Registered Nurse (RN) - Recovery
Anaheim, CAContract$65.32/hrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
West Anaheim Medical Center seeks a Registered Nurse for PACU recovery care. The RN delivers care through the nursing process, coordinates post-operative care with surgeons and anesthesiologists, and guides other personnel while maintaining PACU standards. The role also includes communicating clinical changes to physicians, collaborating across departments, adhering to regulations and policies, participating in performance improvement activities, and serving as a resource to personnel.
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Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! West Anaheim Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. Founded in 1964, West Anaheim Medical Center is a 219-bed acute-care hospital dedicated to providing the community with high-quality, compassionate healthcare. Key services include general medical and surgical inpatient care and treatment, emergency services, surgical services, behavioral health, comprehensive heart center, and diagnostic imaging. For more information visit www.westanaheimmedctr.com.
Responsibilities
The PACU RN is accountable directly to the OR Charge Nurse and the Director of Surgical Services, and indirectly to the House Supervisor. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation for all patients within the PACU scope of services. The Registered Nurse also coordinates the post-operative care of the patient with the surgeon and anesthesiologist, directs and guides other personnel while maintaining standards of care in the PACU. He/She communicates with the physician about changes in the patient’s clinical condition including hemodynamic monitoring, results of diagnostic studies and abnormal results and symptomatology. Works with other departments and co-workers to provide quality patient care across the continuum, efficient patient flow and unit maintenance and organization. Responsible for adherence to regulations, standards and hospital or unit policies and procedures. Responsible for participation in Performance Improvement activities, unit meetings and in-services. Acts as a resource for other personnel as appropriate.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
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Current and valid state RN License.
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Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
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ACLS (AHA) certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current.
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PALS (AHA) certificate preferred.
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Previous Critical Care or PACU experience or minimum of one year on the job training.
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Critical Care RN (CCRN) preferred.
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Pay Transparency
West Anaheim Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $65.32 to $65.32. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.
Employment Status Per Diem Shift Variable Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
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Privacy Notice for California Applicants: https://www.primehealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Notice-at-Collection-and-Privacy-Policy-for-California-Job-Applicants.pdf
How this job compares
Set against the 59,654 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$65.32/hr
- California median$54–75/hr1,482 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr25,227 hourly ranges
This rate, $65.32/hr, is 3% above the California median midpoint ($63/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,346 open Registered Nurse jobs in California and 59,654 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente284 open
- Health Advocates Network221 open
- Sutter Health169 open
- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (29,259 postings).
- Education
- 4,116 of the 59,654 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Registered Nurse jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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