Registered Nurse Pre Op/PACU

Welcome to CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

 

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Overview

Depending on your location, you may be eligible for up to $8,000 in relocation assistance!

 

Nurses are at the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success. We offer Certification pay and a Clinical Career Ladder to help you grow and recognize your contributions to clinical excellence! 

 

Here, you will help advance modern nursing by providing your skills, experience, and commitment to compassionate care. The impact you will make in our faith-based, mission-driven culture will cultivate excellence and achieve professional fulfillment united in humankindness.

 

As a Registered Nurse (RN) you will assume responsibility and accountability for:

• Facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team, and the patient/family to identify and meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient.
• Promote the optimal health, well-being and safety of the patient through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act.
• Demonstrate personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.

Day to Day duties:

• Will cross train between SDS and PACU
• Preparing patients regarding surgery.
• Obtain labs, starting IV's, EKGS's
• Ensuring consents are signed by appropriate MD.
• Educating family regarding post op expectations. 
• Recovery Phase II: Ensure patient is appropriate to discharge. Appropriate discharge orders including medication for discharge.
• Vitals stable.
• Communication between MD, anesthesia and PACU regarding criteria for discharge.
• Nurse's are expected to do next day call backs to ensure patients is healing and answer any additional questions if needed.
• Prep/Recovery nurse will have 2-3 patients
• RNs in pre-op/ PACU are responsible for pre op calls, PATs, transports in addition to the clinical aspects of pre-op and PACU care.  
• Phase I monitor airway, stabilize vitals, ensure pain is decreasing
• RNs will cover both pre-op and PACU areas with 3-4 total on each shift.  
• Staff is expected to float between Pre Op/ PACU 
• PACU nurses can take 1-2 patients

*Previous Pre Op/PACU experience preferred**

 

PACU Bays- 15

SDS Bays-35

 

Schedule: 36hrs/week- Days- Variable shifts per surgical volume and current unit needs. 

 

Call Required: 1 shift per week and 1 weekend a month

30 Min Call back radius required. 

Qualifications

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified nursing candidates will need the following:

 

Education Requirements

• Associates Degree in Nursing required; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required for new graduates, preferred for experienced RNs

Experience Requirements

• One year experience preferred
• Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty

Licenses/Certification Requirements

• RN License required; Current state nursing licenses or valid RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact

Physical Requirements 

• Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

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