Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU Bliss North

Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU Bliss North - Hartford HealthCare Corporation - Cheshire, CT

Description

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals in New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to us.

Job Summary

Exciting opportunity to become a member of the new Bliss Building PACU team! Come join us in developing and growing a brand new 10 bay PACU unit that will provide 24/7 post-operative care to patient populations of a variety of surgical and interventional procedures and services.  The PACU RN recovers patients from general and regional anesthesia along with IV, conscious sedation requiring acute and ICU level of care.  This position requires teamwork, autonomy, communication, and critical thinking skills, as well as collaboration, innovation, flexibility and amenability as we work with all disciplines to establish and facilitate interdepartmental work flows and relationships.

Qualifications

• Current Connecticut RN License
• Graduate of accredited nursing school with BSN preferred
• Current BLS and ACLS certification required
• PACU and/or ICU experience preferred
• Training program available and required for step-down and Emergency Department experienced RN

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth.  Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children.  We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.  Every moment matters.  And this is your moment.