RN, PACU - Recovery, CCMC

Overview: * All positions are located in Fresno/Clovis CA *

If you are a nurse (RN) looking for a position where you can utilize AND grow your critical care experience, our Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) may just be for the place for you to grow your career. As a Registered Nurse in our PACU, you will be key to patient experience post-surgery. From continuous assessment to ensuring patient safety, comfort, continuity of care and post-surgical education, you will have the opportunity to serve a large patient population that is ever-changing.

Clovis Community Medical Center opened at its current location as a 109-bed hospital in 1988. Since then, there's been nothing but growth. Today, Clovis Community has 208 private patient rooms and another 144 under construction. We've added a $68 million freestanding Cancer Institute and other specialty programs and now perform more than 13,000 surgeries annually. With a diverse patient population and the variety of care that we provide, you will be challenged to grow your skills - and will be supported as you do.

Responsibilities: Your Career at Community | Opportunity. Challenge. Growth.

In your role, you will:

• Utilize the nursing process to identify patient needs for continuous assessment in the PACU.
• Document and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing actions and ensure a safe environment of care.
• Work alongside other departments to ensure continuity of care.
• Provide post-surgical education to patients, creating and maintaining a sterile and safe surgical environment for the patient and monitoring the patient's physical and emotional well-being throughout the surgical care continuum
• Monitoring patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.

Schedule

• Limited Time, one 12 hours shift per pay period (2 weeks)
• 1000 - 2230
• On-Call Shifts available but not required

Qualifications: Education and Experience Minimum Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited registered nursing program
• Minimum 2 years recent ICU, Critical Care, or PACU experience
• California RN state license
• BLS Certification
• ACLS Certification within 6 months of hire or transfer into job
• PALS Certification within 6 months of hire or transfer into job

Disclaimers:
• Pay ranges listed are an estimate and subject to change.
• If any bonuses are noted, they are only applicable to external hires meeting criteria.