RN / REGISTERED NURSE - PRE-OP/PACU FOR AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER - Beebe Healthcare

Why Beebe?:

Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence.

 

Join our Nursing Team and Cultivate your Career:
At Beebe, we care about your professional nursing path and want to foster the growth and development of your career.  Whether you decide to further your education, gain professional certifications, learn a new specialty area, educate or lead – we support it all.  We do so by offering a nursing graduate residency program, clinical ladder, professional certification reimbursement, certification preparation curriculums, generous tuition assistance, flexible scheduling and shared governance where you can help guide nursing professional practice and have a voice as a bedside nurse. 

Benefits

In addition to competitive compensation and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision and prescription) Beebe Healthcare also offers:

• Sign-on and Referral Bonuses for select positions
• Tuition Assistance up to $5,000
• Paid Time Off
• Long Term Sick accrual
• Employer Contribution Plan
• Free Short and Long-Term Disability for Full Time employees
• Zero copay for drugs on prescription plan for certain conditions
• College Bound 529 Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Beebe Perks via WorkAdvantage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance

 

 

Overview:

Beebe Healthcare is seeking a dedicated and experienced Ambulatory Pre-Op and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Registered Nurse (RN) to provide exceptional perioperative care for patients undergoing surgical procedures. This clinically competent RN will demonstrate expertise in preoperative preparation and post-anesthesia recovery, ensuring safe and effective care throughout the surgical process. The ideal candidate will skillfully manage patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.

This position is scheduled for weekdays only and is located in our outpatient surgery center in Rehoboth Beach, DE. 

Responsibilities:

• Identifies, labels, and dispenses medications and solutions safely and per established guidelines.
• Demonstrates competency with the Invision process.
• Accepts personal accountability for proper handling, judicious use, and optimum care of all department supply, instrument, and equipment inventory.
• Maintains accuracy and ensures cost effective use of supplies. Utilizes the nursing process throughout the perioperative setting per patient assessment--collecting, interpreting, recording, and communicating pertinent data relevant to patient care in surgery; care planning--utilization of collected data to plan appropriately for intraoperative nursing care; implementing--provides direct patient care to meet physical and psychological needs; evaluating care--continuously evaluates patient response to nursing intervention and modifies care plan to achieve desired outcome.
• Demonstrates and conveys theoretical knowledge and skills related to perioperative nursing care--understands the "why" concept as well as the "how" process.
• Thorough/Accurate/Complete documentation of patient care. Identifies and documents all medications on Medication Reconciliation Sheet during pre-op interview with patient.
• Demonstrates competency with airway assessment and management. Understands, demonstrates, and conveys knowledge related to patient assessment and care with the pain management process.
• Effectively demonstrates critical thinking, prioritization of duties, and time management skills throughout the perioperative arena.
• Interviews each patient and obtains a thorough medical history.
• Provides patients with thorough pre-op instructions, explanations and rationale for treatments, tests and procedures.
• Collects adequate blood/urine specimens from patients for point of care testing as ordered by physicians, using proper technique and equipment.
• Correctly labels specimens and processes.

 

Qualifications:

• Must possess current hospital experience (within the past 5 years) or be a new graduate (within the last 2 years).
• Prefer minimum of 1 year recent perioperative experience.
• Must be knowledgeable regarding the nursing process and its application--assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• At time of hire, we ask that you either have a current active PALS certification or obtain PALS Certification within the first 6 months of hire.

Competencies Skills:

Essential:
* Experience In Hospital Or Acute Care Setting
* Clear Communication Skills Both Written And Verbal
* Able To Keep Confidential Information Regarding Patients, Team Members
* Able To Withstand Crisis Situations
* Has Skills To Provides Customer Service To Patients, Team Members And Visitors
* Knowledge And Experience With Electronic Health Records

Credentials:

Essential:
* RN - Registered Nurse
* BLS - Basic Life Saving certification

* ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Non-essential:

* PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Education:

Essential:
* RN Diploma/RN Graduate Program

Entry:USD $36.20/Hr.Expert:USD $59.73/Hr.