RN PACU

LCMC Health; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in Louisiana is seeking a Recovery Room Nurse (PACU) to monitor patients emerging from anesthesia, manage pain, monitor vital signs, and coordinate care with the surgical team.

This role requires current Louisiana RN license, BLS, ACLS, PALS, and 2 years of flex RN experience; BSN preferred. Workdays in the United States; must be compassionate, team-focused, and capable in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Must maintain Louisiana nursing license and keep certifications current.
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications must be current.
• Minimum 2 years of flex RN experience in perioperative or PACU setting.

Responsibilities

• Organize, prioritize, and coordinate post-operative patient care and monitoring.
• Educate patients and families on home care after discharge.
• Complete required clinical documentation and post-operative assessments.
• Monitor patients for pain, complications, and infection; respond to changes promptly.
• Collaborate with surgical team to meet patient care needs and ensure safety.
• Maintain a safe environment and ensure continuity of care.
• Provide patient and family education about operation and post-op care.

Skills

Nursing care

Post-anesthesia care

Vital signs monitoring

Pain assessment

Emergency response

Education

RN license (Louisiana)

BLS certification

ACLS certification

PALS certification

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.
• 2 years flex RN experience.

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.

Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health’s extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women’s care.

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.