RN - Post Anesthesia Care Unit | Cardinal Glennon Hospital

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MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

You may be eligible for up to a $15,000 Sign-on Bonus!

Departments: PACU & Same Day Surgery (shared team)
Schedule: Full-Time | 36 hours/week | 4x9-hour shifts

Location: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO
On-Call Requirement: 3x 12-hour shifts per 4-week schedule

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-operative patient assessments and preparation

• Monitor patients post-operatively in PACU

• Provide safe, compassionate, and efficient care

• Maintain accurate and timely nursing documentation

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure optimal outcome

• Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of critical care experience preferred (ED, PACU, PICU)

• Pediatric experience is a plus, but not required

• Strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and communication skills

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our dynamic team supporting both the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Same Day Surgery at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. This is a unique opportunity to work across two collaborative units, providing high-quality perioperative care to pediatric patients.

Job Summary:

Provides leadership and direction to the patient care team. Performs age-specific physical, psychological, and social assessments, formulates nursing diagnoses, and develops a plan of care, which includes individualized treatment strategies for the post-anesthesia setting.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Completes and documents a thorough and accurate PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) admission assessment and utilizes critical judgment to analyze patient assessment data to develop an appropriate plan of care. Implements a plan of care or care pathway to provide individualized care for each patient. Plan of care is based upon patient assessment, physician and anesthesia orders and preferences, and procedure specific criteria in a manner that is prioritized and timely.
• Demonstrates and maintains knowledge and skills necessary to meet physical, psycho-social, spiritual, cultural, and age appropriate needs of each patient.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to perform all aspects of nursing care in both routine and emergency situations. Communicates changes in patient condition to physicians and necessary staff in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate administration of medications and treatments according to policy, procedure and protocol. Verbalizes knowledge and demonstrates consistent use and compliance for written protocols (i.e.; pain, conscious sedation, skin, restraint, abuse, parental bonding, etc.)
• Evaluates and documents patient's progress toward achievement of outcomes. Meets discharge and ongoing patient educational needs related to treatment, procedures, disease process, equipment, medications, physician orders, and follow up care.
• Communicates with patient family members while patients are in PACU in a timely manner.
• Reports outcome progress and patient specific information to responsible caregiver when leaving department, end of shift, or upon transfer to another unit.
• Demonstrates competence in delegation, problem solving, and conflict resolution. Evaluates care given by team members and gives feedback. Effectively supervises team members and maintains accountability for standard of care provided. Acts as a resource to other team members.
• Organizes and utilizes time efficiently. Demonstrates appropriate prioritization. Maintains an organized work environment. Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively on a team. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships with patients, significant others, multidisciplinary team members, and co-workers. Assists in other surgical services departments as needed.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in healt