Pacu RN

Job Summary:
Specialty Orthopedic Group is seeking a skilled and compassionate PACU RN to join our Surgery Center team. This position provides nursing care to patients recovering from surgery, ensuring a smooth and safe transition from the operating room to recovery.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assess, monitor, and evaluate patients recovering from anesthesia in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), ensuring optimal recovery and detecting complications early.

• Communicate effectively with patients and their families, providing reassurance, education on recovery, and instructions for post-surgical care.

• Administer prescribed medications and manage intravenous lines, ensuring proper dosage, monitoring for reactions, and adjusting treatments as necessary.

• Monitor vital signs, oxygenation, and other critical parameters to detect deviations from expected recovery outcomes, intervening as needed to stabilize patients.

• Provide direct care based on physician orders, including interventions to manage pain, nausea, or any post-surgical complications.

• Coordinate with anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other healthcare team members to communicate patient status and recovery progress.

• Document patient conditions, treatments, and responses accurately and in compliance with facility protocols.

• Educate patients on post-operative care, including pain management, signs of complications, and instructions for discharge.

• Ensure a smooth and safe discharge process by confirming that patients meet discharge criteria and by providing detailed post-operative instructions to patients and families.

• Uphold patient privacy and HIPAA standards during all patient interactions, ensuring the security of PHI and ePHI.

Job Qualifications:

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year accredited School of Nursing or Baccalaureate degree (B.S.) from four-year accredited School of Nursing.
• Current license from State Board of Nursing.
• BLS/ACLS/PALS preferred, required within 60 days of hire.
• Advanced knowledge in critical thinking, and applied critical care nursing practice.
• Specific knowledge, skill and abilities in aseptic techniques, use and application of surgical instrumentation and specialty surgical equipment & supplies.

Job Type: Full-time