Clinical Nurse – Mays Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Shift: Nights (2 – 12-hour shifts and 2 – 8-hour shifts)

Ideal Candidate Statement

The ideal candidate for this PACU role is a compassionate and highly skilled nurse with experience in PACU, ICU, Telemetry, ER, or Pediatric settings. They are open-minded, adaptable, flexible, and eager to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment. The candidate should bring strong critical thinking skills, clinical expertise, and the ability to thrive under pressure, while demonstrating innovation and a collaborative spirit. A passion for patient- and family-centered care, combined with a drive to continuously improve practice and outcomes, is essential.

Job Description

Job-Specific Competencies

Transformational Leadership and New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvement

Transformational Leadership
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for the provision of care to patients and families consistent with the unit’s values, beliefs, and behaviors to meet the demands of the future.

• Participates in daily unit operations to achieve and maintain financial goals by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

• Provides quality and fiscally responsible patient care.

• Proactively anticipates patient and family needs in collaboration with the Charge Nurse, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Nurse Manager.

• Utilizes available material resources responsibly for direct patient care.

• Practices autonomously within the scope of professional nursing practice.

• Participates in change initiatives.

• Demonstrates loyalty and commitment to the unit’s inter-professional team.

• Fosters peer relationships and participates in coaching and mentoring.

New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvements
The Clinical Nurse is responsible and accountable for providing exemplary nursing practice and has an ethical and professional responsibility to contribute to innovation, improvement, and new knowledge.

• Applies new and existing evidence in patient care standards.

• Complies with regulatory standards.

• Fosters an environment that challenges the status quo, embraces, and promotes change.

• Demonstrates proficiency in the application of technology in providing care.

• Participates in assessing, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of safe and effective patient and family care utilizing evidence-based outcome measurements.

Structural Empowerment

The Clinical Nurse engages in problem-solving in order to meet unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.

• Provides feedback through evaluation of performance of clerical and clinical staff.

• Fosters an environment conducive to Just Culture by holding self and staff accountable.

• Contributes to staff evaluation and development processes.

• Maximizes performance to accomplish unit goals.

• Demonstrates effective communication, collaboration, and conflict management.

• Strengthens practice, builds strong relationships, and develops partnerships to improve patient and family outcomes.

Exemplary Professional Practice and Empirical Outcomes

Exemplary Professional Practice

• Practices evidence-based, quality clinical nursing consistent with nursing research, the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Texas, institutional and national standards.

• Delivers care using a systematic approach to achieve measurable outcomes.

• Communicates and collaborates effectively with leaders, departments, staff, patients, and families.

• Integrates ethical principles into clinical practice.

• Maintains technological and clinical proficiency to provide safe, compassionate, direct patient care.

• Seeks opportunities to broaden knowledge through lifelong learning and engagement in professional organizations.

Empirical Outcomes

• Seeks and maintains knowledge of relevant outcomes, quality improvement initiatives, and best practices impacting patients, the nursing workforce, and institutional goals.

Clinical Expertise

• Organizes workflow to optimize efficiency and outcomes.

• Maintains performance stability under pressure and responds appropriately to crises.

• Ensures patient safety through adherence to standards, policies, and protocols.

• Demonstrates competency in responding to PACU/OR-related emergencies.

• Prepares and manages supplies, equipment, and documentation with accuracy.

• Participates in cost-saving strategies and avoids waste of supplies and resources.

• Practices safely and serves as a resource for safe actions and accountability.

• Maintains sterile technique, accurate documentation, and safe handling of specimens, prosthetics, and medications.
  
  Hourly breakdown of salary range:
  Minimum $32.69 - Midpoint $48.56 - Maximum $64.42