Registered Nurse PACU - Treasure Valley Hospital - Fort Myers, FL - Certified Surgical Technologist

Company: Surgical Care Affiliates
Location: Fort Myers
Posted on: May 10, 2022

Job Description:

Registered Nurse PACU (PT) - Treasure Valley Hospital - Fort Myers, FL



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 10,000 teammates operate more than 250 surgical facilities that serve nearly 1 million patients per year. For more information on SCA, visit--.--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.------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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