PACU Registered Nurse
Saint Louis, MO
Cross Country Nurses
4x10 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) nursing position in a high-acuity, Level I trauma setting. The role provides care for adult, adolescent, and geriatric patients recovering from a broad range of surgical procedures, including neurosurgical, thoracic, vascular, trauma, orthopedic, transplant, and general surgical cases. Critical care expertise is required for patients needing airway support, invasive monitoring, transfusions, and vasoactive medications.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Two years of Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) experience in a Level I trauma setting; critical care or intensive care experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications; experience with Phase I PACU care, dysrhythmia recognition and management, blood product administration, phlebotomy, intravenous access initiation and maintenance, intravenous vasopressors, intracranial pressure monitoring, care of ventilated patients, drains, mechanical ventilation, recovery from general anesthesia, preoperative assessment, and electrocardiogram rhythm analysis; required electronic charting system experience.
• Schedule: Day shift, 10-hour shifts, 40 hours per week; Monday through Friday with no weekends, holidays, or call.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: The unit operates 24 hours per day with 38 patient bays and an average daily census of 7090 patients. Responsibilities include recovery of high-acuity postoperative patients, with many requiring inpatient admission after surgery. Patient care may involve artificial airways, invasive monitoring, transfusions, vasoactive medications, and postoperative management following neurosurgery, ear, nose, and throat procedures, plastic surgery, orthopedics, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, trauma, general surgery, colorectal surgery, gynecology, urology, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, and transplant procedures. Open-heart surgeries and liver transplants are not recovered. Night-shift staff may also support preoperative preparation for early surgical cases.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits