Staff Nurse I PACU

• Job Summary
  • The PACU Staff Nurse  is a professional nurse who with minimal supervision assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the nursing care of post anesthesia patients.  This position includes on call and call back on nights, weekends and holidays as assigned.
• • Graduate of an accredited School or Nursing
• Experience
• Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries
  • Current BLS Certification required.
  • Current Alabama Registered Nurse License required

Additional Information

Children’s of Alabama Benjamin Russell campus has three general PACU’s:  Benjamin Russell, Minor Procedure and Imaging.  Benjamin Russell recovers for 14 OR’s inpatients/outpatients and one Interventional Radiology room, Minor Procedure recovers for 7 OR rooms inpatients/outpatients, Imaging covers PreProcedure through discharge for outpatient/inpatient Imaging general anesthesia patients.  Our patients include neonate to adult populations recovering from general anesthesia after a variety of surgeries including but not limited to Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, GI, GU, Ophthalmic, Pulmonary, Plastics and General.  The acuity ranges from acute to critical care. Our staff are trained with the flexibility to work in all three areas and they work a variety of shifts that cover our operating time from 7am-11pm through the week as well as weekend and call back shifts.