RN SAU/PACU

Fairview Health Services • Linwood Township, MN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our SAU/PACU team at our M Health Fairview Lake's Hospital in Wyoming, MN!
Our 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. We provide emotional & educational support with preoperative phone calls, during their stay with us and post-operative follow-up phone calls. Because our department has a rapid turnover of short-term patients, our staff must have good assessment skills, the desire to work as a team and the ability to adapt to changing situations.
Schedule: This SAU/PACU nursing position will be working 60 hours every two weeks on the evening shift, 10 hour shifts. Schedule requires call shifts during the week (1-2 week nights/month), on weekends (every 6th-8th weekend) and holidays. (Hours of operation 5:45-8:30pm)
About Fairview:
Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.
Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!
As a Registered Nurse in Perioperative Services, you will be responsible for:
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.
The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedure, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act.

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.
• The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedure, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act.

Benefits

• Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more!
• Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/lakesrn

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees