Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit. This role provides care for adult and geriatric patients in a high-acuity inpatient post-anesthesia setting. Responsibilities include recovery of patients following complex surgical, transplant, cardiac, neurological, vascular, thoracic, and interventional procedures.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts with 10-hour shifts and a minimum of 40 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications: California Registered Nurse license; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; 2 years of experience; experience in an inpatient Level I Trauma Center; teaching hospital experience; required Epic charting system experience; experience caring for a patient ratio of 1:2.
- Preferred Qualifications: Previous charge experience; community hospital experience; long-term acute care experience; Level II Trauma Center experience; intensive care experience, preferably surgical, cardiovascular, or neurological intensive care; Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification.
- Additional Information:
- Provides Phase I post-anesthesia care and Phase II recovery.
- Cares for higher-acuity patients, including kidney transplant, craniotomy, transaortic valve replacement, spine surgery, and intensive care patients.
- Supports recovery following craniectomy, lumbar laminectomy with spine fusion, bronchoscopy with lobectomy or wedge resection, aortic valve replacement, kidney transplant, nephrectomy, colectomy, thyroidectomy, and interventional radiology procedures.
- Collaborates with physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, radiology, social services, pharmacy, and unit support staff.
- Two completed professional references from the most recent employer must be available at submission.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
