PACU Nurse - Critical Care & ECMO Specialist

Brookwood Baptist Health; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, AL seeks an experienced RN for PACU management. The role involves advanced patient care in an acute setting with high‑intensity monitoring and complex assessments, including ECMO screenings for applicable units and collaboration with the medical team.

Responsibilities include delivering evidence‑based care, documenting thoroughly, and maintaining compliance with nursing standards while supporting patient and family needs across shifts.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Baptist Health and unit/department.
• 1 year experience required unless approved by AVP level or above.
• Maintains current State of Alabama RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license.
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU).
• Previous PACU, ICU, or ER exp strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high‑level continuous nursing vigilance.
• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence‑based, patient focused action.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
• Responds to life‑saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes pre‑planned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.

Job description

Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, AL seeks an experienced RN for PACU management. The role involves advanced patient care in an acute setting with high‑intensity monitoring and complex assessments, including ECMO screenings for applicable units and collaboration with the medical team.

Responsibilities include delivering evidence‑based care, documenting thoroughly, and maintaining compliance with nursing standards while supporting patient and family needs across shifts.