Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU
Fairview Health Services
- Minneapolis, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Check out our benefits here:
- Pre & post has 34 beds providing care for same day surgery patients, inpatients and surgical admits
- Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) has 21 beds and cares for 50-80 patients/day.
Responsibilities Job DescriptionAs a Perianesthesia RN, you are responsible for:
- Assess patients and patient condition according to Perioperative Policy and Standards.
- Coordinate care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate.
- Demonstrates ability to deliver care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.
- Evaluates care, adapts interventions and prioritizes care based on patient assessment, uses resources to respond to emergency situations.
- Some specific duties include pre-admission phone calls, admissions day of surgery, monitoring and continuously assessing patients following procedure until ready for transfer to the floor-as well as Phase 2 care to include intensive patient education that assures readiness for discharge to home.
- Critical care skills needed to include airway and hemodynamic management, pain management, and excellent assessment skills for patients in altered states of consciousness.
- Cultivates a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking.
- The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedure, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act.
- MN RN Licensure
- 2 years of experience in Perianesthesia, PACU, ICU or comparable program. (Depending on department need and training capacity, RNs with minimal or no experience will be considered. Additional extensive training will be provided.)
- Basic Life Support Certification through Health Care Providers
- Previous perianesthesia experience preferred. An RN with at least 2 years’ experience in hospital based high acuity nursing units (such as Surgical, Transplant, BMT, Intermediate Care/Step Down units, etc.) may also be considered.
- ACLS and PALS Certification