Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN PreOp / PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in Mountain View, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PreOp / PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/19/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Details
- Profession: RN – PreOp
- Shift: Day, 5x8 hours | 06:30–15:00
- Contract: 12 weeks
- Scheduling: Block scheduling
- Weekend: No weekends
- Call: As needed
- Float: May be required to Endo if needed
Requirements
- License: California RN license
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS
- Experience: At least 2 years unless otherwise stated
- Charting: Epic preferred
- Travel Experience: Not required
- Local Rule: Locals accepted at local rate; 50-mile radius rule
- References: 2 references obtained within the last year
- Certifications: AHA or ARC; valid expiration dates
- Nursys: Uploaded within the last 2 weeks with valid CA RN license
Job Description / Duties / Responsibilities
- Provides direct and indirect patient care using comprehensive assessment, nursing care plans, patient education, and ongoing evaluation.
- Performs pre-op assessments and education.
- Reviews history and physicals.
- Administers pre-op medications and other ordered medications/therapeutic agents.
- Starts and maintains IVs.
- Performs medication reconciliation and obtains operative/procedural consent.
- Conducts airway assessment, EKG/ECG, phlebotomy, and dysrhythmia recognition/management.
- Provides patient and family education using teach-back.
- Maintains patient confidentiality and protects PHI.
- Collaborates with physicians, providers, patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams.
- Provides clinic support, staff orientation/training, supply ordering/stocking, and assistance with patient care.
- Participates in quality improvement activities.
- May support Ambulatory/Outpatient Surgery and Endoscopy.
Facility & Patient Care
- Patient Population: Adolescents, Adults, Pediatrics, Geriatrics
- Orientation: 8 hours
- Interdisciplinary Support: Interpretation Services, Phlebotomy, Radiology, Unit Secretary
- Patient Diagnoses: Ambulatory/Outpatient Surgery
Submission / Compliance Requirements
Requirements License: California RN license Certifications: BLS, ACLS Experience: At least 2 years unless otherwise stated Charting: Epic preferred Travel Experience: Not required Local Rule: Locals accepted at local rate; 50-mile radius rule References: 2 references obtained within the last year Certifications: AHA or ARC; valid expiration dates Nursys: Uploaded within the last 2 weeks with valid CA RN license
About Care Career
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits