Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU

100 LCMC Health; United States; On-site; USD 73,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Recovery Room Nurse (PACU) to join the Post Anesthesia Critical Unit in Louisiana. You will monitor patients recovering from anesthesia, manage pain, and coordinate care to ensure timely transfer to hospital rooms or discharge home.

Responsibilities include postoperative assessments, patient and family education, and collaboration with the surgical team. A focus on safety, documentation, and compassionate care is essential.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice nursing in Louisiana.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• ACLS and PALS certifications currently active.

Responsibilities

• Organize, prioritize, and coordinate post-operative patient care in PACU.
• Monitor lines, tubes, drains, pain, vitals, and oxygen; respond to changes.
• Educate patients and families on home care after discharge and care plans.
• Perform required clinical documentation and post-operative assessments.
• Monitor for post-op complications and intervene; perform CPR if needed.
• Collaborate with surgical team to meet patient care needs and ensure safety.
• Maintain safe environment and effective throughput; ensure continuous communication.

Skills

Critical care nursing

PACU nursing

Patient monitoring

Education

RN License in Louisiana

BLS/ACLS/PALS certifications

Job description

Your job is more than a job It’s one of nursing’s best kept secrets. As a Recovery Room Nurse, you’re a vital part of the Post Anesthesia Critical Unit (PACU) following radiology, cath lab, special procedures or surgery. While patients are still under the effects of anesthesia, each patient’s recovery has its own pace, and so you monitor attentively until they are stable enough to go to their hospital room or discharged home. Breathing, pain, vital signs, surgical site, and oxygen levels are closely monitored, and you react at a moment's notice to unusual changes - never hesitating to enlist your team members for assistance if needed. These few hours spent with your patients are often short, yet critical and essential. And at the end of your shift, tired is a given, but so is fulfillment. You understand that and bring your "one-of-a-kind" heart to our one-of-a-kind healthcare again the next day. That little extra something is what we love about you. Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you will bring to this critical nursing role.

Your Everyday Organize, prioritize, and coordinate post-operative patient care such as checking lines, tubes, or drains, managing pain, and body positioning. Educate and prepare patients and their families on home care after discharge. Perform required clinical documentation and post-operative assessments. Monitor your patient after surgery for pain and/or complications and the surgery site for healing or infection following Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements. Monitor and intervene for postoperative complications. Perform CPR or other emergency measures if required. Collaborate with surgery team to identify and meet the overall needs of patient care or when unable to complete assignments or perform tasks promptly, effectively, or safely. Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone. Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient. Initiate patient and family education on the operation and post-operation care as required.

The Must-Haves Minimum:

• Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• Current ACLS and PALS certifications.

Preferred:

• BSN 1 year in a related clinical area
• Certified Critical Care Nurse or Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse

WORK SHIFT: Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About West Jefferson Medical Center

West Jefferson Medical Center, a cornerstone of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is regionally recognized and nationally accredited. For over 60 years, we’ve been the hospital-of-choice on the west bank of Jefferson Parish for health, wellness, and family-centered care. Learn more about West Jefferson Medical Center and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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About LCMC Health

One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.