Pre-Op PACU RN - Pavilion Surgery Center

St. Luke's Duluth, MN; Minnesota; On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Pre-Op PACU RN for the Pavilion Surgery Center. This part-time role involves pre-operative preparation and post-anesthesia care for outpatient surgical patients. Candidates must have a current RN license in Minnesota and required certifications. Join a team dedicated to exceptional patient care and support in a surgery center environment.

Benefits

Health and dental insurance

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• Current license in Minnesota to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• ACLS and BLS certifications required.
• ICU/PACU experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-operative and post-operative care for surgery patients.
• Educate patients and families on care procedures.
• Document nursing care and patient data.

Skills

Communication

Team Leadership

Physical Assessment

Education

Current Nursing License in Minnesota

ACLS Certification

BLS Certification

Job description

Pre-Op PACU RN - Pavilion Surgery Center INTERNAL

• Location DULUTH, MN
• Facility ST LUKES
• Schedule - Shift - Hours Part-time - Days - 8 hours

The Pre-op/Post-op Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process and physical assessment skills in the pre-operative preparation, post-operative care and follow-up for the outpatient surgical patient. Performs direct post-anesthesia nursing care. Educates patients and families and performs other related duties.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: See Licensure/Certification/Registration requirements.

Experience: NA

Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current license in Minnesota to practice as a Registered Nurse. ACLS, PALS certification within one (1) year of employment and continuously maintained thereafter. BLS Certification with a designation of either BLS Provider or Healthcare Provider from either the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, or Professional Rescuer from the American Red Cross only if issued prior to March 1, 2015, or Military Training Network.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education: N/A

Experience: ICU/PACU experience in the previous 3-5 years OR Monitoring/Sedation experience in the previous 3-5 years. Recent perianesthesia or critical care nursing experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of current principles, techniques and legal limits of nursing practice; knowledge of anatomy and physiology and physical assessment. Knowledge of customer relations principles. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, OSC personnel and Physicians and establish professional working relationships. Ability to function as a team leader, Primary Nurse and role model; ability to accept individual responsibility and accountability for decisions and outcome. Ability to work in stressful situations; to maintain accurate records, write reports, to participate in orientation of new personnel and teaching of students; to support Outpatient Surgery Center goals and objectives. Ability to perform basic computer keyboard operations; ability to print or write legibly, to hear, see, and speak English.

READING - Advanced: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquires or complaints.

WRITING - Intermediate: Ability to write routine reports, correspondence, or procedures.

SPEAKING - Intermediate: Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group situations or before groups of customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Intermediate Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw or interpret bar graphs to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY - Intermediate Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES - Skilled at assessment and knowledgeable of growth and development. Provides appropriate care respective to the ages of the patients served per clinical environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Prolonged, extensive or considerable standing/walking. Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching. Lifts up to fifty (50) pounds.

Stand - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Walk - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Sit - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)

Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Reach with hands and arms - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Stoop, Squat, Kneel, or Crouch - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Bending-repetitive forward - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Talk or hear - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

LIFTING REQUIREMENTS

Up to 10 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Up to 25 pounds - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

Up to 35 pounds - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)

Up to 50 pounds - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Typical Noise Level - Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)

WORKING CONDITIONS

Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases. May be exposed to/occasionally exposed to patient elements. Subject to varying and unpredictable situations. Handles emergency or crisis situations. May perform emergency care.

Employees working at a benefit eligible status have access to the following benefit plans:

• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Paid Time Off

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