Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care - $2,235 per week

TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN PACU - Post Anesthesia Care for a travel nursing job in Lexington, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 12/14/2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Unit: PACU
Beds: 10 PACU bays
400 cases/month,
3 years of PACU experience
Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes

Certs Required: BLS, ACLS, PALS

Skills required:

Phase I recovery of general anesthesia, MAC anesthesia, moderate sedation. If phase 2 is backed up, could be doing phase 2 recovery and discharge in Phase I.

Do not need to have experience with this, but could scrub in and gown up for the OR and help hold a retractor or a camera. Will not need to act as circulating OR RN but could just assist with this portion. This could happen on call-back

EPIC Experience

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
Ortho (total joints, sports medicine), general, urology, DaVinci, GYN, ENT, Peds (dental), podiatry, scar revisions

Regional anesthesia, blocks

No spine, cardiothoracic, cranial, or high-level surgeries

Patient Ratios:
1:1-2, depending on case and acuity

Technology/Equipment:
EMR: EPIC - required
IV Pump: Alaris
Med dispensing: Omnicell

Scrub Color: Provided, locker will be provided in locker room
Parking: Free

About TotalMed RN

TotalMed is a Top Ten, travel nursing and healthcare staffing agency with the mission of igniting purpose in healthcare. The organization staffs nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and other clinicians of all specialties in all 50 states. They offer local and travel jobs and match caregivers with the right organization to assist both facilities and patients. As an organization, they focus on putting highly-skilled staff into facilities to ensure adequate staffing for a better patient experience.

TotalMed specializes in recruiting and placing healthcare professionals in travel, PRN, and permanent positions across the country in Nursing and Allied Health. Throughout 2020, the organization filled roles at even the most short-staffed facilities during the most challenging time in healthcare. By matching the right travel healthcare professional with the right organization, TotalMed continues to offer a lifeline to facilities and their patients.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Guaranteed Hours
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1