RN PACU Full-time
Hackensack Meridian Health

Registered Nurse / RN PACU

Hackensack Meridian Health Westwood, NJ 07675, US
Overview

Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Recovery Room (PACU) Registered Nurse in Westwood, NJ.

 

Why Join Us? 

 

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

  • Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
  • People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
  • Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
  • Learn more about the benefits offered for this job.

Get to Know Your Team:

  • Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.

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.

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