PACU RN (Days)

We are seeking a Post Anesthesia Care Nurse RN at St. Joseph Medical Center

Shift's Available: Days

Employment Type: Full-Time

Hours: Four 9-hour shifts per week (Hours vary: 6:00am-3:00pm or 8:00am-6:00pm)

Call and Holidays: Required on a Rotating Basis

Location: St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO

Here are some of the benefits of working at Prime Healthcare:

Health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick time and holidays
• Bereavement leave, FMLA and other leave options
• Employer 401K options
• Tuition reimbursement options
• Life, disability, and other insurance options
• Many other amazing benefits

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to):

• Promotes and demonstrates vision, mission and values of the organization.
• Reviews and implements physician orders and keeps physicians informed of patient's status. Accurately records and/or processes orders in a timely manner.
• Implements care in a safe, knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner, using nursing skills specific to the needs of the patient recovering from anesthesia and/or invasive surgical procedures.
• Documents evidence of nursing care on the patient's medical record, based upon the nursing process in a legible, concise, timely and complete manner.
• Uses two patient identifiers consistently when accepting patients, administering medicating, drawing labs or performing procedures on a patient.
• Does not use unacceptable abbreviations in documentation and uses read back on all telephone orders. Reviews and transcribes all telephone orders. Follows telephone read back policy. Monitors authentication and validation of telephone orders within 48 hours by the physician.
• Follows policies and procedures regarding Telephone/Verbal orders and Critical Values consistently.

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Education and Work Experience

• Current and valid state RN License.
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• ACLS (AHA) certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
• PALS (AHA) certificate preferred.
• Previous Critical Care or PACU experience or minimum of one year on the job training.
• Critical Care RN (CCRN) preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristics. If you need special accommodation for the application process, please contact Human Resources. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf