Registered Nurse - PACU

Under the direction of the Staff Nurse II, Team Leader or Manager of Patient Care Services, the Staff Nurse I provides direct care to patients using the nursing process of assessment: planning, implementation and evaluation, so that the physical, psycho-social, safety, rehabilitative and learning needs of patients and their families are addressed. This function is performed in association with nursing peers and co-workers, attending physicians and allied support services. This position is responsible for managing care of assigned patients and directing the activities of the ancillary staff. Med/Surg & ICU-SCU Unit: The Staff RN competently uses the nursing process, medical therapeutics, and technological and personal interventions to accomplish this. Actively participates in hospital quality assurance/improvement, risk management, clinical operations and customer service excellence. Post Anesthesia Care Unit: The Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Staff Nurse II provides direct care to surgical patients, with primary emphasis on the immediate postoperative period. The PACU Staff Nurse competently uses the nursing process, medical therapeutics, and technological and personal interventions in assuming responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. Job Description Job Description These Principal Accountabilities, Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive, but are merely the most descriptive of the current job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, staff changes, workload, or technical development). JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES Provides individualized, goal-directed nursing care to patients through the use of the nursing process and documentation from admission to discharge. This includes and is not limited to patient assessment by gathering information necessary to formulate a nursing diagnosis to be used as a basis for planning care by developing a written plan consistent with formulated nursing diagnosis. Evaluates the degree of effectiveness of the plan of care and patient safety and makes changes as needs are recognized. Implements care that is skillful, efficient, safe and based on patient care standards by performing nursing procedures required for patient assignments, providing the outlined care, and documenting the care given and changes in the patient's condition in accordance with standards. Provides leadership by managing care through others using Standards of Practice (The Joint Commission, Title XXII, Professional Practice Acts) and interpreting (or uses others to interpret) Standards of Practice to other staff, which may include legal implications. Anticipates and recognizes potential problems and intervenes appropriately by correlating data, test results, progress notes and patient condition. Actively participates in professional growth opportunities and provides high quality customer relations utilizing excellent interpersonal and communication skills EDUCATION Associate's: Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing. Bachelor's: Nursing CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE RN-Registered Nurse of California Upon Hire BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider Upon Hire ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire NIHSS within 90 Days of hire DEPARTMENT REQUIRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE PALS-Pediatric Advanced Life Support Upon Hire Certified Emergency Room RN Upon Hire TNCC-Trauma Nursing Corp Course CCCRN-Certified Critical Care RN CPAN-Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse within 90 Days of hire EXPERIENCE This position represents the nurse with less than one year's experience. DEPARTMENT REQUIRED EXPERIENCE Affiliate: Novato Community Hospital, Department: Emergency Dept, 2-3 years ED experience within the last 5 years required MAB Training within 6 months of hire Affiliate: Novato Community Hospital, Department: ICU, 2-3 years ICU experience within the last 5 years required NIHSS within 90 days of hire MAB Training within 6 months of hire Affiliate: Novato Community Hospital, Department: Med/Surg/Tele, 1-2 years acute care experience within the last 5 years required NIHSS within 90 days of hire MAB Training within 6 months of hire Affiliate: Novato Community Hospital, Department: Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), 2-3 years PACU, ICU, or ED experience within the last 5 years required CCRN, CNOR, or TNCC strongly preferred MAB Training within 6 months of hire Affiliate: Novato Community Hospital, Department: Perioperative, 2-3 years Periop circulating and scrub experience within the last 5 years required CNOR strongly preferred MAB Training within 6 months of hire SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE Knowledgeable and able to use the nursing process to the benefit of patients. Must have communication, leadership and guest-relations skills. Demonstrated proficiency to operate all department equipment. Job Category Job Category Inpatient Job Classifications Job Classifications 02 - REGISTERED NURSES: Include only registered nurses - RN's performing managerial should be classified as Managerial - Those performing as lead or instructor should be classified as Technician (OSHPD Job Class) 0602000000 - REGISTERED NURSES: Include only registered nurses - RN's performing managerial should be classified as Managerial - Those performing as lead or instructor should be classified as Technician (Expense Account) 20 - Professionals (United States EEO-1) 99 - N/A (Approval Level) Access to PHI - Access to PHI - Will access the appropriate level of information necessary to complete their job duties. (PHI Access Options)