PACU Registered Nurse

A leading outpatient Surgical Provider is hiring a PACU Registered Nurse. The ideal person must demonstrate excellent patient care, professionalism, have excellent communication skills, and play a key role in our performance-improvement and safety-risk management programs.

Job Summary: The PACU Registered Nurse admits the patient to the perioperative setting and develops and implements a plan of care for the patient based on pre-operative or post-operative as appropriate. Essential Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

Communication:

• Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers
• Imparts important aspects of patient care to team members
• Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
• Compliance Program:
• Contributes to the progress and development of the organization’s adopted compliance program
• Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures

Performance-Improvement Program:

• Contributes to the progress and development of the organization’s adopted performance-improvement program
• Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures
• Objectively evaluates suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care
• Participates in data collection activities
• Helps implement new procedures when they are developed

Job Responsibilities:

• Participates as a team member in support of the total perioperative process
• Uses pre-operative time out and check list appropriately
• Reports untoward events or near misses as soon as practicably possible
• Effectively organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel
• Organizes nursing activities efficiently
• Considers staff abilities when delegating activities
• Uses equipment effectively by anticipating patient needs and providing appropriate care
• Confirms that proper techniques and procedures are used according to accepted standards of practice
• Assists with inventory of supplies, drugs, and equipment to maintain availability and stock levels in the admission area
• Maintains order and cleanliness of admission and recovery area
• Performs and documents appropriate admission assessment of patient
• Follows facility policy and assists in assessing the physical and emotional status of the patient upon admission

Required Education, Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum of at least 1 year RN experience
• Current RN California license
• Current BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications
• Ability to work in all Centers in Monterey and Salinas
• Cooperative work attitude toward co-workers, supervisors, patients, visitors, and physicians
• Demonstrates leadership qualities; proven ability to make decisions, and solve problems with strong ethical and moral character references
• High-level written, and interpersonal communication skills

How to apply: Please answer all required Job Level Questions, and attach your resume to ensure your application status is complete.

MPSC, LLC., does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), reproductive health decision-making, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sex (including pregnancy, perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity (defined as each person’s internal understanding of their gender or the perception of a person’s gender identity, which may include male, female, a combination of male and female, neither male nor female, a gender different from the person’s sex assigned at birth, or transgender ), gender expression (a person’s gender-related appearance or behavior, or the perception of such appearance or behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s sex assigned at birth), sexual orientation, veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.