RN OR Other
County of San Mateo

Perioperative Relief Nurse (Open)

$148,532 - $185,640 / YEAR

San Mateo Medical Center, a Division of San Mateo County Health, isseeking motivated and experienced Perioperative Relief Nurses for the PACU and Operating Room

 Through growth and change, the San Mateo Medical Center remains committed to providing quality medical care to meet the health needs of the community. Our commitment is to provide quality care with a compassionate touch, and we strive to help you maintain a balance between work and family. San Mateo Medical Center, a 509-bed integrated care facility, has been providing healthcare to our community and the surrounding service area since 1930.

We are currently have two Relief Nurse positions for our state-of-the-art Surgical Department. Under supervision, Relief Nurses in our Operating Room will ensure safety in the Operating Room for surgeons and patients, scrubbing and circulating. You will provide healthcare instructions to patient and family, maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation, including patient histories, observations, condition and assessment of changes. You will administer and control medications and narcotics, including IV fluids and blood administration. You must have mastery of departmental equipment and technology. 

San Mateo Medical Center Perioperative Relief Nurses!  for our state-of-the-art Surgical Department. Relief NursesOperating Room Operating Room 

PACU Nurses will take care of patients after surgery/in Recovery. You will provide healthcare instructions to patients and family, maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation, including patient histories, observations, condition and assessment of changesYou will administer and control medications and narcotics, including IV fluids and blood administration. You must have mastery of departmental equipment and technology. 

PACU Nurses Recovery. . 

Under direction, Relief Nurses perform professional nursing duties in a temporary employment capacity to provide coverage for nursing teams. These duties may include treating and educating patients, their families and the public about various medical conditions; record medical histories and symptoms; perform diagnostic tests and analyze results; operate medical machinery; administer treatment and medications; assist with patient follow-up and rehabilitation; and perform other duties as assigned. Incumbents also provide lead direction to other nursing and paraprofessional personnel. The Relief Nurse will be vitalizing, assessing and triaging patients with clinical needs, discussing care via telephone or in person, and acting at the behest of the medical providers. 

Relief Nurses

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

ideal candidate 

  • At least two years of experience in the Operating Room or PACU of an acute care hospital.
  • Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
  • Experience working with procedural/conscious sedation.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Be comfortable working in a high-pressure environment.
  • Is knowledgeable in nursing care in the following areas:

At least two years of experience in the Operating Room or PACU of an acute care hospital.

Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

Experience working with procedural/conscious sedation.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Be comfortable working in a high-pressure environment.

Is knowledgeable in nursing care in the following areas:

Patients having surgery in the following areas:

Patients having surgery in the following areas:Patients having surgery in the following areas:

  • General surgery
  • GYN
  • Orthopedics
  • Neuro
  • ENT
  • Urology
  • Plastics
  • Vascular surgery

General surgery

General surgery

GYN

GYN

Orthopedics

Orthopedics

Neuro

Neuro

ENT

ENT

Urology

Urology

Plastics

Plastics

Vascular surgery

Vascular surgery

 Patients receiving:

 Patients receiving:Patients receiving:

  • General anesthesia
  • Spinal/epidural anesthesia
  • Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)
  • Procedural sedation

General anesthesia

General anesthesia

Spinal/epidural anesthesia

Spinal/epidural anesthesia

Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)

Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)

Procedural sedation

Procedural sedationPlease note this position is not intended for Nurse Graduates. Critical Care Experience is preferred for these positions.Please note this position is not intended for Nurse Graduates. Critical Care Experience is preferred for these positions.

Operating Room and PACU Relief Nurse Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Operating Room and PACU Relief Nurse Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following

  • Perform intraoperative nursing duties.
  • Collect, interpret, record, and communicate pertinent data relevant to the patient's care.
  • Determine medical or psychiatric emergency need and provide intervention.
  • Assist in the positioning of patients for surgery.
  • Transfer patients to and from bed, gurney and/or operating table.
  • Organize and coordinate schedules based on changes to patient status, the environment and procedures being administered.
  • Protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
  • Performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items.
  • Performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
  • Managing the patient’s specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.
  • Communicating the patient’s current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
  • Administering medications safely and correctly.
  • Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
  • Complete patient assessments and triage, record patient histories, symptoms and observations.
  • Establish and implement nursing care plans for each patient through assessment, development, activation and evaluation.
  • Organize, assign and supervise duties and responsibilities of other staff members as a team leader; orient and teach new staff members of the nursing team and students.
  • Perform nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
  • Identify problems, assist in data gathering, propose solutions and participate in evaluation of quality assurance issues.
  • Work with patient and their families to provide in-hospital and after-hospital follow-up through teaching and referral.
  • Participate in educational programs to maintain level of expertise.
  • Participate in non-clinical assignments, which may include maintaining records, preparing reports and/or serving on special committees.
  • Maintain records and prepare reports.
  • Administer treatment and medications.
  • Maintain knowledge of outpatient resources.
  • Develop discharge plans for patients.
  • Perform related duties as assigned and as required by assigned work setting, as described below.
  • Perform pre-and post-operative nursing duties.
  • Collect, interpret, record and communicate pertinent data relevant to the patient's care.
  • Determine medical or psychiatric emergency need and provide intervention.
  • Assist in the positioning of patients for surgery.
  • Transfer patients to and from bed, gurney and/or operating table.
  • Organize and coordinate schedules based on changes to patient status, the environment and procedures being administered.
  • Perform related duties as assigned.

Perform intraoperative nursing duties.

Collect, interpret, record, and communicate pertinent data relevant to the patient's care.

Determine medical or psychiatric emergency need and provide intervention.

Assist in the positioning of patients for surgery.

Transfer patients to and from bed, gurney and/or operating table.

Organize and coordinate schedules based on changes to patient status, the environment and procedures being administered.

Protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.

Performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items.

Performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.

Managing the patient’s specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.

Communicating the patient’s current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.

Administering medications safely and correctly.

Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.

Complete patient assessments and triage, record patient histories, symptoms and observations.

Establish and implement nursing care plans for each patient through assessment, development, activation and evaluation.

Organize, assign and supervise duties and responsibilities of other staff members as a team leader; orient and teach new staff members of the nursing team and students.

Perform nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.

Identify problems, assist in data gathering, propose solutions and participate in evaluation of quality assurance issues.

Work with patient and their families to provide in-hospital and after-hospital follow-up through teaching and referral.

Participate in educational programs to maintain level of expertise.

Participate in non-clinical assignments, which may include maintaining records, preparing reports and/or serving on special committees.

Maintain records and prepare reports.

Administer treatment and medications.

Maintain knowledge of outpatient resources.

Develop discharge plans for patients.

Perform related duties as assigned and as required by assigned work setting, as described below.

Perform pre-and post-operative nursing duties.

Collect, interpret, record and communicate pertinent data relevant to the patient's care.

Determine medical or psychiatric emergency need and provide intervention.

Assist in the positioning of patients for surgery.

Transfer patients to and from bed, gurney and/or operating table.

Organize and coordinate schedules based on changes to patient status, the environment and procedures being administered.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Licensure/Certification:

Licensure/Certification: 

Licensure/Certification: Licensure/Certification: 

  • A valid California license as a Registered Nurse.
  • Possession and maintenance of BLS certification.
  • Possession and maintenance of ACLS certification within three months of hire.
  • For Relief Nurses in PACU, BLS, ACLS and PALS are required.

A valid California license as a Registered Nurse.

Possession and maintenance of BLS certification.

Possession and maintenance of ACLS certification within three months of hire.

For Relief Nurses in PACU, BLS, ACLS and PALS are required.

Knowledge of:

  • Nurse Practice Act.
  • Current nursing and related medical theory and skills necessary to administer nursing care within assigned clinical setting.
  • Safety and infection control practices.
  • Clinical systems, supplies and equipment.

Nurse Practice Act.

Current nursing and related medical theory and skills necessary to administer nursing care within assigned clinical setting.

Safety and infection control practices.

Clinical systems, supplies and equipment.

Skill/Ability to:

  • Nurse Practice Act.
  • Perform nursing procedures required for assigned clinical setting.
  • Comply with clinical procedures and policies.
  • Maintain professional nurse-patient relationships.
  • Communicate with and educate patients, families, and the public who come from a diverse background.
  • Work harmoniously with other personnel.
  • Follow safety practices.
  • Assist in the instruction of other nursing and paraprofessional personnel.
  • Bend, kneel and squat as needed.
  • Occasionally use upper extremities to exert force to push and pull patients/objects weighing up to 50 pounds or more.
  • Work in a busy environment. 

Nurse Practice Act.

Perform nursing procedures required for assigned clinical setting.

Comply with clinical procedures and policies.

Maintain professional nurse-patient relationships.

Communicate with and educate patients, families, and the public who come from a diverse background.

Work harmoniously with other personnel.

Follow safety practices.

Assist in the instruction of other nursing and paraprofessional personnel.

Bend, kneel and squat as needed.

Occasionally use upper extremities to exert force to push and pull patients/objects weighing up to 50 pounds or more.

Work in a busy environment. 

If you are interested in being considered for a Perioperative Relief Nurse position in the PACU, the following materials must be electronically submitted in a Word or PDF format and emailed to:

Vicky Magana, Clinical Services Manager I-Nursing, San Mateo Medical Center, vdunn@smcgov.org

Vicky Magana, Clinical Services Manager I-Nursing, San Mateo Medical Center, vdunn@smcgov.orgvdunn@smcgov.org

  • Resumé
  • Responses to Supplemental Questions

Resumé

Resumé

Responses to Supplemental Questions

Responses to Supplemental QuestionsSupplemental Questions:

  1. Describe how your experience and skills have prepared you for a position as a Perioperative Nurse, in PACU, Endoscopy or the Operating Room. Please include both the technical knowledge, leadership, and certifications you possess.
  2. The Perioperative unit can be a high intensity environment that requires staff to handle multiple, dynamic, and often difficult situations at the same time. Please describe a difficult situation involving all or some of the following stake holders, Patients/Staff/ Physician. Describe the resources you involved to resolve the issue and what was the outcome.

Describe how your experience and skills have prepared you for a position as a Perioperative Nurse, in PACU, Endoscopy or the Operating Room. Please include both the technical knowledge, leadership, and certifications you possess.

Describe how your experience and skills have prepared you for a position as a Perioperative Nurse, in PACU, Endoscopy or the Operating Room. Please include both the technical knowledge, leadership, and certifications you possess.

The Perioperative unit can be a high intensity environment that requires staff to handle multiple, dynamic, and often difficult situations at the same time. Please describe a difficult situation involving all or some of the following stake holders, Patients/Staff/ Physician. Describe the resources you involved to resolve the issue and what was the outcome.

The Perioperative unit can be a high intensity environment that requires staff to handle multiple, dynamic, and often difficult situations at the same time. Please describe a difficult situation involving all or some of the following stake holders, Patients/Staff/ Physician. Describe the resources you involved to resolve the issue and what was the outcome.


Please include the words "Perioperative Relief Nurse" in the subject area of email submissions to:

Please include the words "Perioperative Relief Nurse" in the subject area of email submissions to:

Vicky Magana, Clinical Services Manager I-Nursing, San Mateo Medical Center

Vicky Magana, Clinical Services Manager I-Nursing, San Mateo Medical Center

Email: vdunn@smcgov.org

Email: vdunn@smcgov.orgvdunn@smcgov.org

Application materials will be reviewed as they are received, and well-qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Application materials will be reviewed as they are received, and well-qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Apply immediately. Application materials will be accepted until position is filled. This posting is open on a continuous basis and selection may be made at any time within the process.

Apply immediately. 

NOTE: Application materials are only accepted via e-mail. Materials sent via regular mail and/or fax will not be accepted. Submittals that do not include all required elements (cover letter with responses to supplemental questions and a resume) will not be considered.

NOTE: 

The County of San Mateo is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels.

The County of San Mateo is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels.

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AccentCare, Inc.

Registered Nurse, Home Health

Overview RN / Registered Nurse, Home Health Location: San Ramon Office Position: RN Case Manager, Home Health Position Type: Full-Time Remote/Virtual Position: No Coverage Area: Alameda, Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, Albany, Fremont, Newark, Union City, Hayward, Castro Valley Find Your Passion and Purpose as an Registered Nurse, Home Health Case Manager Salary: $113,210.97 to $138,368.97 | Paid on a Pay Per Point basis. The compensation reflected on this posting is an estimate of annual compensation for full-time status. Bonus: $20,000.00 Schedule: M-F 8am-5pm / 28 pts per week Offer Based on Years of Experience What You Need to Know Reimagining Your Career in Home Health Caring for others is more than what you do — it’s who you are. At AccentCare, you’ll join a purpose-driven, collaborative culture that sets the standard for excellence and gives you the trust and tools to do your best work. You’ll belong to a team that cares deeply for patients and each other; a team committed to consistently providing exceptional care. We’re proud to be named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2025 by Newsweek — a reflection of our shared commitment to excellence, integrity and compassion as we shape the future of aging in place. When you thrive, so does the community of care we’re building together. Be the Best RN Case Manager You Can Be If you meet these qualifications, we want to meet you! Graduate from an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the state of agency operation. One (1) year experience as a RN. Required Certifications and Licensures: Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the state of agency operation. Must possess and maintain valid CPR certification while employed in a clinical role. Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order. Ability to travel to all business locations. Our Investment in You Caring for others starts with caring for you. We’re committed to fostering a purpose-driven workplace where you feel supported, and that means prioritizing your physical, financial and mental well-being. Our benefits include: Medical, dental, and vision coverage Paid time off and paid holidays Professional development opportunities Company-matching 401(k) Flexible spending and health savings accounts Wellness offerings such as an employee assistance program, pet insurance, and access to Calm, a meditation, sleep, and relaxation app Programs to celebrate achievements, milestones, and fellow employees Company store credit for your first AccentCare-branded scrubs for patient-facing employees And more! Qualifications Come As You Are At AccentCare, you’re part of a community that cares — for patients and each other. You can rest assured we offer equal employment opportunities regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age or disability.