SurgCenter of Greater Jacksonville is seeking a motivated Preoperative PACU Charge Nurse to join our team.

We perform outpatient surgical procedures in Orthopedics, Neurosurgery / Spine, Pain Management, and Sports Medicine. We are looking for a candidate to be available Monday-Friday.

Job Duties:

• Supervises the Preop/PACU staff to provide a daily smooth flow of cases.
• Prepares monthly schedules.
• Prepare, coordinate and perform monthly staff meetings
• Communicate effectively with physicians to resolve issues and provide efficiency and smooth case flow.
• Assists with education by coordinating and/or giving in-services.
• Prepare schedules in the afternoon for next day.
• Communicate with vendors and representatives for supplies, equipment or instruments
• Works closely with Materials and Sterile Processing Dept to coordinate supplies & instrument needs.
• Preparing and administering annual evaluations
• Works closely with manager with hiring and orienting Preop/PACU staff members
• Helps in revising and preparing policies that relate to Preop/PACU functions
• Assistance in maintaining compliance for Joint Commission surveys
• Enters company data collections and observations with company EDGE
  MIDAS data entry.
• Enters data into Kronos time keeping program
• Assistance with staff counseling as necessary
• Coordinates and assists in Performance Improvement Projects.

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Required Skills:

Qualifications:

• Current FL Nursing License
• Current CPR, ACLS
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
• Minimum of 2- 5 years' experience in Pre-Op/PACU
• Strong PreOp/PACU experience
• Ability to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, physicians, vendors and the public.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, openness, receptive to change, creativity and innovative.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to surgery procedures and management of the surgical patient.
• Understands principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
• Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics.
• Excellent teaching skills *
• Basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology

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