Perianesthesia RN
UPMC - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Hanover, PA

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 Join the Perianesthesia team at UPMC Hanover as a Professional Staff Nurse and provide safe, individualized care across the perioperative continuum, including pre-operative preparation, Phase I PACU, and Phase II recovery. In this role, you will assess and prepare patients for procedures, monitor patients following anesthesia, administer medications and therapies, evaluate discharge readiness, provide patient and family education, and collaborate closely with anesthesia providers, surgeons, operating room staff, and other members of the care team.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide safe, individualized nursing care throughout the perioperative continuum, including Pre-Op, Phase I PACU, and Phase II recovery, using ongoing assessment, clinical judgment, and established standards of care.

• Complete preoperative assessments, verify required documentation and consents, review medications and allergies, obtain and monitor IV access, complete ordered testing and medications, and ensure patients are appropriately prepared for surgery or procedures.

• Receive and recover patients following anesthesia by closely monitoring airway, respiratory and cardiovascular status, neurological status, pain, nausea/vomiting, surgical sites, and other potential post-anesthesia complications. Initiate appropriate nursing interventions and escalate changes in condition as needed.

• Safely administer IV fluids, medications, pain management, antiemetics, antibiotics, and other ordered therapies. Perform nursing interventions in accordance with hospital policy, medication-safety practices, and applicable perianesthesia standards.

• Evaluate patients for progression through phases of recovery and discharge readiness. Provide patient and family education regarding medications, pain management, activity, wound care, follow-up, and warning signs while coordinating care with anesthesia, surgeons/proceduralists, OR staff, and other members of the interdisciplinary team to support safe transitions of care.

• *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
• *Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Three 8-hour shifts each week, with on-call responsibilities once every other week and an on-call weekend rotation. 

• The individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately to the ages of the patients served by his/her assigned unit as specified below. 
• They must also demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patients status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.
• One or more years of experience. BSN preferred. 
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families. 
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment. Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care. Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process. 
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity. Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients.
  
  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
  UPMC approved national certification preferred. Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. 
  
  
   
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• ACLS
• PALS
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)

*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

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