Job Description
**Description**
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
The Perianesthesia Nurse delivers comprehensive nursing care to surgical patients during the preoperative and postoperative phases. This position requires clinical expertise, flexibility, and the ability to respond effectively in fast-paced, high-acuity environments. The nurse will flex between DSU and PACU as operational needs require.
Responsibilities:
· Provide safe, compassionate preoperative and postoperative nursing care to patients undergoing surgical and procedural interventions
· Conduct thorough patient assessments, including medical history review, pre-op preparation, and post-anesthesia monitoring
· Monitor patients for physiological stability, pain control, airway management, and potential complications following ane...
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
The Perianesthesia Nurse delivers comprehensive nursing care to surgical patients during the preoperative and postoperative phases. This position requires clinical expertise, flexibility, and the ability to respond effectively in fast-paced, high-acuity environments. The nurse will flex between DSU and PACU as operational needs require.
Responsibilities:
· Provide safe, compassionate preoperative and postoperative nursing care to patients undergoing surgical and procedural interventions
· Conduct thorough patient assessments, including medical history review, pre-op preparation, and post-anesthesia monitoring
· Monitor patients for physiological stability, pain control, airway management, and potential complications following ane...