Pre-op/PACU Charge Nurse
Sharp San Diego Surgery Center
San Diego, California
You'll join the Grossmont Surgery Center team as a pre-op nurse in San Diego.
- Unit and setting
- PACU patients at all stages of lifepatients of all ages
- License
- RN license RN License (Required)
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN license RN License (Required)
- Certification
- BLS certification BLS Certification (Required)
- Education
- Associate's degree from an accredited nursing school or RN diploma Required: Associates degree from an accredited school of nursing or a Registered Nurse (RN) Diploma.
- Experience
- 1 to 3 years PreOp/PACU experience Minimum of one to three years related experience in a multi-specialty PREOP/PACU, preferably in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.
- Experience
- 1 year of nursing experience Nursing: 1 year (Required)
- Also asks
- completed an accredited or Sutter Health OR training program Required: Completion of an accredited or Sutter Health OR training program.
Preferred
- Experience
- hospital or ambulatory surgery center experience
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for San Diego staff RN rolesSan Diego staff RN postings that state pay run $39/hr to $64/hr, the middle half $42/hr to $60/hr, across 119 postings.
Benefits
- BenefitsDental insuranceDental insurance
- BenefitsHealth insuranceHealth insurance
- BenefitsPaid time offPaid time off
- BenefitsVision insuranceVision insurance
- 401(k)
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses Provides new employee orientations, training courses, and guides new team members on patient transportation and positioning.
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Day to day
- giving medications and controlling narcotics Administers medication and controls narcotics for patients as ordered by the physician.
- Day to day
- starting IVs Performs venipuncture as necessary for IV starts.
- Day to day
- recognizing life-threatening arrhythmias in recovery Recognizes life-threatening arrhythmias and initiates appropriate therapy and/or assures assistance.
- Day to day
- leading the time-out Ensures procedure safety and success by leading the team responsible for participating actively in the time-out process.
- Day to day
- coaching and training ancillary staff Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care provided by coaching, training, and developing ancillary personnel while documenting findings.
- Day to day
- coordinating patient flow with other departments Enhances patient flow by proactively coordinating with other departments for patient care.
- Day to day
- tracking inventory against scheduled cases Maintains and reviews inventory levels against procedures scheduled, including inventory on hand.
- Details
- in-person work Work Location: In person
- Details
- Relocation to San Diego, CA 92111 is required before starting work San Diego, CA 92111: Relocate before starting work (Required)
The workplace
Sharp San Diego Surgery Center is part of Sharp HealthCare, a not-for-profit healthcare system that is San Diego's leading healthcare provider. Sharp HealthCare operates five acute-care hospitals, five specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups, and one health plan. The system…
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Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
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Maverix Health is seeking a Pre-Op Registered Nurse to join our Grossmont Surgery Center team in the San Diego, CA area. The Registered Nurse – PreOp/PACU is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and coordinating patient care through the preoperative and/or postoperative phase of care. Participates with other facility team members to provide optimal patient care and efficient patient flow, taking into consideration the population-specific needs for patients at all stages of life.
What's around it?
San Diego, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 12% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,313/mo
- Household income
- $108,077/yr, all local households, not nurse pay