PACU Registered Nurse
Nyc, New York
Mount Sinai West

Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit)

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Staffing - Supplier Sourced
Contract Length: Approximately 12 weeks (82 days ≈ 12 weeks)

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to patients in the PACU unit, applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to manage patient care and ensure positive patient outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver care based on Relationship Centered Care and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Prioritize patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate professionally with patients, families, and care team members.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Model Relationship Centered Care practices such as Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, and Discharge Wrap Up.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, patient-centered care and identify barriers to quality.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to patient safety.
• Implement process improvement strategies and participate in peer and institutional reviews.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice, and nursing research.
• Follow high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality and performance initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with leadership to ensure adequate supplies and staffing.
• Escalate resource deficits appropriately.
• Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to resource management.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with regulatory and legal standards.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert level.
• Project a professional image demonstrating caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Encourage lifelong learning, scholarship, inquiry, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to role, specialty, and community health needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Current New York State RN License
• BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications
• Minimum 2 years PACU experience required
• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred
• Experience with travel nursing positions preferred but not required for per diem roles

Unit Information

• Average Unit Census: 50 patients
• Unit Beds: 17-32
• Staffing Guidelines: Varies
• Typical Schedule: 3x12 hour shifts or 4x10 hour shifts

This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic PACU environment with a focus on quality, safety, patient-centered care, and professional growth.