RN - PACU

RN - PACU

RTO after booking is not allowed and is not allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit, could possibly turn into a cancel and DNR. May recover surgical patients in the ICU setting. Required skills/certs/exp: Minimum years of experience: 2. Traveler experience: Required. Locals accepted/rate difference: Yes. If a traveler lives less than 50 miles from the facility, they can inquire through their recruiter what the local rate is for the role they are interested in. Skills: Phase 1-2 PACU. Must have some ICU experience (1-2 ratings on checklist for a screen through). They will NOT be floating to the ICU, just often upgrade and manage this level of care in PACU. Additionally, we do send a PACU RN to the STICU to recover patients. Certs: ACLS, BCLS, PALS. Preferred skills/certs/exp: Charge nurse experience, conscious sedation, FHM, ICP, telemetry, vents, ICU background exp prior to PACU and pediatric experience.

Ratios: 1:2. Shift: 10HR 9:45AM-8:15PM. RTO: 7 days MAX; Call requirement: once every four weeks. Float requirement: Float to areas of overflow patients (typically over to surgical short stay). Weekend requirement: Varies. Contract staff will be assigned and expected to work a Storm Team and/or Hurricane Team. Contract staff may be required to report to work during a catastrophic event, mass casualty or disaster. Consolidation to the Centralized Office mid contract may occur and the contract staff may be preassigned to units as needed.

Patient diagnoses: Vascular and endovascular, neurosurgery and orthopedics, gynecology and urology, general and bariatric, plastics and ENT, ophthalmology, children - T&A, ears, hernias, cleft lip/palate, phase II when that unit is full.

Special procedures/unit details: Phase 1 recovery unit that provides observation and care of the patients who have undergone surgical procedures requiring anesthesia. We receive patients directly from the OR, EP Lab, Endo, IR, MRI and patients that are ICU who need to be recovered before being admitted to the units. PACU is a varied and challenging practice environment where recovery may take 30 to 90 minutes, depending on when patient reaches the criteria for discharge to Phase II, home, post op tower or ICU. Nights and weekends we recover as well as discharge Phase II patients. Also, have overnight patients, that are tower and/or ICU.

Special equipment: Cardiac monitor - blood pressure, heart rate, respirations, O2 saturation, dopplers for vascular checks, fetal heart monitor, EKOS, SCD pumps.

Unit systems (medication, documentation, communication): Pyxis, EPIC, Perfect Serve.

Scheduling type: Schedule committee. Orientation: New hires receive a comprehensive, individualized orientation tailored to their experience and skill level. Scrubs: Navy.