PACU Registered Nurse
Espanola, New Mexico
Presbyterian Health Services Inc - Presbyterian Espanola Hospital

Job Opportunity: PACU RN

Location: Espanola, New Mexico
Employment Type: Clinical - Nursing
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

• Provide direct patient care using the nursing process during assigned shifts.
• Ensure safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care.
• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document individual patient needs and responses.
• Coordinate patient care through collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed or per protocols.
• Identify and address patient and family learning and discharge needs throughout care.
• Supervise LPNs and non-licensed assistive personnel clinically.
• Complete patient population/age-specific procedure and protocol education and competency testing per unit standards.
• Floating between departments or local locations within 20 miles is required.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Mexico
• Minimum 2 years of PACU (Post Anesthesia Care) experience, including experience within the last year
• At least 13 weeks or more of total travel nursing experience
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association, American Health and Safety, or American Red Cross
• ACLS certification issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• PALS certification issued by American Heart Association, American Health and Safety, or American Red Cross
• Must pass Basic Cardiac Arrhythmias (BCA) testing during the first week of assignment (failure results in dismissal)

Preferred Qualifications

• EPIC experience (training available on-site).
• Team player, flexible, and accustomed to a fast-paced environment.