Registered Nurse - PACU PreOp - 12 Hour Full Time Days - 6/8/9am Start - $5,000 Hiring Incentive!

Cedars-Sinai; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Cedars-Sinai is seeking a Registered Nurse for its PACU PreOp unit, offering a dynamic environment where you can make a difference in patient care. As part of a leading medical center, you'll be responsible for ensuring patient safety, providing education, and delivering high-quality support in a setting dedicated to nursing excellence. Enjoy a competitive salary, a $5,000 hiring incentive, and the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art facilities in a collaborative team atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Minimum 3 years recent acute RN experience in PACU or ICU.
• Current California State RN License.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for patient safety and comfort.
• Provide patient education and administer medications.
• Monitor and assess patient conditions post-anesthesia.

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient care

Communication

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

BSN or higher preferred

Job description

Registered Nurse - PACU PreOp - 12 Hour Full Time Days - 6/8/9am Start - $5,000 Hiring Incentive!

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Make a difference every single day!

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our sixth-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence! From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals!

Job Description

Make a difference every single day!

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our sixth-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence! From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals!

Cedars-Sinai's Preoperative (PreOp) and Post Anesthesia care units (PACU) total over 100 bays within the main medical center and Advanced Health Science Pavilion. Our perianesthesia nurses are highly skilled critical care professionals who care for patients as they are undergoing or regaining consciousness from anesthesia. They continuously monitor and record patients' vital signs, monitor for side effects and adverse reactions related to anesthesia and are prepared to handle emergency situations if needed to ensure patients' safety.

As a Registered Nurse in PreOp PACU:

• Assume responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care within this specialty patient population.
• Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner
• Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
• Provide administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
• Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
• Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
• Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations. Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures while providing care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
  
  

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN or higher preferred.
  
  

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

• Current California State RN License required.
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association ACLS and PALS certifications required.
• For RN III: Specialty Certification (i.e. CPAN) (external applicants may obtain within one year of hire).
  
  

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years recent acute RN experience in PACU or ICU. (Note: one (1) year recent experience will be considered for Registered Nurse II).
• Experience in inpatient PACU strongly preferred
• Experience in primarily Phase 1 PACU Care strongly preferred
  
  

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About The Team

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

Req ID : 10499

Working Title : Registered Nurse - PACU PreOp - 12 Hour Full Time Days - 6/8/9am Start - $5,000 Hiring Incentive!

Department : PACU

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Nursing

Job Specialty : Nursing

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 12 hour

Base Pay : $50.48 - $80.77

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Research Services

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