Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Part-timeNew London, NH, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Have 2 years of relevant clinical practice; critical care or post-anesthesia care unit experience is preferred.
Hold a licensed registered nurse credential with New Hampshire eligibility.
Hold Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
Hold Basic Life Support certification.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to assess symptoms, plan interventions, implement treatment plans, evaluate responses, and revise plans based on effectiveness.
Provide age-appropriate care to the patient population served.
Follow hospital practices, standards, and procedures when administering medications.
Make informed decisions based on the facts and the patient's disease or surgical condition.
Educate patients and caregivers based on assessed learning needs.
Create and monitor a safe patient environment free from hazards.
Provide patient care in a manner that optimizes safety and reduces medical or healthcare errors.
Perform duties to meet department needs in preparing patients for surgical services.
Manage patient admission to surgical services.
Collaborate with anesthesia providers and surgeons to provide comprehensive admission care.
Assess and document patients' health status according to current ASPAN guidelines and hospital standards.
Identify and report patient abnormalities to anesthesia providers or surgeons.
Verify the patient, procedure, and surgeon before surgery.
Work with appropriate team members to provide comprehensive care.
Execute pre-procedure orders and document interventions.
Assist anesthesia providers with pre-procedure interventions and document care according to current ASPAN guidelines and hospital standards.
Oversee the work of department LNAs.
Collaborate with team members to ensure charts are complete before surgery.
Provide competent phase 1 and phase 2 post-anesthesia care.
Assess and document patient condition according to current ASPAN standards and hospital guidelines.
Identify physical symptoms and changes and take timely appropriate action.
Reassess and document patient responses to interventions according to current ASPAN standards and hospital guidelines.
Administer medications and intravenous fluids correctly based on patient age and clinical condition.
Use cardiac monitoring, identify dysrhythmias, collaborate with appropriate team members, and intervene as appropriate.
Perform interventions during post-procedure emergencies.
Assess and document patient status after radiology procedures, execute physician orders, and provide post-procedure instructions with radiology staff.

Desired Qualifications

Critical care experience or post-anesthesia care unit experience is preferred.

Overview

Utilizes the nursing process in caring for all patients, to include: assessing symptoms, planning interventions, implementing treatment plans, evaluating responses to interventions, and revising plan based on overall effectiveness.
Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the population served.
Adheres to the established practices standards and procedure at New London Hosptial, in the administration of all medications.
Makes knowledgeable decision in consideration of the facts and the disease/surgical condition
Provides education to patients and caregivers based on assessment of learning needs.
Creates and monitors patient environment to ensure it is safe and free from hazards.
Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
Performs duties to meet the department needs to prepare patients during their time of care in surgical services.

Responsibilities

Pre-Operative Duties

Manage patient's admission process to NLH surgical services
Collaborate with anesthesia/surgeon to provide comprehensive admission care of the patient.
Assess and document the status of patients' health per current ASPAN guidelines and hospital standards.
Identify and report patient abnormalities to anesthesia/surgeon
Ensure accuracy of patient, procedure and surgeon prior to surgical procedure.
Work in conjunction with all appropriate team members to provide comprehensive care.
Execute pre-procedure orders and document interventions.
Assist anesthesia providers with pre-procedure interventions, document per current ASPAN guidelines and hospital standards.
Oversee the work of the departments LNA.
Collaborate with team members to ensure chart completeness prior to patients' surgical procedure.

Post-Procedure Duties

Demonstrates competence in phase 1 and phase 2 care of all post anesthesia needs of patients.
Assess and documents patient condition per current ASPAN standards and hospital guidelines.
Identify physical symptoms and changes and takes appropriate action in a timely manner.
Reassess and documents patients response to interventions per current ASPAN standards and hospital guidelines.
Demonstrates knowledge of medications and IV fluids and their correct administration, based on age and clinical condition of the patient.
Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias, collaborates with appropriate team members and intervenes as appropriate.
Perform interventions in cases of post procedure emergencies
Assess and document patient status post radiology procedure, execute physician orders, and provide post procedure instructions in conjunction with radiology staff.

Qualifications

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
2 years relevant clinical practice (preferred critical care experience or PACU experience)

Required Licensure/Certifications

REQUIRED LICENSE(S): • Licensed RN with NH eligibility REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: • (ACLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support • (BLS) Basic Life Support

About the Company

Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Dartmouth Health runs New Hampshire’s largest private employer and a regional academic health system serving northern New England, with DHMC and a wide network of hospitals and clinics. It provides care through more than 2,000 providers across nearly every specialty, including the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth Health Children’s. It blends clinical care with education and research by training about 400 residents and fellows each year with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, and by conducting clinical trials with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center. Its goal is to deliver exceptional, personal care while advancing medicine and meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lebanon, NH
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