PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) Registered Nurse
San Diego, California
- Eligibility
- Perioperative CareSurgical Nursing
Posted Jun 25
- Unit and setting
- PACU · Military
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Agency
The workplace
Posterity Group LLC is a veteran-owned, service-disabled small business headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, specializing in federal government contracting and staffing. The company has been tasked with staffing the Naval Medical Clinic San Diego and associated locations with various healthcare roles,…
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- 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?
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Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
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Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing The Naval Medical Clinic San Diego and associated locations with various roles, including Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse. The PACU Registered Nurse are expected to do the following: Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals.
Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness. Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF. Perform physical exam and health histories.
Provide health promotions, counseling, and education. Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions. Collaborate with and provide clinical guidance to members of the healthcare team in the coordination of patient care.
Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel. Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations. Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate. Perform nursing services identified in the TO. Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes OR RNs provide direct
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