thekimbermac

I recently had a job interview for a PACU position at my current hospital. I have been a Trauma Surgical ICU nurse for 14 years and was really excited at taking on a new challenge BUT...Prior to the interview when being showed around the PACU it was revealed that this position was to care for the PACU Overnight or PONs area, which is a corner of the PACU for patients waiting for a bed, this is a med/surg tele job and depending on census you may be in this area alone. When I questioned about break relief and med waste they said "well you are a part of the PACU so you can just grab one of them if you need anything" seems kinda fishy to me like the PACU nurses are tired of taking their turn with these patients so they are staffing just for this area even though you are part of one large unit. Am I paranoid feeling like this is red flag and in the PACU pecking order I would be not be considered their peer? I would like to think my 14 years as a Trauma SICU nurse would be experience a PACU would value instead of being told this positing is for our overnight patients so it's med/surg tele and in 1-2 years you can move into the "real" PACU. I realize that going into any new specialty after so many years might involve "paying your dues" all over again but having never worked PACU I don't know if this is the norm or a way to make current PACU nurses happy by giving the part of the job they hate to someone else. Any insight from PACU nurses would be great since I'm considering withdrawing my candidacy for this position.