RN PACU

Job Summary and Responsibilities As a PreOp Recovery Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well‑being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient‑care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient‑first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast‑paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement. Key Responsibilities Assessment: Do admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition; provide nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs; notify doctor of changes in assessment that require attention. Planning: Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Work with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulate a plan of care and daily goals. Implementation: Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Know patients’ conditions and report significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implement patient safety initiatives and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications. Evaluation: Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions; notify physician as necessary to modify interventions; adjust nursing care to meet patient’s emerging and changing needs. Report Skills: Give and receive report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation; provide an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Job Requirements Associate of Science in Nursing. One (1) year of RN experience, upon hire. Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire. Registered Nurse: Texas, upon hire. Basic Life Support – CPR, within 14 days. Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months. Where You'll Work St. Luke’s Health – The Woodlands Hospital is a 245‑bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. The hospital has been recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, and is proud to serve as the clinical home for the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center. The hospital earned an “A” hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group in both 2023 and 2025. Clinical services provided include cardiovascular services, diagnostic imaging, women’s services (digital mammography and bone density studies), neurosciences, pediatric care (newborn and Level III nurseries), surgery, pathology, pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services. Pay Range $35.45 – $55.36 per hour. #J-18808-Ljbffr