RN PACU FT NT

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization seeks a Recovery Room Nurse in New Orleans. You will monitor post-operative patients, provide education, and ensure their safety following anesthesia. Join a committed team offering high standards of care and a supportive environment in a vibrant healthcare community.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthcare benefits

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Current nursing license in Louisiana is required.
• BLS and ACLS certifications required.
• 2 years of flexible RN experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patients in the PACU after surgery.
• Educate patients and families about post-operative care.
• Perform clinical documentation and assessments.

Skills

Compassion

Empathy

Monitoring

Patient Education

Critical Thinking

Education

Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana

BSN preferred

Job description

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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 certification

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

Nights (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 University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

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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Employment type

• Employment type

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  Hospitals and Health Care

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