PACU RN, PT20
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CAMPBELL CLINIC PC
Germantown, TN, US
Summary
The PACU RN provides safe, quality patient care in an ambulatory surgery center by evaluating, planning, and documenting patient observations and medical history. They also serve as a liaison between the patient, family, and surgical team to ensure coordinated care and patient safety.
Job Description
Note: This is a part-time position working 20 hours per week.
POSITION SUMMARY
Provides safe, quality patient care in an ambulatory outpatient surgery center.
Essential Functions
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Evaluate, plan, implement, and document patient care, observations, medications, and medical history.
- Observe the patient according to appropriate physiological and developmental age.
- Administer medications following physician orders.
- Ability to initiate and coordinate pain management; ability to manage patient airway post-surgery.
- Serve as liaison between patient, family, and surgical team to coordinate all aspects of nursing care and teaching to achieve desired outcomes and ensure patient safety.
- Regular and predictable attendance.
- Ability to work in a cooperative manner with others.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: Graduate of accredited post-secondary school of nursing required.
Experience: 1 year of previous PACU or Critical Care (RF, ICU, or similar) experience required.
Computer Skills: Must be computer literate. Basic computer skills required.
Certifications & Licenses: Current TN Registered Nurse License or Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact required.
BLS and ACLS certification required.
PALS certification preferred.
Other Requirements: Ability to immediately recognize and initiate treatment in emergency situations (perform CPR).
Must be able to read and interpret the EKG monitor.
Must have knowledge of anesthetic agents used - inhalation, moderate sedation, and injection; the usual dosages, symptoms and toxic amounts, duration of action, contraindications, antidotes, etc.
Able to operate and troubleshoot equipment found in surgery.
Campbell Clinic Benefit Summary:
Campbell Clinic offers a lucrative benefit package to support employees and their families.
- Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
- HRA Option
- Flexible Spending Account
- Basic Life Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance Option
- Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Short-Term Disability
- Accident Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- 401(k) Plan Matching + Profit Sharing
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off
- Personal/Sick Time
- Paid Holidays
ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job, description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
