Job Title: Pre-Operative/ PACU Nurse

Shift: Full Time

Location: Endeavor Clinical Trials (ECT)

Job Description:

ERG is a leading U.S. based, privately held, independent clinical research site company, and provider of clinical development services with an expertise in early and late stage neuroscience drug development. With 21 wholly owned clinical sites and 5 affiliated sites, we conduct in-patient and out-patient phase I-IV clinical research studies. ERG has 340+ in-patient beds, a large and growing database of patients suffering from mental illness, neurological disorders, sleep disorders, addictions, Acute and Chronic Pain, diabetes and other illnesses as well as normal healthy volunteers who participate in trials for the advancement of medicine. With access to over 32 million patients/subjects and 5000 + completed trials, ERG continues to grow its capabilities and expand into indications where there are tremendous unmet medical needs in the United States and globally.

Pre-Operative Nurse is responsible for admitting the patient to the clinical area and providing nursing care to the preoperative patient, as well as, developing a nursing care plan specifically designed for the individual patient.

The PACU nurse is responsible for the monitoring of post-op patients who are recovering from a surgical procedure in an outpatient setting. The PACU nurse must oversee vital signs, change bandages, administer necessary medications, assess overall recovery, and educate patients and their families about homecare instructions.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures the preoperative area always has a clean and therapeutic environment for all patients
• Ensures supplies and equipment needed are available and in good working order
• Admits the patient to the unit and prepares him/her for the scheduled procedure
• Monitors the patient's medical condition and reports any significant changes to the admitting physician or anesthesiologist
• Assures surgical consent and preoperative test results are in the medical record prior to proposed procedure
• Reports any important health history facts to the operating room nurse
• Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate post operatively
• Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Graduate of a school of professional nursing with current and valid licensure with Texas State Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse
• 2 years of nursing experience required in ICU/Emergency Room/Recovery Room or other critical care-nursing environments preferred
• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English, with additional languages preferred.
• Current BLS, ACLS
• PALS Preferred