Overview
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Recovery Room (PACU) Registered Nurse in Westwood, NJ.
Responsibilities
- PACU staff provides care for patients recovering from general, regional, or local anesthesia. Unless complicationsoccur, most patients only stay in the PACU for a few hours before returning home or to another department of the hospital.
- The PACU staff, generally composed of highly trained nurses, performs many tasks vital to the care of post-anesthesia and post- operative patients. These essential activities include:
- Monitoring vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and respiratory rate)
- Treating symptoms of postoperative nausea and vomiting (or PONV)
- Managing post-operative pain
- Treating post-anesthetic shivering
- Monitoring surgical site(s) for excessive bleeding, discharge, swelling, hematoma, redness, etc.
- Additionally, PACU RNs often coordinate the delivery of care for post-anesthesia patients immediately following surgical procedures, so that the physical, psychological, safety, rehabilitative and education needs of patients and their family members are met.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Current valid NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license or a valid multistate Registered Nurse License from the NCL required.
- 2 years minimum as OR, PACU, critical care or Same Day surgery experience
- BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification (ACLS) by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC) required.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC) required.
Preferred Job Requirements:
- CNOR or CPAN
- Certification in a specialty
Rate of pay is determined based on experience and education and may include other pay components such as differentials and call pay based on role.
