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Registered Nurse - PACU

📍 Redwood City, california · · · 40 hrs/week

NursingUHC-00159415
Candidate pay rate:$69.3/hr ≈ $2,772/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Registered Nurse - PACU

Start Date: 11-09-2026

End Date: 02-08-2027

Contract Type: Contract

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $69.30 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: PACU
  • # beds: Main OR 8
  • Pavilion 12 beds
  • Certs: BLS, ACLS, PALS
  • Ratios: 1 to 1 or 1:2 if transition (do send some patients home from here)
  • EMR: Cerner--want familiarity with this
  • Charge Nurse: Rotating charge who will take patients
  • Nurse Aides: none
  • Weekend Requirement: 24 hrs hour call/weekend--not required
  • Call: 23-07
  • 24 hrs call/weekend--not required
  • Holidays: 24 hrs hour call/weekend--not required
  • Scrub Color: Provided by hospital
  • Tele: Phillips
  • Vents: Rare--usually only emergent as go to ICU
  • Hospitalist or Intensivist in house: Yes, on call after hours
  • IV Team: none
  • RT 24/7: Yes
  • Pharmacy 24/7: 7-2230 in house then satellite
  • Shifts: 10 hr and 8 hr shifts
  • 07-2300 hours
  • Floating: Not required but if have skills can go to ACU or prep area
  • Floor specific orientation: Yes, with preceptor
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: All post operative patients that have had general anesthesia
  • ortho, gyn, urology, ENT, general surgeries, cath lab patients
  • Additional Notes: All patients in house that have general anesthesia are recovered here including cath lab patients
  • critical care patients go directly to ICU to be recovered
  • anesthesia 24/7
  • Additional Questions: Must have at least 3 years experience and some critical care background preferred
  • Years of Experience: 3
  • Shift Notes: 10 hour days
  • Specialty: PACU Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
  • Start Date: 2026-11-09
  • End Date: 2027-02-08
  • Created Date: 2026-10-12
  • Required Hours/Week: 40
  • Positions: 1
  • Short Description: RN (Registered Nurse)
  • Contract Type:

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Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - PACU? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.