Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
Portland, ME
Voca Healthcare
4x12 hrs, Days

Required qualifications

• RN license — the posting is for an RN.
• At least 3 years of nursing experience
  • The position specifically lists 3+ years.
• Pre-op experience — required
• PACU experience — required
• Experience caring for surgical patients.
• Ability to work in a Pre/Post Anesthesia/PACU environment.
• EPIC experience is relevant because EPIC is the unit's EMR.

Certifications / education

The posting states:

• No specific certifications are listed as required.
• No specific degree requirement is listed.
• The certification field says “n/a.”

So I would not add BLS, ACLS, PALS, etc. as hard requirements based solely on this posting.

Floating requirement

The nurse must be willing to float:

• Yes
• Only to another PACU with the same patient population.

• Schedule

• The posting has variable 12-hour shifts, including:
• 6:00 AM–6:00 PM
• 8:00 AM–8:00 PM

• 9:00 AM–9:00 PM

   

• Candidate screening checklist

• For submission, I would look for:
• ✓ RN license
  ✓ 3+ years RN experience
  ✓ Pre-op experience — required
  ✓ PACU experience — required
  ✓ Surgical patient experience
  ✓ EPIC experience preferred/strongly relevant
  ✓ Willingness to float to another PACU with the same patient population
  ✓ Availability for 12-hour shifts