Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
Saint Anthony Hospital
Chicago, IL
days
Sign-On Bonus

Staff Nurse/Recovery Room

Staff Nurse-Recovery Room Day Shift Saint Anthony Hospital is a diverse and community-centric organization your career can thrive in, while addressing the health and wellness challenges that families in our neighborhood face. Our employees deliver on our mission and achieve success by working together to provide excellent customer service and patient care. As part of Saint Anthony Hospital#s commitment to providing the highest quality health care, we will be building a new state-of-the-art hospital to serve as an anchor to the Focal Point Community Campus. Learn more at#focalpointchicago.org. Position Purpose:# The Licensed Registered Nurse provides and coordinates patient care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care. Essential Functions: Responsible for caring for patients before and after surgery.# Familiar with anesthesiology and be committed to the care of others. Responsible for assessing the pre and post op patient needs by checking vital signs, pain level, the site of incision, temperature and respiration. Duties include:#changing of dressing, turning patients, breathing exercises, and pain management In PACU and Stage 2. Admission and evaluation of pre-surgical patients including education of patient and family members. Be able to make judgement and assessment both in pre-op and post-op setting of patient status responsible for rousing patient from anesthesia and preparing patient for inpatient transfer of discharged to home. #Must have a degree from an accredited school of nursing and be licensed as a registered nurse. Collaborates with team members by sharing relevant#information; demonstrating initiative, and supporting team decisions and work life of the department.## Must be a quick thinker able to stay clam in emergencies and be professional as she/he may oversee other nurses. General Job Requirements: Excellent interpersonal and telephone skills EKG monitoring and arrhythmia interpretation (ICU,Tele,ED, Peds) Airway and ventilator management (ICU,ED, Peds, Nursery) ACLS (Tele, ICU, ED, PACU, L#D), PALS (ED, Peds), NRP (Nursery, L#D, Mother/Baby) BLS (all units) Saint Anthony Hospital Highlights: Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, nonprofit, faith-based, acute care, community hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the families on the West Side and Southwest Side of Chicago. Saint Anthony Hospital has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. Saint Anthony Hospital offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits program for employees and their families. Saint Anthony Hospital employs and teaches some of the city#s brightest, most innovative resident physicians and medical students. Staff Nurse-Recovery Room Day Shift Saint Anthony Hospital is a diverse and community-centric organization your career can thrive in, while addressing the health and wellness challenges that families in our neighborhood face. Our employees deliver on our mission and achieve success by working together to provide excellent customer service and patient care. As part of Saint Anthony Hospital's commitment to providing the highest quality health care, we will be building a new state-of-the-art hospital to serve as an anchor to the Focal Point Community Campus. Learn more at focalpointchicago.org. Position Purpose: The Licensed Registered Nurse provides and coordinates patient care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care. Essential Functions: * Responsible for caring for patients before and after surgery. Familiar with anesthesiology and be committed to the care of others. * Responsible for assessing the pre and post op patient needs by checking vital signs, pain level, the site of incision, temperature and respiration. * Duties include: changing of dressing, turning patients, breathing exercises, and pain management In PACU and Stage 2. Admission and evaluation of pre-surgical patients including education of patient and family members. * Be able to make judgement and assessment both in pre-op and post-op setting of patient status responsible for rousing patient from anesthesia and preparing patient for inpatient transfer of discharged to home. * Must have a degree from an accredited school of nursing and be licensed as a registered nurse. * Collaborates with team members by sharing relevant information; demonstrating initiative, and supporting team decisions and work life of the department. * Must be a quick thinker able to stay clam in emergencies and be professional as she/he may oversee other nurses. General Job Requirements: * Excellent interpersonal and telephone skills * EKG monitoring and arrhythmia interpretation (ICU,Tele,ED, Peds) * Airway and ventilator management (ICU,ED, Peds, Nursery) * ACLS (Tele, ICU, ED, PACU, L&D), PALS (ED, Peds), NRP (Nursery, L&D, Mother/Baby) * BLS (all units) Saint Anthony Hospital Highlights: * Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, nonprofit, faith-based, acute care, community hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the families on the West Side and Southwest Side of Chicago. * Saint Anthony Hospital has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. * Saint Anthony Hospital offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits program for employees and their families. * Saint Anthony Hospital employs and teaches some of the city's brightest, most innovative resident physicians and medical students.