RN - PACU/Recovery

phsorg; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship opportunities

Loan forgiveness

Job summary

Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Santa Fe, NM seeks a Recovery Room/Pre-Op RN to provide direct patient care using the nursing process in a fast-paced environment.

You will prioritize care, oversee nursing activities, and collaborate with physicians and staff to ensure optimal outcomes. Sign-on and relocation benefits are available to qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing
• State of NM or Compact License
• BLS certification required at time of hire
• ICU or Emergency Room experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care using the nursing process for an assigned patient group
• Prioritize direct nursing care using time and resources efficiently
• Oversee delivery of patient care and delegate tasks to home health aides and nursing staff
• Coordinate patient care with patients, families, physicians, and community resources/programs
• Maintain current knowledge of practice standards, guidelines, and hospital policies

Skills

Nursing

Patient care

Team collaboration

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Location Address:

4801 Beckner Road

Santa Fe, NM 87507

Compensation Pay Range:

• Minimum Offer $39.69
• Maximum Offer $58.17

Summary:

Join our team as a Recovery Room and our Pre-Op RN and bring your critical thinking, compassion, and expertise to a fast-paced, rewarding environment. If you're passionate about exceptional care and looking for a place where your skills truly matter, we want to meet you!

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Job Details:

Type of Opportunity: Full time

FTE: 1.00

Job Exempt: No

Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

• Sign on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates!
• In this role, you will be responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift. As well as responsible for prioritizing the delivery of direct nursing care using time and resources efficiently integrating a standards based framework model
• Acts as clinical resource by overseeing the delivery of patient care, directs and delegates patient care assignments to home health aides and nursing staff based on acuteness of patient care needs and staff capability and anticipates future needs
• Maintains clinically competent in providing direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, all other disciplines, primary and secondary physicians and community resources/programs.
• Demonstrates knowledge philosophy and provides support to patients and their families.
• Ensures that patients understand their rights and responsibilities, advanced directives and the meaning of informed consent during the admission process.
• Assesses and directs patient and family teaching needs and is proficient in the use of return demonstration and teaching aids in the home setting.
• Maintains professional responsibility for knowledge of current nursing research, practice standards, guidelines and protocols, and hospital policies, procedures, and programs to improve patient care quality.
• Maintains a proficiency in the use of all equipment used in his/her practice.
• Effectively communicates and assists other members of nursing team and/or other disciplines. Actively participates in problem solving and conflict resolution to maintain team cohesiveness.
• Performs on-call duties effectively with the ability to triage patients over the phone and visit when needed.
• Directs own educational needs for the top 10 ICD9 codes and/or diagnoses for diabetes, wounds/post-surgical, arthritis, newborns, Coumadin dependency, malnutrition/ nutrition needs, medication instruction, pain and symptom control/hospice care.
• Supervises the home health aides in compliance with the Medicare/Medicaid rules and regulations.
• Performs other functions as required.

Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Nursing
• State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License or Compact Licensure
• BLS certification REQUIRED at time of hire
• ICU or Emergency Room Experience preferred.

Employee Benefits:

We're all about well‑being, starting with yours.

Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

Learn more about our employee benefits.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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