RN PACU

Company: Surgical Care Affiliates
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:
Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is transforming specialty care in our communities. We relentlessly create value by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering exceptional care and healing to our patients and communities we serve. We are driven to achieve the quadruple aim in health care: high quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care. As a national leader in surgical care, SCA's 11,000 teammates operate more than 260 surgical facilities that serve over 1 million patients per year. For more information on SCA, visit .

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Why join SCA? Consider the following fantastic benefits---

Positive work culture

Career growth opportunities

Comprehensive medical, vision and dental insurance - eligible on Day 1 of employment

Paid time off plus 8 paid holidays

Maternity/paternity/adoption benefits

Employer-paid life and short- and long-term disability insurance

Excellent 401(k) Plan

Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
As a representative of Surgical Care Affiliates, all comments, attitudes, actions, and behaviors have a direct -impact -on the Facility's -success. Interaction with patients, families, physicians, referral sources, affiliated -schools, visitors, volunteers, co-workers, supervisors, vendors, etc. must be in a manner that is friendly, supportive, courteous, respectful, cooperative, and professional. This behavior should promote an atmosphere of teamwork, -a culture -of -safety, and -in accordance with SCA Core Values. - -

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Primary Responsibilities: -

Promote -the mission, vision, and values of -SCA. -

Assess -patient status throughout the episode of care -

Interpret -information -accurately -from various noninvasive and invasive monitors. -

Describe the -underlying pathophysiology of commonly encountered disease processes. -

Describe the physiology associated with various anesthesia techniques and surgical or procedural interventions. -

Apply the relevant scoring system/discharge criteria for patient transfer (eg, -Aldrete Score, Modified Aldrete Score [ie, PARSAP], Post Anesthesia Discharge Scoring System [PADSS], White) -score accurately as defined by organizational policy. -

Develop an individualized -perianesthesia -plan of care -by implementing: -Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - -general. -

Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - monitored anesthesia -care. -

Managing patient -recovery from -anesthesia - -regional. -

Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - -local. -

Protecting patient from injury caused -by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical mechanical and thermal sources. -

Demonstrating safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation. -

Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patient advocate. -

Handling all specimens according to facility policy and procedures. -

Adhering to standard precautions including the use of personal protective equipment. -

Communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care. -

Providing -acute pain and comfort management as -needed. -

Administering medications -safely and -correctly by -using -the -8-rights of safe medication -administration. - -

Performing interventions to maintain the integrity of the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels. -

Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period. -

Providing nursing and appropriate monitoring in accordance with policies and procedures. -

Performing interventions to protect patient from -infection. -

Managing patient's other co-morbid conditions as -applicable. -

Managing patient's fluid as -prescribed. -

Assessing knowledge level of patient or designated support person -

Providing -education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain and comfort management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure; -

Involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process. -

Protecting patient's rights, dignity, and privacy. -

Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; - -

Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation and time-out policy. -

Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes. -

Transfer care as needed. - -

Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate, concise and pertinent to the patient's condition and response to care. - -

Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state board of nursing or professional registration requirements, state laws, and job descriptions. - -

Document -episode of -care completely, accurately, and legibly. -

Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders -

Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care. -

Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects. -

Participate in the performance appraisal process. -

Use -problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members. -

Maintain required competencies. -

Pursue professional growth. -

Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information. -

Comply -with all -SCA and -facility policies and procedures when providing patient care. -

Actively participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles. -

Demonstrate fiscal responsibility. -

Perform all other duties as assigned. - -

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements: - -

Physically demanding, high-stress environment -

Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions -

Pushing and pulling heavy objects - -

Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients -and -equipment -

Manual and finger dexterity - -

Hand eye coordination -

Standing and walking for extensive periods of time - -

Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 -lbs -

Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range -

Working irregular hours - -

Qualifications:
Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing. -

One year of -PACU -experience preferred. -

Current state licensure to practice within good standings. - -

Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment or documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification. -

Successful completion of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Course within 90 days of employment or documentation of current ACLS certification. - -

Successful completion of Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) -course is -required -when pediatric care is included in the facility scope services -within 90 days of employment or documentation of current PALS certification. - -

Specialty certification in Perioperative Nursing -or -Perianesthesia -is preferred. -

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