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Clinical Nurse I: GI Lab - Pre/PACU

Hoag

#Registered Nurse #Patient Assessment #BLS #ACLS #Perioperative #Operating Room #PACU #Critical Care #PALS #Acute Care

Quick overview

Provides direct patient care in a Perioperative unit, including physical assessments, medication administration, and discharge teaching. Collaborates with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure safe, timely, and quality patient care based on evidence-based practices.

Requirements summary

Requires a current California Registered Nurse license and BLS certification, with a BSN preferred or required within a specific timeframe for Magnet facilities. Depending on the specific unit, additional experience in PACU, OR, or critical care and certifications like ACLS or PALS may be required.

bachelor degreeMedication AdministrationPACU NursingCritical CarePain ManagementDirect Patient CareNursing InterventionsDischarge PlanningPatient TeachingSpecimen CollectionPhysical AssessmentsTelemetry MonitoringECG InterpretationPerioperative CareOperating Room NursingPre-Admission Screening

Job description

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Duties and Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse I – Perioperative role provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act for assigned patients in a Perioperative unit. The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely, and appropriate quality patient care. This includes providing physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administrations, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and teaching and discharge needs of the patients assigned.

Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs. Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed, and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions. Performs other duties as assigned.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year.

For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy.

Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes.

Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U.S. News &World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro Area and the #10 hospital in California.

To learn more about Hoag’s awards and accreditations, visit

https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/ [https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/].