RN-SAU/PACU

Fairview Health Services•Linwood Township, MN

4h•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 that occur before and during admission to the hospital. They offer emotional and educational support through preoperative phone calls, during the patient's stay, and with post-operative follow-up calls. Due to a rapid turnover of short-term patients, staff must possess good assessment skills, a desire to work as a team, and the ability to adapt to changing situations. This SAU/PACU nursing position involves working 48 hours every two weeks on rotating day/evening/night 8-hour shifts, with start times varying between 6 am, 7:30 am, and 10 am. The schedule requires call shifts during the week (1-2 weeknights/month), on weekends (every 6th-8th weekend), and holidays. The department's hours of operation are 5:45 am-8:30 pm. Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit healthcare network, part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. Together, they combine clinical innovation and training with community medicine. Their care portfolio includes community and academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services. Fairview employs 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), including but not limited to Intensive Care Unit experience
BLS and ACLS certification
PALS certification 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.