Clinical Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa (FL)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Tampa General Hospital is seeking a Clinical Nurse for the Post Anesthesia Care unit. You will deliver high-quality nursing care, perform comprehensive patient assessments, and communicate plans with the care team.

You will coordinate discharge planning, document patient responses, and ensure timely updates to the plan of care. The role requires collaboration with physicians, families, and other healthcare professionals to optimize recovery.

Qualifications

Associate's degree in nursing from an approved program.
Current RN license in Florida or a compact state.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

Assess health status and complete comprehensive patient assessments.
Plan and coordinate patient care with patient, family and health care team.
Transcribe orders and educate patients about care plans.
Monitor patient progress and document outcomes and responses.
Direct care team activities and participate in discharge planning.

Skills

Nursing care

Patient assessment

Discharge planning

Team coordination

Documentation

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Description - Clinical Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care (260003EY)

Job Description

Clinical Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care (Job Number:260003EY )

Description

Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement.

Essential Functions

Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reportssignificant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heathcare team.
Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health careteam.
Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designatedtime delineated in policy/unit standards.
Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure thedelivery of quality care.
Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through dailyworksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow up.
Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames perpolicy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patientpopulations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial anddevelopmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.