PACU Registered Nurse - Contract

Title: PACU Registered Nurse

Location:

Lexington North Carolina 27292

Duration:

13 Weeks

Shift:

12hr Day Shift - 36

Shift Information:

0700-1900 Clinical Interviewing-

No

On Call, Call Back Requirements:

1 weeknight per week, 1700-0700 30-minute response

Weekend Rotation:

Every 5th- 6th weekend, call only. Saturday 0700 Monday 0700

Holiday Requirements:

1-2 holiday per year, call only

Floating Requirements:

None About Facility:

96 licensed beds Primary Stroke Center Not Trauma Designated Teaching hospital with residents Not a Chest Pain Center Unit Information:

Beds: 10 PACU bays

Census: Average patients/day: 400 cases/month,

Minimum Years of Experience required:

3 years of PACU experience Will you accept a first-time traveler:

Yes

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

Ortho (total joints, sports medicine), general, urology, DaVinci, GYN, ENT, Peds (dental), podiatry, scar revisions Regional anesthesia, blocks No spine, cardiothoracic, cranial, or high-level surgeries Patient Ratios:

1:1-2, depending on case and acuity Required License, National Certification, Certs:

BLS, ACLS, PALS Skills required:

Experience with above patient types Phase I recovery of general anesthesia, MAC anesthesia, moderate sedation. If phase 2 is backed up, could be doing phase 2 recovery and discharge in Phase I. Do not need to have experience with this, but could scrub in and gown up for the OR and help hold a retractor or a camera. Will not need to act as circulating OR RN but could just assist with this portion. This could happen on call-back EPIC Experience Support within the Department:

OR Assistant might be able to help with transport, but no CNA OR Charge RN, no PACU Charge RN Management available during the day 4-5 RNs for PACU Phlebotomy RT 24/7 Hospitalist 24/7 Anesthesiologists/CRNAs Surgeons Technology/Equipment:

EMR: EPIC required IV Pump: Alaris Med dispensing: Omnicell Floating:

No Orientation (facility and unit):

NEO 1 week Other notes:

Scrub Color: Provided, locker will be provided in locker room Parking: Free Unit Culture:

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