Registered Nurse - PACU occasional 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM variations — no weekends, no holidays, no call
Minimum 1 year of RN experience (perioperative/PACU experience preferred) Current BLS required; ACL...
Registered Nurse - PACU occasional 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM variations — no weekends, no holidays, no call
Minimum 1 year of RN experience (perioperative/PACU experience preferred) Current BLS required; ACLS and PALS preferred Experience with Phase I PACU and Phase II recovery, monitored anesthesia care (MAC), and procedural/conscious sedation Comfortable with EHR charting (Epic preferred) and accurate documentation Ability to float to main PACU and work collaboratively in a fast-paced acute care setting First-time travel nurses welcome
Knowledge & Skills • Perioperative nursing and PACU best practices • Post-anesthesia patient assessment and vital signs monitoring • Pain assessment and management, including use of opioid and non-opioid strategies • Familiarity with general, local, MAC, and neuraxial anesthesia care and nerve blocks • Medication administration, reconciliation, and reversal agent knowledge • Obtain and interpret 12-lead EKG/ECG and basic lab values • RASS scoring, malignant hyperthermia protocol, insulin and hypo/hyperglycemia protocols • Isolation precautions/PPE and safe infection control practices • Comfort with a range of surgical case types (ENT, general, gyn, ortho, ophthalmology, urology, vascular, plastics, podiatry)