Connecticut Orthopaedics Specialists is looking for a full-time
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse (RN) for our surgery center located in Branford, CT. The Staff Nurse will provide care to patients 12+ by assessment, planning, treatment, and evaluation of the patient. Provides safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, educative, individualized and goal-directed nursing care to patients and their families in the Center.
Skills and Abilities:- Ability to correlate clinical data with patient's medical and nursing care.
- Ability to set priorities and provide direction to others that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency throughout the clinical areas of the facility.
- Ability to communicate well with patients families, teammates, physicians, other members of the healthcare team, etc.
- Recognizes legal and policy limits of individual practice.
- Clinical Quality: Assesses, plans, evaluates and ensures the implementation of the patient's care to achieve identified outcomes and delivers safe patient care according to facility policy and procedure.
- Assesses patient status on admission and on an ongoing basis.
- Implements appropriate standards of care based on assessment data and patient's own goals.
- Coordinates nursing interventions to enhance achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for discharge.
- Ensures provision of patient care daily in an organized and timely manner.
- Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.
- Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
- Demonstrates ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situations.
- Assesses learning needs according to patient's level of understanding and readiness to learn.
- Evaluates patient's progress toward outcome achievement on an ongoing basis.
- Revises plan of care based on change in patient status and/or information gathered at change of shift
- Documents patient's progress toward achievement of outcomes.
- Directs others in the implementation of the teaching plan.
- Assumes an active role in the provision of quality nursing care for patients receiving care.
- Analyzes nursing care provided in the facility related to the established standards of care.
- Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of nursing care provided.
- Assigns patient care responsibilities based on patient needs and abilities of available staff.
- Assumes charge nurse responsibility as assigned.
- Demonstrates ability to make decisions concerning facility-based problems.
- Participates on quality council to facilitate improvement of patient care.
Location & Schedule- Branford, CT
- Monday - Friday 9:00am-5:30pm
Education/Experience requirements- Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in PACU, ER, or ICU settings
- Current state licensure to practice.
- Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS)/Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment or documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification.
- Successful completion of ACLS Course within 90 days of employment or documentation of current ACLS certification.
- Successful completion of PALS Course within 90 days of employment or documentation or current PALS certification.
What we offer: - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Competitive salary, 401(k) contributions, and company-paid life insurance.
- Generous PTO and paid holidays to promote work-life balance.
- Access to training and development opportunities and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Uniform allowance
- Free parking
- Reimbursement for credentialing fees
