RN, Extended Stay PACU
Winston Salem, NC, United States
Job ID: 145470
Job Family: Nursing
Status: Full Time
Shift: Day
Job Type: Regular
Department Name: 12531127830223-Surgery Center
Overview
Join our dynamic team as an Extended Stay PACU RN at our brand-new Outpatient Surgery Center in Winston-Salem, NC! In this vital role, you will be responsible for the care and oversight of post op ambulatory surgery patients in extended stay recovery. The ideal candidate will be a highly experienced subject matter expert with experience working in a PACU setting.
Position Highlights:
- Location: Cloverdale Outpatient Surgery Center – Winston-Salem, NC
- Shift Schedule: 4-10 hour shifts per week, 9:00pm-7:00am Monday-Thursday
- About our clinic: Our state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center features eight operating rooms and two procedure rooms, along with 32 beds dedicated to preparation, recovery, and post-anesthesia care. Our services include general surgery, otolaryngology, orthopedics, urology, and plastic surgery.
What We Offer:
- Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
- Education Assistance: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
- Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid contributions to your retirement fund.
- Wellness: Access LiveWell incentives to earn rewards for physical, financial, and personal well-being.
Job Summary: Independently plans and provides professional nursing care for patients in the ambulatory clinic settings in accordance with the medical and nursing plans of care and established policies and procedures. Provides nursing services to patients and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. Directs and leads other assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide age/developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
What You'll Need:
- Graduation from accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred.
- Two years of acute care experience required
- Prefer acute care experience within the last 10 years.
- PACU or ED experience strongly preferred
- Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of North Carolina
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) may be required within one year in select areas.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide patient/family centered care, acting as partner and adviser, assists and supports patients and families to optimally manage their health care, respecting their culture and values, individual needs, health goals and treatment preferences
- Apply critical reasoning and astute clinical judgment in order to expedite appropriate care and treatment, especially given that the patient may be present with complex problems or potentially life threatening conditions. Uses critical thinking in clinical problem-solving relative to the scope of practice, knowledge, competency, and experience.
- Apply critical reasoning and astute clinical judgment in order to expedite appropriate care and treatment, especially given that the patient may present with complex problems or potentially life threatening conditions.
- Facilitate continuity of care using the nursing process, multidisciplinary collaboration, and coordination of appropriate health care services and community resources across the care continuum. Interacts with patients during face-to-face encounters or through a variety of telecommunication strategies, often establishing long term relationships.
- Apply the provisions of the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses to their own professional obligations and for the patients entrusted to their care. Participates in their own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings. Demonstrates the ability to function in a professional setting through active participation in a professional practice model. Includes participating in shared governance, adherence to standards of care, participation in peer review and professional development promoting leadership and clinical excellence, effective team skills, autonomous practice and acknowledgment of accountability for actions and critical thinking. Pursues lifelong learning that updates and expands their clinical, organizational, and professional roles and responsibilities.
- Focus on patient safety and the quality of nursing care by applying appropriate nursing interventions, such as identifying and clarifying patient needs, performing procedures, conducting health education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating nursing and other health services, assisting the patient to navigate the health care system, and evaluating patient outcomes.
- Provide leadership in the clinical setting and provides operational accountability for and coordination of nursing services, including the appropriate skill mix and delegation of roles and responsibilities for licensed and unlicensed nursing personnel.
- Design, administer, and evaluate nursing services within the organization in accord with relevant federal requirements, state laws and nurse practice acts, regulatory standards, and institutional policies and procedures.
- Participate in regular team meetings and continuous quality improvement activities.
- Maintain knowledge of care teams for coordination of patient care, self-management, population management and communication skill
The Ideal Candidate Will:
- Possess the ability to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership and others
- Possess the ability to assess nursing needs of acute and chronically ill patients and their families
- Possess the ability to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Possess the ability to teach patients and families in accordance with the nursing plan of care
- Possess basic computer skills and ability to learn new software programs