What are the responsibilities and job description for the PACU RN position at Engage Partners Inc.?
FTE PACU RN
Stamford, CT
Shift: Four 10 hour shifts days and hours will vary
Licensing: CT RN License, BLS, ACLS, PALS
Orthopedics experience isn't required
What you’ll do:
Responsibilities/Duties:
- Admits, transfers, and discharges patients.
- Completes ongoing patient assessment and documents in the electronic medical record (EMR) according to the policy.
- Participates in developing patient care plans, including patient problems, goals, evaluations and interventions.
- Reports symptoms and significant changes in patient’s condition to the appropriate personnel.
- Assesses, collaborates, and coordinates patient’s discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with other members of the care team.
- Demonstrates appropriate applications of age specific standards, policies and procedures and guidelines in caring for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Show critical thinking skills based on patient assessment and the requirements to deliver care safely efficiently, maximizing positive outcomes for the patient.
- Provides accurate and timely documentation of patient care in the clinical record.
- Collaborates and works cooperatively with physicians and other members of the health care team.
- Participates in performance improvement activities, which include collecting and analyzing data to identify quantifiable measures to maintain quality and the promotion of desired outcomes.
- Pre-op/post-op are specific duties may include functions of teaching, risk management, and communication in the following manners:
- Reviews preoperative/postoperative physician orders to determine patient needs.
- Obtains and reviews patient medical history for accuracy upon admission.
- Reviews and assesses diagnostic data (or absence thereof) and collaborates with physicians and other health care workers to provide appropriate follow-up actions.
Who you are:
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with an associate degree or BSN degree.
- Current, unencumbered RN licensure in State of Connecticut.
- BLS, ACLS, PALS required.
- May be exposure to infectious diseases. Standing/walking for more than half of the day.
- Must be able to assist pushing/pulling/lifting patients ranging from five (5) to three hundred (300) pounds.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.