Registered Nurse Post Anesthesia

Post Anesthesia Registered NursePlatte Valley Hospital is seeking a dedicated Post Anesthesia Registered Nurse to join our team. If you are passionate about providing high-quality post-operative care and ensuring patient safety and comfort, this opportunity is for you.Working at Platte Valley Hospital comes with a range of benefits designed to support your professional and personal well-being:Competitive salary and comprehensive health benefitsTuition reimbursement for continued educationRetirement plans with employer contributionsPaid time off and flexible scheduling optionsEmployee wellness programs and gym discountsOpportunities for career growth and professional developmentPlatte Valley Hospital is conveniently located near some of Colorado's best attractions, offering plenty of ways to unwind and enjoy your free time:Oasis Family Aquatic Park: A fun-filled water park featuring slides and a relaxing lazy riverBoondocks Food and Fun - Northglenn: A lively entertainment venue with exciting activities and great foodBrighton Park: A scenic outdoor space with playgrounds and walking trailsBoondocks Food and Fun - Parker: A dynamic amusement center with laser tag, ropes courses, and arcade gamesFort Vasquez: A historic site offering fascinating insights into Colorado's pastBenedict Park: A spacious park with soccer fields and recreational areasColorado Park: A family-friendly destination with plenty of activities for all agesPrairie Center Shopping Center: A popular shopping mall featuring a variety of stores and dining optionsYou bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Post-Anesthesia Care Registered Nurse. Your compassion is tangible: patients feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support. You know how to stay organized and move fast. You thrive in fast-paced environments. You're great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.Platte Valley Medical Center is a partner of SCL Health which is a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 98-bed community hospital is proud to offer comprehensive, integrated care focused on holistic health. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we've launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.Together we'll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We'll honor each other's dignity and surpass the standards we set. We'll encourage joy, demand safety and take pride in our integrity. We'll laugh at each other's jokes (even the bad ones). We'll hello and high five. We'll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing. We're proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.Essential Functions:Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.Skills:Patient Care DeliveryNursing FundamentalsInterdisciplinary TeamsDocumentationsProfessional EtiquetteAccountabilityPatient Care CoordinationCommunicationPatient EvaluationCritical ThinkingPhysical Requirements:Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.Location: Platte Valley HospitalWork City: BrightonWork State: ColoradoScheduled Weekly Hours: 36The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.$37.17 - $56.17Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.