Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care - $1,578 per week at South Austin Hospital TX
Austin, TX 78716
About the Job
- CONTRACT - RN - PACU - RECOVERY (704) - 13 WEEKS - 700P-7:30A
- Call Required
Job Details
- Critical Care Experience -- including titrating drips, caring for intubated patients, & caring for patients on a ventilator (RT available for help/resource).
- Caring for patients on BiPAP/CPAP (RT available for help/resource).
Job Requirements
- Shift: manager to clarify per position
- Call Requirements - manager to clarify per position
- Weekends: manager to clarify per position
- Weeknight Shift - 2 RNs (2100 to 0700) in house & 1 RN on call
- Weekend Day Shift- 2 RNs in house & 2 RNs on call
- Weekend Night Shift- 1 RN in house & 2 RNs on call
Schedule Information
- Unit Information : PACU (dept 70477)
- Number of Beds - 10
- Number of Staff – 24
- Type of staff : Day/Evening Shift – 1 Charge RN & up to 7 staff RNs
- Patient Ratios – Phase 1 PACU— up to 2 patients per RN; Phase 2 PACU- up to 3 patients per RN; for patients holding for rooms upstairs, ratio subject to acuity level of patient/level of care ordered.
- Type of equipment - GE bedside Monitors
- EMR – Meditech
- Permanent Positions on Unit Avaliable ? (Y/N) – none currently
- Typical hiring profile
- Skill Set Most recruited for: RNs
- Must have: candidates without these skills will not be considered for the role.
- Preferred or nice to have: candidates with these skills will be considered first.
- Previous Meditech Experience
- Previous PACU Phase 1 Experience at a Trauma Center Level 1 or 2.
- List typical procedures performed on unit(s): Phase 1 PACU recovery - includes up to q 5 min vital signs & medicating for pain with prn q 5 min med orders from Anesthesia. Phase 2 PACU recovery (including discharge education & discharging patients home in the afternoons, evenings, nights & weekends).
- Dress Code: Include requirements, but most of all not acceptable attire.
- Scrub Color - navy (also option to wear Hospital OR scrubs)
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Unit Specific Information
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- Best personality Fit: Flexible, Organized & Efficient with time, Team player
- Centralized transport available for transporting patients.
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