Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care - $2,790 per week

Wellspring Nurse Source is seeking a travel nurse RN PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 10/05/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU

Shift Information

Days

Minimum Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

Certifications/Requirements

• General Certifications: BLS/BCLS, ACLS
• Nursing Certifications: CPI

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supports and promotes organizational mission and values.
• Delivers professional nursing care to patients in accordance with medical staff directives and hospital policies.
• Completes all unit-specific competencies and requirements for critically ill patient care.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives within the practice area.
• Ensures comprehensive and timely clinical documentation and care plans for all assigned patients.
• Seeks and acts on feedback regarding practice.
• Maintains knowledge of current practice standards as outlined by relevant nursing associations and state nurse practice acts.
• Facilitates patient information communication for continuity and safe care during handoffs, rounds, and interactions with providers.
• Ensures a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, and staff following established protocols.
• Implements resources and initiatives to enhance patient safety.
• Encourages error reporting and adheres to safe practices under a Just Culture model.
• Addresses issues through the appropriate chain of command.
• Conducts hourly rounding in collaboration with Licensed Nursing Assistants (LNAs) on assigned patients.
• Identifies and assists in the correction of patient care safety issues.
• Recognizes and acknowledges excellent performance among colleagues.
• Builds respectful relationships by proactively addressing concerns, suggestions, or compliments.
• Collaborates across units and shifts to resolve conflicts promptly.
• Consults with nurses from other departments to leverage expertise in various clinical areas.
• Maintains a professional and positive demeanor under all circumstances.
• Seeks opportunities to support all team members.
• Demonstrates willingness to resolve tension within the unit by adjusting assignments or accepting admissions as needed.
• Engages in shared governance consistent with the unit and organization’s philosophy.
• Assists in identifying solutions to problems and conflicts.
• Effectively delegates care and unit activities to nursing staff.
• Participates in the planning, supervision, and instruction of other nurses and nursing assistants.
• Collaborates with nursing students and their instructors.
• Participates in peer review activities.
• Ensures readiness for accreditation surveys.
• Demonstrates commitment to organizational values and holds peers accountable.
• Avoids unauthorized overtime and manages time off according to policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned relevant to the role.

Job Requirements

• 3 years of critical care experience preferred.
• Assists with the insertion of Flow wire, Opsens, and IVUS, and demonstrates knowledge of contraindications and reversal for IV adenosine infusion.
• Capable of safely administering procedural sedation and passing the annual sedation examination, documenting sedation according to policies.

Job Knowledge and Skills

• Basic dysrhythmia knowledge preferred or to be acquired prior to orientation completion.
• NHISS certification preferred or to be obtained prior to orientation completion.

Education and Experience

• Current New Hampshire RN license required.
• BLS and ACLS certifications required (except for Pre-Admission Testing and Operating Room).
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training preferred or to be obtained prior to orientation completion.
• Graduate of an approved nursing program preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience providing proficiency in the listed areas may substitute for the above educational and experience requirements.

Additional Information

Holiday coverage is required.

Wellspring Nurse Source Job ID #37937841. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN PACU

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