What are the responsibilities and job description for the PACU RN position at USPI?
RN PACU Full Time
Summit Surgical is hiring a Full Time RN PACU
Welcome to Summit Surgical Center. At Summit Surgical Center, we believe health and care are inseparable. We focus on offering a high quality, service-oriented environment for your surgical procedure. Summit Surgical Center is a multispecialty center specializing in Orthopedics, Pain Management, Oculoplastic, and Podiatry. We have 7 Operating Rooms and growing case volume.
Job Summary:
- Under the direct supervision of the Pre-Op/PACU manager, the PACU nurse is responsible for implementing all physician orders, providing for the continuity and quality of nursing care for all patients, with continual evaluation of the patients'' condition, providing patient safety, comfort, and privacy at all time. At times, assist the physicians in the procedure rooms with various tasks, conscious sedation and utilizing sterile technique as deemed appropriate.
- Responsible for providing total comprehensive patient care to patients emerging from general anesthesia and/or sedation.
- Responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient and family in preparation for discharge.
Hourly Range: $46 to $66
Wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience.
What We Offer
As a valued member of USPI, your health and well‑being are important to us. We are proud to provide you and your dependents with valuable and significant benefits. USPI knows the value of well-rounded, balanced employees, which is why we offer a variety of additional benefits to help manage life’s daily stresses. USPI offers the following benefits, subject to employment status:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Paid time off (vacation & sick leave)
- 401k retirement plan
- Paid holidays
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance Program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of, our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
Required Skills:
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Currently licensed in the state CA
- Current BLS, ACLS
- Minimum of 2 years experience in PACU or ICU
SKILLS REQUIRED:
· Interdependent Partnering
o Good communication and human relations skills.
· Mastering Complexity
o Ability to organize and follow through on own initiative.
o Ability to master new skills.
· Technical/Functional
o Thorough knowledge of all phases of perioperative process including knowledge of surgical procedures and anesthesia implications.
o Current nursing assessment and patient care skills.
o Telemetry experience necessary
· Education
o Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
o Current license to practice nursing in the state.
o CPR certified. ACLS certification is required within 6 months of employment if not currently certified.
· Experience
o Critical Care or PACU experience preferred.
· Work environment
o Outpatient Surgery
· Physical demands (i.e. works on a computer, use of telephone, lifts up to 50 lbs.)
o Works on computer, uses telephone.
o Intermittent physical mobility/activity including walking, standing, sitting. Light lifting, pulling, and pushing of carts, equipment, etc. Must be able to bend body downward at the waist, be able to kneel.
The above statements reflect the general outline considered necessary to describe the principle functions of this job. It shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements of the position.
Salary : $46 - $66