Job Overview

Title: Registered Nurse PACU (Pre/Post Ambulatory Surgery)
Department: Perioperative Services / PACU
Type: Travel Contract (Providence Health and Services MSP)
Schedule:

• Day Shift | 4x10s

• 11:30 AM 10:00 PM

• Floating required between like units

• No block schedules
  Start Date: 02/09/2026

We are seeking for an experienced PACU Registered Nurse for a 13-week travel assignment supporting pre-op and Phase II recovery for both inpatient and outpatient surgical patients. The role requires Epic proficiency, strong cardiac monitoring, and broad perioperative case exposure. First-time travelers are NOT accepted. Candidates must be comfortable floating and managing a 1:3 patient ratio.

• Provide pre-op assessment and education for surgical patients

• Deliver Phase II PACU recovery care through discharge home

• Monitor cardiac rhythms and manage dysrhythmias

• Administer and monitor narcotics/opioid analgesics and reversal agents

• Manage patients across multiple anesthesia types (MAC, general, local, nerve blocks, conscious sedation)

• Perform pain assessment and management

• Deliver discharge instructions and post-op education

• Care for patients across a wide variety of surgical services

• Support respiratory needs including breathing treatments and CPAP/BiPAP

• Accurately document care in Epic EMR

• Float to comparable perioperative units as needed

• Active RN license (Compact accepted per facility policy)

• Minimum 1 year recent PACU / Pre-Post experience

• Epic EMR experience REQUIRED

• Prior travel experience REQUIRED NO first-time travelers

• Comfortable with 1:3 ratios

• Willing to float between perioperative areas

• Trauma Level II experience preferred

• ACLS preferred | BLS required

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• 1+ year PACU / Pre-Post / Phase II Recovery experience

• Experience with ambulatory and inpatient surgical populations

• Limited pediatric exposure possible ( 3 4%); peds assignments only if prior peds experience

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license

• BLS (Basic Life Support) Required

• ACLS Preferred

Work Settings (Required): Ambulatory/Outpatient, Inpatient, Pre-Post, Phase II Recovery
Cardiac Monitoring (Required): Dysrhythmia recognition and management
Surgical Services (Required): ENT, General, GYN, Ophthalmology, Ortho/Spine, Ortho/Total Joints, Urology
Surgical Services (Preferred): Cardiac, Plastics, Podiatry, Robotics, Thoracic, Transplant
Medications (Required): Narcotics/Opioids, Reversal Agents
Anesthesia Types: MAC, General, Local, Nerve Blocks, Conscious Sedation
Perioperative Care (Required): Pre-op assessment/education, pre-op meds, post-op care, discharge instructions
Respiratory: CPAP/BiPAP, breathing treatments
Professional: Pain assessment & management
EMR: Epic (Required)

ATD Technology, LLC is a certified minority woman owned business that creates opportunities to match qualified individuals with client programs while meeting all parties' financial and technical goals. ATD is a full service provider with offerings in Contract, Permanent and Temp-to-Perm staffing solutions. We serve Fortune 1000, mid cap and small cap companies in the Commercial, Public and Government sectors.