Job Description

HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in Washington, District of Columbia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 05/26/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

must live 100 miles away

Shift is 7p-7:30a
On call is on a rotational basis days and nights are separate:
Saturday night 7p-7:30a
Sunday day 7a-7:30p
Sunday night 7p-7:30a
Approx. every 5th weekend

Recent PACU experience and/or minimum 2 years ICU experience required
not surgicenter - they do not see the level of complexity of patients that we see in a level I trauma center

*Will consider ED experience*

This is a night shift position, candidate must possess the ability to think critically and to work independently. Night shift in the PACU is different from other units, typically only 2 RNs to care for med-surg to ICU/trauma patients and navigate the patients coming from the OR.

• PALS, NIHSS, BLS & ACLS – Required
CPAN - highly desirable
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state/district - Required
• PACU Experience - Required: 2 Years
• Graduate of an accredited or NLN-approved RN program – Required
• BSN - Highly desired

" Monitor post-operative patients' levels of recovery and consciousness from anesthesia and provide updates to the medical team as needed. Obtain and record patients' vital signs. Observe patients for signs of side effects of anesthesia medication. Treat pain, nausea, and other post-operative symptoms of anesthesia and administer medication as prescribed. Update charting (EMR), patient files, and medical records. Educate patients and their families on post-surgery care and answer any questions."

About HonorVet Technologies

HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes

Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) , proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.

As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency , we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.

At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.

Benefits

• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Continuing Education
• Medical benefits
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Dental benefits
• Guaranteed Hours
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral bonus
• Bereavement
• Holiday Pay
• Sick pay
• Retention bonus

Job Tags

Holiday work, Shift work, Sunday, Saturday,

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