PACU RN, FT40

Ambulatory Outpatient Surgery Center Nurse

Provides safe, quality patient care in an ambulatory outpatient surgery center.

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluate, plan, implement, and document patient care, observations, medications, and medical history.
• Observe the patient according to appropriate physiological and developmental age.
• Administer medications following physician orders.
• Ability to initiate and coordinate pain management; ability to manage patient airway post-surgery.
• Serve as liaison between patient, family, and surgical team to coordinate all aspects of nursing care and teaching to achieve desired outcomes and ensure patient safety.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills & Abilities:

Education: Graduate of an accredited post-secondary school of nursing required.

Experience: 1 year of previous PACU or Critical Care (RF, ICU, or similar) experience required.

Computer Skills: Must be computer literate. Basic computer skills required.

Certifications & Licenses: Current TN Registered Nurse License or Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact required.

BLS and ACLS certification required.

PALS certification preferred.

Other Requirements: Ability to immediately recognize and initiate treatment in emergency situations (perform CPR).

Must be able to read and interpret an EKG monitor.

Must have knowledge of anesthetic agents used - inhalation, moderate sedation and injection; the usual dosages, symptoms of and toxic amounts, duration of action, contraindications, antidotes, etc.

Able to operate and troubleshoot equipment found in surgery.

Position Qualifications:

• Active Listening
• Customer Service
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Teamwork
• Quality
• Dependability
• Problem Solving
• Technical Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Quality Management
• Ethics
• Organizational Support
• Judgement
• Professionalism
• Initiative
• Safety and Security
• Adaptability

Physical Demands:

Stand - Constantly - Lift/Carry 10 lbs or less - Frequently

Walk - Constantly - 11-20 lbs - Frequently

Sit - Occasionally - 21-50 lbs - Occasionally

Manually Manipulate - Constantly - 51-100 lbs - Occasionally

Reach Outward - Constantly - Over 100 lbs - Occasionally

Reach Above Shoulder - Occasionally

Climb - Occasionally - Push/Pull

Crawl - Not Applicable - 12 lbs or less - Frequently

Squat or Kneel - Frequently - 13-25 lbs - Frequently

Bend - Constantly - 26-40 lbs - Frequently

Grasp - Constantly - 41-100 lbs - Frequently

Speak - Constantly

Other Physical Requirements:

• Vision
• Sense of Sound - Ability to hear
• Sense of Touch
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - gloves, eye protection, face mask and gown
• Sense of Balance

Campbell Clinic Benefit Summary:

Campbell Clinic offers a lucrative benefit package to support employees and their families.

• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• HRA Option
• Flexible Spending Account
• Basic Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance Option
• Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• 401(k) Plan Matching + Profit Sharing
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Personal/Sick Time
• Paid Holidays

ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job, description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled