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Pre Op/PACU Registered Nurse - FT

USPI
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/28/2026

RN PreOp/PACU 

Synergy Surgery Center is hiring a PreOp/PACU - Full Time

 

Synergy Surgery Center

Synergy Surgery Center of San Diego is a brand new outpatient surgery center in the Mission Valley area that specializes in Orthopedics.  The entire center is new construction with all new equipment and more than 20 different orthopedic surgeons.  The Center features 5 ORs and with spacious areas for both pre-op and PACU.  The PACU will have 3 suites for 23 hour stay if needed.  We look forward to building our brand new team of nurses, techs and business office personnel!

PreOp/PACU Registered Nurse at Center/Hospital Name

The PreOp/PACU Registered Nurse provides continuity and quality nursing care for all patients, with continual evaluation of the patient's condition, providing patient safety, comfort, and privacy at all times. May assist the physicians in the procedure rooms with various tasks, including conscious sedation, and utilizing sterile techniques as deemed appropriate. Will provide total comprehensive patient care to patients emerging from general anesthesia and/or sedation; assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient and family in preparation for discharge

 

Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited RN School of Nursing

  • Active RN license in the state

  • BLS and ACLS Required, PALS if required by the center

  • 2 years of experience in PACU or Critical Care preferred

  • Ability to make decisions based on nursing judgment

  • Able to prioritize and organize workload to meet the needs of patients and the unit

  • Strong communication skills, verbal and written

 

What We Offer

As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following, subject to employment status:

 

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage

  • Life and AD&D coverage

  • Availability of short- and long-term disability

  • Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs

  • 401(k) and access to retirement planning

  • Paid holidays and vacation

 Pay: 38.03 - 47.54

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:

Qualifications:

  • Current CA Nursing License
  • Current CPR, ACLS, and PALS
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
  • Minimum 2 year experience in a hospital setting
  • Ability to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, physicians, vendors and the public.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.
  • Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, openness, receptive to change, creativity and innovative.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to surgery procedures and management of the surgical patient
  • Understands principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
  • Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
  • Excellent teaching skills
  • Basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology

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