RN-PACU/Full time

It's more than a career, it's a calling

WI-Agnesian Health Plaza Bldg A

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Our team is looking for a PACU nurse to get patients ready for surgery but will also train in recovery and discharge.

Schedule: Monday - Friday. Hours range from 6a - 5p. No Holidays or weekends.

One day off during the week, this day rotates and is not set.

Benefits 

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life 

Tuition Reimbursement 

Income based medical insurance premium discounts. 

HSA/FSA options 

Short and Long-Term Disability 

Generous PTO 

403b/401k retirement plans 

Daily Pay: Access your pay when you need it! 

Employee Relief Fund to help with life's unexpected financial emergencies. 

Commitment to caring through philanthropy, volunteer opportunities, and PTO donation program. 

Our Culture

At SSM Health, we bring together and cultivate exceptional people. When our employees thrive, so does our healing Mission. 

We are committed to creating a partnership with employees. We ask our employees to actively engage and participate in decisions that impact their 

work. We celebrate together and recognize those people who help us deliver an exceptional experience. 

At SSM Health, you can expect a work environment where: 

• Employees feel valued, respected, and free to express themselves. 

• Each employee finds meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater purpose. 

• Teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, while management is supportive.

Apply today!

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 delegatio