PACU Nurse (Volunteer)

Nom de l’entreprise : Mercy Ships
Lieu de l’entreprise : Dakar, Senegal

This is a volunteer role onboard the Africa Mercy, a hospital ship, serving those in need in sub-Saharan Africa by providing free, life-saving procedures and strengthening healthcare systems.

The PACU Nurse provides total patient care for inpatient surgical patients, both adult and pediatric. Specialties include maxillofacial, reconstructive plastics, general, ENT, ophthalmic, obstetric fistula repair, and orthopedic surgery.


What You Will Contribute
• Assess, plan, implement, and document safe, monitored, direct nursing care for post-operative patients prior to transfer to the ward
• Maintain hemodynamic, respiratory, and neurological stability
• Manage safe post-operative airways in patients
• Assess and manage patient pain
• Ensure patient safety and maintain high standard of nursing care
• Assist in local anesthetic regional blocks pre-operatively


For This Role, You Will Need
• Current, active license as a Registered Nurse (or International Equivalent)
• Minimum 2 years’ experience following licensure, within a Post Anesthesia Care Unit nursing position preferred
• Recent PACU experience of at least two years full time or three years part-time in the past 5 years, and at the point of application, can show working in a PACU setting within the past 12 months
• Current Basic Life Support certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support are optional)
• Physical Assessment Skills and familiarity with noninvasive monitoring, ECG
• Fluency in English
• Flexibility and sensitivity to language and cultural diversity

Our medical recruiter would love to answer any questions you may have about Mercy Ships, this role or other volunteer opportunities we offer, or how to apply. You can reach Sheryl at mail address.

Join us as we bring hope and healing!