Staff Nurse I PACU

Children's of Alabama; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's of Alabama in Birmingham is seeking a PACU Staff Nurse to provide post-anesthesia care with minimal supervision. The role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for patients and families in the PACU.

Schedule is full-time on day/evening shifts, Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–7:30 pm, with rotating off days and on-call requirements. Licensure as an Alabama RN or multi-state NLC, plus BLS and ADN degree are required.

Qualifications

• RN license valid in AL (single-state)
• AL NLC multi-state license
• Non-AL NLC multi-state license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate post-anesthesia nursing care for patients and families.
• Handle medical equipment and maintain patient records and computer documentation.

Skills

Medical equipment handling

Electronic medical records

Computer use

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Job description

In PACU at Main Campus Children's of Alabama

Work schedule will be Full-time on the Day Evening Shift, Monday-Friday, 9am-7:30pm, rotating off days plus on call.

Summary:

The PACU Staff Nurse is a professional nurse who, with minimal supervision, assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for patients/families in the post anesthesia phase of care.

Other Information:

Must be able to use medical equipment, patient records, reports, and computer. On Call and Call back as assigned required for this position.

Essential:

Credentials with Equivalent Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
• Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State
• Registered Nurse Non-AL NLC Multi State
• Basic Life Support

Essential:

Education with Equivalent Qualifications:

• Associate of Science Nursing in Nursing

Children's of Alabama Benjamin Russell campus has three general PACU's: Benjamin Russell, Minor Procedure and Imaging. Benjamin Russell recovers for 14 OR's inpatients/outpatients and one Interventional Radiology room, Minor Procedure recovers for 7 OR rooms inpatients/outpatients, Imaging covers PreProcedure through discharge for outpatient/inpatient Imaging general anesthesia patients. Our patients include neonate to adult populations recovering from general anesthesia after a variety of surgeries including but not limited to Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, GI, GU, Ophthalmic, Pulmonary, Plastics and General. The acuity ranges from acute to critical care. Our staff are trained with the flexibility to work in all three areas and they work a variety of shifts that cover our operating time from 7am-11pm through the week as well as weekend and call back shifts.

Schedule: Monday-Friday 9am-730pm rotating off days plus on call, Day-Evening Shift, 10-Hour Shifts