Weekend Cadre Pre-Op/Pacu Registered Nurse RN

Are you an experienced RN looking for a unique opportunity to balance your work and personal life? Join our team as a Weekend Cadre Pre-op/PACU RN at OakLeaf Surgical Hospital and enjoy a rewarding career with exceptional benefits. In this position, you will play a crucial role in our patients' care, ensuring they receive the best possible treatment and support during the weekend. Your expertise and dedication will help us maintain a safe, comfortable, and healing environment for our patients.

Position Highlights:

• Schedule: Work 12-hour shifts on Fridays and Saturdays (variable daytime hours), and on-call for 12 hours on Sundays.

• Status: .6 FTE - part-time.

• Compensation: All hours worked will be paid at time and a half. On-Call hours will be paid at $2.50 per hour. Call back is paid at time and a half.

• Benefits: This part-time position is benefit eligible, offering comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, Health Savings Account with an employer contribution, company paid life insurance, 401(k) retirement play with a 4% company match, free scrubs with laundry service, free meals, PTO, tuition and wellness reimbursement, and more!

• Program Commitment: Those hired into the Weekend Cadre Program will make a 12-month commitment to the Program. The Weekend Cadre will commit to working 48 out of 52 weekends per year. One of the four weekends off a year being an OakLeaf Surgical recognized holiday weekend, and the other three out of the four weekends must be a non-holiday weekend

Job Summary:

The Pre-Op/PACU RN is a vital member of the surgical team, responsible for providing comprehensive nursing care to patients in both the pre-operative and post anesthesia care unit (PACU) settings. This role maintains a safe, comfortable environments for the patients undergoing surgery and provides critical care during the immediate post-operative period.

Essential Job Functions:

• Plans and directs all nursing care for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures and for patients while in the recovery room

• Provides high quality nursing care through patient assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation

• Exhibits accuracy in recording, interpreting, and responding to a continuous stream of data and serves as the guardian of the patient's well-being by utilizing critical thinking skills

• Describes the perioperative experience to the patient and significant other including what to expect before, during, and after procedure

• Obtains pertinent patient records prior to patient's arrival for pre-op testing

• Performs all preoperative testing needed the day of surgery, i.e. labs, EKG

• Reports abnormal values to anesthesiologist and surgeon in a timely manner

• Performs a surgical site identification and verifies consent on every patient

• Uses equipment effectively by anticipating patient needs and providing appropriate care

• Reviews postoperative instructions and prescriptions from the surgeon with patient and significant other and documents in the patient record

• Informs the patient and family about appropriate care and procedure to follow upon returning home

• Determines that the patient and significant other understand the conditions that require immediate care and the method to obtain immediate care

• Prepares, administers, and records prescribed medications

• Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol

• Records all care information concisely, accurately, and completely, in a timely manner in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms

• Assists in positioning and responding to the comfort and safety of the patient

• Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens

• Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis

• Inventories all patient belongings preoperatively

• Reports all occurrences in a timely manner

• Regular and prompt work-site attendance

• Performs other duties as they are assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge & Ability:

• Demonstrates eligibility for employment in the U.S.

• Current RN licensure in the State of Wisconsin

• BLS certification is required upon hire

• Must be able to achieve ACLS and PALS certification within six months of hire

• Five (5) or more years' experience in perioperative, PACU, CCU, and/or ER nursing

• Ability to relate and work effectively with others

• Demonstrated skills in verbal and written English communications for safe and effective patient care and to meet documentation standards

• Willingness to participate in goal-setting and educational activities for own professional advancement

• Is aware of professional nursing standards and performs in accordance with them