RN PACU (FT) - Denver Surgery Center - Bonita Springs, FL - PACU - Post Anesthetic Care
Company: Surgical Care Affiliates
Location: Bonita Springs
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
RN PACU (FT) - Denver Surgery Center - Bonita Springs, FL
Overview
Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is transforming specialty care in
our communities. We relentlessly create value by aligning
physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal:
delivering exceptional care and healing to our patients and
communities we serve. We are driven to achieve the quadruple aim in
health care: high quality outcomes and a better experience for
patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care. As a
national leader in surgical care, SCA's 11,000 teammates operate
more than 260 surgical facilities that serve over 1 million
patients per year. For more information on SCA, visit .--Why join
SCA? Consider the following fantastic benefits---
- Positive work culture
- Career growth opportunities
- Comprehensive medical, vision and dental insurance - eligible
on Day 1 of employment
- Paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
- Maternity/paternity/adoption benefits
- Employer-paid life and short- and long-term disability
insurance
- Excellent 401(k) Plan
Accountabilities / Responsibilities
As a representative of Surgical Care Affiliates, all comments,
attitudes, actions, and behaviors have a direct--impact--on the
Facility's--success. Interaction with patients, families,
physicians, referral sources, affiliated--schools, visitors,
volunteers, co-workers, supervisors, vendors, etc. must be in a
manner that is friendly, supportive, courteous, respectful,
cooperative, and professional. This behavior should promote an
atmosphere of teamwork,--a culture--of--safety, and--in accordance
with SCA Core Values.------This is a Night Shift
position.----Primary Responsibilities:--
- Promote--the mission, vision, and values of--SCA.--
- Assess--patient status throughout the episode of care--
- Interpret--information--accurately--from various noninvasive
and invasive monitors.--
- Describe the--underlying pathophysiology of commonly
encountered disease processes.--
- Describe the physiology associated with various anesthesia
techniques and surgical or procedural interventions.--
- Apply the relevant scoring system/discharge criteria for
patient transfer (eg,--Aldrete Score, Modified Aldrete Score [ie,
PARSAP], Post Anesthesia Discharge Scoring System [PADSS],
White)--score accurately as defined by organizational
policy.--Develop an individualized--perianesthesia--plan of
care--by implementing:--
- Managing patient recovery from anesthesia ---general.--
- Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - monitored
anesthesia--care.--
- Managing patient--recovery from--anesthesia ---regional.--
- Managing patient recovery from anesthesia ---local.--
- Protecting patient from injury caused--by extraneous objects
and chemical, electrical mechanical and thermal sources.--
- Demonstrating safe operation of equipment and machinery and
follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe
situation.--
- Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patient
advocate.--
- Handling all specimens according to facility policy and
procedures.--
- Adhering to standard precautions including the use of personal
protective equipment.--
- Communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties
throughout the continuum of care.--
- Providing--acute pain and comfort management as--needed.--
- Administering medications--safely and--correctly
by--using--the--8-rights of safe
medication--administration.----
- Performing interventions to maintain the integrity of the
patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline
levels.--
- Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or
returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate
postoperative period.--
- Providing nursing and appropriate monitoring in accordance with
policies and procedures.--
- Performing interventions to protect patient
from--infection.--
- Managing patient's other co-morbid conditions
as--applicable.--
- Managing patient's fluid as--prescribed.--
- Assessing knowledge level of patient or designated support
person--
- Providing--education regarding the expected psychosocial
response, nutritional management, medication management, pain and
comfort management, wound management, and expected responses to the
operative or invasive procedure;--
- Involving patient or designated support person actively in
decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the
rehabilitation process.--
- Protecting patient's rights, dignity, and privacy.--
- Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care
within legal standards of practice;----
- Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation
and time-out policy.--
- Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining
outcomes.--
- Transfer care as needed.----
- Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate,
concise and pertinent to the patient's condition and response to
care.----
- Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if
applicable), state board of nursing or professional registration
requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.----
- Document--episode of--care completely, accurately, and
legibly.--
- Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills
with members of the perioperative team and other
stakeholders--
- Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning
perioperative patient care.--
- Participate in quality review and performance improvement
projects.--
- Participate in the performance appraisal process.--
- Use--problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster
effective work relationships with team members.--
- Maintain required competencies.--
- Pursue professional growth.--
- Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and
confidentiality of individuals and health information.--
- Comply--with all--SCA and--facility policies and procedures
when providing patient care.--
- Actively participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily
safety huddles.--
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility.--
- Perform all other duties as assigned.----Working
Conditions/Physical Requirements:----
- Physically demanding, high-stress environment--
- Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases,
chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions--
- Pushing and pulling heavy objects----
- Full range of body motion including handling and lifting
patients--and--equipment--
- Manual and finger dexterity----
- Hand eye coordination--
- Standing and walking for extensive periods of time----
- Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50--lbs--
- Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range--
- Working irregular hours----
Qualifications
Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.--One year
of--PACU--experience preferred.--Current state licensure to
practice within good standings.----Successful completion of Basic
Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90
days of employment or documentation of current BLS/BCLS
certification.--Successful completion of Advanced Cardiovascular
Life Support (ACLS) Course within 90 days of employment or
documentation of current ACLS certification.----Successful
completion of Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)--course
is--required--when pediatric care is included in the facility scope
services--within 90 days of employment or documentation of current
PALS certification.----Specialty certification in Perioperative
Nursing--or--Perianesthesia--is preferred.----
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