PACU RN

Regional Hand Center; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Regional Hand Center in North Fresno, CA is seeking a PACU RN for a full-time three 12-hour shift schedule (no weekends). The role offers the chance to care for patients with hand and upper-extremity injuries, while working with hand surgeons and PAs in a state-of-the-art surgical center.

Requirements include California RN registration, BSN preferred, ACLS within 90 days, BLS, and 1–2 years PACU experience; ambulatory surgery center experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of nursing theory and age-specific needs.
• Interpersonal skills to establish relationships with patients and team.
• Critical thinking for assessment, planning and intervention.
• Ability to concentrate and pay attention to detail in professional care.
• Basic computer skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients appropriately and monitor populations.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and intervene as needed.
• Work with video systems, monitors and basic computer tech.
• Provide safe, individualized nursing care in preop, intraop and postop phases.
• Educate patients and families; support learning plans.
• Collaborate with the healthcare team to improve outcomes.
• Communicate clearly with staff at all levels.
• Prioritize workload and use resources efficiently.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Computer skills

Mobility

Lifting patients

Education

RN license CA

BSN preferred

ACLS within 90 days

BLS required

Job description

Regional Hand Center is growing! This is an exciting time to join our team as an PACU RN, in a Full Time three 12-hr Shift (no weekends) opportunity. Our beautiful, well-established, state-of-the art surgery center and clinical practice in North Fresno, CA provides an supportive team environment focused on clinical excellence and patients first. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop and refine their skills caring for patients with hand and upper extremity injuries, while working alongside our talented hand surgeons and PA's.

Job Requirements

SKILLS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM):

Education

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse in California.
• BSN strongly preferred.
• Within ninety (90) days of beginning a job in Ambulatory Surgery Unit, the employee will obtain ACLS certification.
• BLS required.

Experience

• 1-2 years of PACU experience.
• One (1) year of previous ambulatory surgery center experience preferred

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Demonstrate appropriate assessment skills for an identified patient population
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills by gathering and analyzing patient information, then intervenes appropriately.
• Ability to work with technical equipment e.g. video systems, monitors, basic computer skills
• Good hand/eye coordination especially in the operating room
• Identifies patient and family education needs; develops and implements appropriate teaching plan.
• Collaborates with medical staff and health care team by participating in organizational quality and safety initiatives to improve patient outcomes
• Identifies customer service needs and meets or exceeds expectations. Creates an environment that promotes customer satisfaction and the patient experience
• Respectfully communicates both written and verbal information that is accurate, timely, concise, and thorough. Ability to communicate with all levels of staff including physicians, etc.
• Performs safe and individualized nursing care for the patient during the immediate preoperative, operating and postoperative/post-anesthesia periods
• Efficiently organizes and prioritizes individual workload around patient and unit needs. Adjusts activities and plan depending on situation. Seeks to improve personal organizational skills to increase work efficiencies.
• Stewards available resources effectively.
• Demonstrates professional behaviors and identifies own education and professional growth needs.
• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patients, physicians, employees and visitors to Regional Hand Center of Central California.
• Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of Regional Hand Center of Central California. Adheres to established performance standards.
• Assumes responsibility for the performance of job duties in the safest possible manner to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, patients, and families. Uses all available safety equipment. Reports all preventable hazards and unsafe practices including near misses and actual errors either to management

Required Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of nursing theory, practice and age specific needs as demonstrated by successful completion of introductory orientation behaviors for Registered Nurse.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to initiate and maintain collegial relationships with coworkers and therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to perform principal duties and responsibilities of job description.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when planning and performing professional nursing care.
• Demonstrate basic computer skills
• Ability to walk and stand continuously at least 90% of the time.
• Ability to move, lift and position patients

Excellent compensation package available to eligible employees including competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including cafeteria plans, 401K Safe Harbor with immediate vesting, Profit Sharing, FSA plans, and educational reimbursement!

• Perioperative, Postoperative, RN, Nurse.

Salary: $50 - $55 per hour