PreOp PACU Charge Nurse

Job ID 67222-147 Date posted 01/02/2025

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus available.

USPI Paso Del Norte is seeking a motivated PreOp PACU Charge Nurse to join our team. We have 5 OR rooms and 1 Treatment room. We perform outpatient surgical procedures in Anesthesia, ENT, General, GI, Ortho, OB/GYN, Pain, Plastic, Podiatry. We are looking for a candidate to be available Monday-Friday, schedule subject to change based on surgical schedule and flow of the day. The candidate needs to be available for some early mornings and later evenings.

Position requires weekdays only -- no holidays, weekends, or call. Some later evenings required.

Job Duties:

Supervises the Preop/PACU staff to provide a daily smooth flow of cases.

Prepares monthly schedules.

Prepare, coordinate and perform monthly staff meetings

Communicate effectively with physicians to resolve issues and provide efficiency and smooth case flow.

Assists with education by coordinating and/or giving in-services.

Prepare schedules in the afternoon for next day.

Communicate with vendors and representatives for supplies, equipment or instruments

Works closely with Materials and Sterile Processing Dept to coordinate supplies & instrument needs.

Preparing and administering annual evaluations

Works closely with manager with hiring and orienting Preop/PACU staff members

Helps in revising and preparing policies that relate to Preop/PACU functions

Assistance in maintaining compliance for Joint Commission surveys

Enters company data collections and observations with company EDGE

MIDAS data entry.

Enters data into Kronos time keeping program

Assistance with staff counseling as necessary

Coordinates and assists in Performance Improvement Projects.

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Required Skills:

Qualifications:

• Current Texas Nursing License
• Current CPR, ACLS, and PALS
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
• Minimum 2-year experience in a hospital setting
• Minimum of 2- 5 years' experience in Pre-Op/PACU or ICU
• Strong PreOp/PACU experience
• Ability to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, physicians, vendors and the public.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, openness, receptive to change, creativity and innovative.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to surgery procedures and management of the surgical patient.
• Understands principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
• Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics.
• Excellent teaching skills
• Basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology
  
  

USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date.If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

Required Experience: