Ambulatory Surgery Nurse

Woodland Healthcare; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital in Woodland, CA, is seeking a Registered Nurse for the PACU to deliver compassionate, high-quality care in a fast-paced acute setting.

You will perform assessments, plan and deliver care, collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, and educate patients and families while advancing your clinical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience as a PACU RN or equivalent in an acute care setting.
• Active RN license in California.
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients physical and psychosocial needs and plan care accordingly.
• Plan and coordinate care with the healthcare team.
• Deliver competent care per patient plan and setting.
• Evaluate patient responses to care and adjust plans.
• Provide patient and family education.
• Communicate effectively with all team members.

Skills

Assessment skills

Critical thinking

Patient-centered care

Job description

Where You'll Work

Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital is Yolo County's largest health care provider, serving the community since 1905. Woodland Memorial Hospital is a 108-bed acute care facility offering the most comprehensive range of health care services in Yolo County, including inpatient and outpatient surgical services, family birth center/labor and delivery, emergency services, home health services, palliative care, inpatient mental health services, sleep disorders center and cancer care services. With strong ties to our community, we believe in providing compassionate, high-quality health care to you and your family, close to home. Woodland Memorial Hospital is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems with a 22-state network. For more information, please visit our website here at www.dignityhealth.org/woodland.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Assess patients physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs considering diagnosis, age, care setting, desire for care and response to care plan
• Plan care, collaborating with other members of the healthcare team.
• Deliver competent care as required by patient, plan of care, and care setting.
• Evaluate patients responses to care.
• Provide interactive patient and family education.
• Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team.

Job Requirements

• 1 year experience required as a post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) RN in an acute care setting (when staffing is experienced enough to support a trainee, applicants without the requisite experience may be considered)
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification - American Heart Association