Registered Nurse 2, PACU, Per Diem

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he UMHC-Sylvester – PACU Unit has an exciting opportunity for a Per Diem Registered Nurse (Per Diem RN). The Per Diem RN:

• Performs all responsibilities/duties required by the Recovery department/patient care services as specific to the scope of service, to ensure that the unique nature of the patient is addressed.

• Demonstrates the ability to perform thorough pre-procedure and post procedure assessment that is system focused.

• Demonstrates the ability to titrate intravenous medications according to the patient’s hemodynamic status.

• Demonstrates the ability to care for the patient with continuous cardiac monitoring including rhythm identification, interpretation and follow through with appropriate intervention.

• Demonstrates knowledge of anesthetic agents, techniques and actions.

• Demonstrates the ability to care for the population served: pre and post-op patient.

• Demonstrates the ability to perform rapid assessment differentiating between short-and long-term needs.

• Verification of the operative procedure, operative site, surgeon and consents using Universal protocol: pre-procedure verification and site/side marking.

• Assesses psychological status, including level of understanding, perception of surgery/procedure, and anxiety level.

• Verification of patient allergies, NPO status, and whether or not patient has voided.

• Checks the current history and physical, laboratory results, the execution of pre-procedure orders, and results of ordered diagnostic tests.

• Communicates relevant findings to Physician/Anesthesiology/CRNA Assists and expedites the transfer of patients to and from the Recovery to In-Patient, PACU, ICU and or other facility Communicates to accepting staff via face-to-face Hands-Off Communication. Ensures patients’ privacy, comfort level and complaints are responded to immediately

• Always remaining cognizant of meeting patients expectations. Engages and is committed to UHEALTH Service Pillars, AIDET and telephone etiquette.

• Follows UHEALTH Standards of Behavior. Involves family member if pre and post procedure education.

• Performs assessments and reassessments focusing on the physical and psychosocial health status of the patient in an ongoing timely and systematic manner.

• Obtains baseline information utilized for the development of individualized patient plan of care.

• Provides direct and indirect patient and family care to assess needs.

• Facilitates/patient/family education with interdisciplinary team involvement.

• Monitors patient’s progress against plan of care until discharge from designated patient care area.

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to identify potential barriers and variances to the plan of care

• Works effectively and cooperatively in groups/teams to ensure quality patient care. 

• Communicates effective with manager and other members of the interdisciplinary team.

• Attempts to resolve patient/physicians and visitors complaints and refers unresolved issues to managers.

• Demonstrate dependability/reliability by promptly reporting to work when scheduled.

• Cross-trains to other nursing units and floats as necessary.

• Follow hospital and nursing policies and procedures. Serves as mentor and role model Other duties as assigned.

• Performs charge nurse duties as appropriate.

• Floats to off-shifts/units, such as Holding/Pain, Evening and Night Shifts, as needed to ensure staffing is adequate and safe.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications:                                                                                                         

Education:

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, Bachelor’s degree (BSN) preferred.  RNs hired with an Associates (ASN) degree have 2 years to complete the BSN degree.

Certification and Licensing:

• Valid Florida Registered Nurse License, BLS, ACLS and PALS required

• CCRN/CPAN preferred

Experience:

• 3 year  of relevant nursing experience;  Recovery, ICU, ER, or Telemetry nursing experience preferred

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida’s only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We’re the challenge you’ve been looking for.

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Job Status:

Part time

Employee Type:

Temporary-Intermittent

Pay Grade:

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