Join our dedicated healthcare team in Petaluma, CA, a charming city known for its vibrant community and beautiful surroundings. We are looking for a skilled and compassionate professional to provide exceptional care in our Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).
Certifications
Skills
- Respiratory
- End-Tidal CO2 monitoring
- Airway assessment
- Assist/manage intubation
- Care of Ventilated Patient
- Chest tube management
- Fresh tracheostomy
- Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
- Plastics
- Abdominoplasty
- Breast augmentation
- IV therapy/Phlebotomy
- Accessing/Managing Ports
- Blood Product Administration
- Phlebotomy
- PICC line care and management
- Starting and maintaining IVs
Work Settings
- Ambulatory/Outpatient
- Inpatient
- Phase I PACU
- Phase II Recovery
- Pre-Post
Medications
- Antiarrhythmics
- Anticoagulation therapy
- Antihypertensives
- Emergency Medications
- IV vasopressors
- Narcotics/Opioid Analgesics
- Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring
- Reversal agents
Cardiac Monitoring
- Arterial line management
- Dysrhythmia recognition/management
Genitourinary/Renal
Gynecology
- Bilateral tubal ligation
- Hysterectomy
- Mastectomy
Ophthalmology
- Cataract extraction/implant
- Eye trauma
Gastrointestinal
- Cholecystectomy
- Colon surgery
Orthopedics
- Circulation Checks
- Open reduction and internal fixation
- Total joint replacement
Types of Anesthesia
- Conscious Sedation
- General
- Local
- Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)
- Nerve Blocks
- Post-epidural management
- Spinal
Pre/Post Op Care of the Patient
- Discharge Instructions
- Follow up phone calls
- Medication reconciliation
- Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG
- Obtain Operative/Procedural Consent
- Pre-op Assessment
- Pre-op Education
- Pre-Op Medications
- Pre/Post Endoscopy procedures
- Pre/Post Operative procedures
- Review History and Physical
- Straight urinary catheterization female
- Straight urinary catheterization male
- Wound Vacs
Surgery Cases
- Endo/Laparoscopic
- General
- Gyn
- Neuro/Spine
- Ophthalmology
- Ortho/Spine
- Ortho/Total joints
- Plastics
- Podiatry
- Urology
- Vascular
Neurological
- Hypothermia protocol
- Spine surgery
- Stroke Scale
Endocrine
Professional Topics and Skills
- Interpretation and communication of lab values
- Isolation Precautions/PPE
- Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol
- Pain assessment & management
- PCA pump management
- RASS (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale)
Pediatrics
- Management of pediatric patients
Unit Details
- Variable day shifts: 7, 8, 9, or 11 hours
- Float Required: Yes (float to preop and phase 1 and 2)
- Call Required: Yes (1-2 days 8pm to 6am, weekend call is 07-7)
- Weekend Coverage: Every Other
- Pre-Approved Time Off: 1 Request
- Orientation Hours: 40
Facility & Patient Care Details
- Patient Age Groups: Adolescents, Adults, Pediatrics, Geriatrics
- Daily Census: 15
- Interdisciplinary Support: Physical Therapy, Respiratory Services, Interpretation Services, Phlebotomy, Radiology, Social Services, Rapid Response Teams, Pharmacy, Transportation
- Special Procedures/Unit Details: All except Cardiac Procedures, GI Procedures are staffed by the Pre-op / PACU