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Nurse Post Anesthesia Care
Dignity Health     Henderson, NV 89077
 Posted 12 days    

**Overview**

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As the community’s only not-for-profit faith-based healthcare system; Dignity Health Nevada has been guided by the vision and core values of the Adrian Dominican Sisters for more than 70 years. As the Henderson and Las Vegas communities grow Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican facilities and its more than 3400 employees will continue the Sisters’ mission of serving people in need. St. Rose Dominican is a member of Dignity Health one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems a 22-state network of more than 9000 physicians 60000 employees and 400 care centers including hospitals urgent and occupational care imaging and surgery centers home health and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate high-quality and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. You can also follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DignityHealth) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dignityhealth)

The Siena Campus is named after Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), a laywoman who devoted her life to prayer and was know for her great compassion for the poor and sick.

**Get to know our beautiful Siena Campus!** We offer a variety of hospital services including -

Electrophysiology (EP) Lab, Open Heart Surgery Center - Chest Pain Center Accredited

Children's Emergency Room (ER) / Emergency Department with Level III Trauma Center

Full range of Rehabilitative Services

Full range of Surgical Services / Hybrid OR

Intensive Care Unit

Joint Replacement Center

MBSAQIP Accredited Surgical Weight Loss Program

Neuro-Interventional Radiology

Neurosurgery

Obstetric Services / Birth Center

Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

On-site laboratory Services

Palliative Care Services

Pediatric Unit / Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Radiology services, all digital diagnostic services

Robotic Surgery Center of Excellence

Stroke Program (Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center)

Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center

**Responsibilities**

**Position Summary:**

The PACU Registered Nurse provides phase 1 recovery care for patients who receive general anesthesia.

+ The registered nurse employs critical thinking to integrate objective data with knowledge gained from an assessment of the subjective experiences of patients.

+ Registered nurses use this critical thinking process to apply the best available evidence and research data to the processes of diagnosis and treatment.

+ Nurses continually evaluate quality and effectiveness of nursing practice and seek to optimize outcomes.

+ This position is represented by CNA and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

\#RN@DH

**Qualifications**

**Minimum:**

+ One (1) full year experience as a PACU nurse in an acute care facility providing care to the Adult and Pediatric population.

+ Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

+ Ability to work in a high stress environment and make critical thinking decisions urgently.

+ Basic computer skills.

+ RN - Registered Nurse license from the State of NV Nursing Board.

+ CT CPRBLS - Basic Life Support – AHA

+ CT CPRPALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support – AHA

+ CT CPRACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support – AHA

+ NIHSS = NIH Stroke-AM Stroke ASC- Nat'l - Training upon hire/transfer.

+ Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

**Preferred:**

+ Two (2) years PACU experience.

+ Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

+ ASPAN CCRN and/or Trauma certification.

**Pay Range**

$48.27 - $66.42 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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Job Details


Field of Interest

Health Sciences

Employment Type

Full Time

Number of openings

N/A


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