Registered Nurse PreOp PACU

Mercy Surgery Center has an opening for a part time Registered Nurse PreOp PACU.

Mercy Surgery Center is a fast-paced, multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) environment committed to producing the highest quality work and experience for patients and their families.  

What You Will Do  (Job Summary) - The Registered Nurse  PreOp PACU  provides continuity and quality nursing care for all patients, with continual evaluation of the patient's condition, providing patient safety, comfort, and privacy at all times. Will provide total comprehensive patient care to patients emerging from general anesthesia and/or sedation; assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient and family in preparation for discharge.

This position will also have oversight for the center's Infection Control program.   This includes infection surveillance, policy compliance, staff education, regulatory readiness, quality improvement initiatives, and implementation of evidence-based infection prevention practices to ensure a safe environment for patients and staff.

Part Time requires 20 - 29 hours/ week.   

Monday-Friday daytime work schedule

NO call required

NO Nights, NO Weekends, NO Holiday work hours

What We Offer      
One way we care for our communities and each other is by providing competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) - Starting PTO accrual is 5 days per year.
• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.

The starting pay range is $38.00 - $57.00 / hour, depending on experience. 

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current CA Nursing License
• 2+ years experience in Pre-Op/PACU. Previous experience working in an ambulatory surgical setting preferred.
• Strong knowledge of surgical procedures and management of the surgical patient
• Experience managing Infection Control programs preferred
• Understand principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
• Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
• Knowledge base to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing condition of the patient when needed
• Excellent teaching skills
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Demonstrate strong professional and ethical behavior
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, physicians and fellow employees. (TEAMWORK)
• Strong customer service skills
• Demonstrate accountability, creativity, innovation and be receptive to change
• Possess basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology
• Current BLS, ACLS and PALS accredited by AHA 

Who We Are

We are part of a much larger team with United Surgical Partners (USPI).  At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

 USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

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