergency situations.
Provide ongoing Patient Education.
Cultivates a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking.
Perform these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedure, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act.