Job Description

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Hours: Per Diem, 8 Hour Day Shift

$37.26 - $76.63

Primary role of a pre-admission testing Register Nurse (RN) is to evaluate patients prior to their arrival to perioperative services, which includes, but is not limited to: completing and documenting a thorough nursing assessment, history and physical as applicable, initiate pertinent patient teaching, initiate and evaluate pertinent diagnostic tests and notify physicians/providers as necessary. Pre-admission testing RN works closely with perioperative staff, surgeons, proceduralists and anesthesia providers to ensure patient readiness for their scheduled procedures.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
• Assesses patient pain level as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale
• Obtains supporting information and completes required documentation related to medication reconciliation in the electronic record.
• Collaborates with surgeon, proceduralist, radiologist, anesthesiologist, cardiologist, primary care physician, etc to assure patients’ wellbeing and appropriate plan for perioperative period.
• Assures pertinent diagnostic tests (e.g. labs, EKG, xray, etc) are obtained. Communicates abnormal values effectively to medical providers as necessary.
• Identifies patients correctly by checking patient identification bands and consent forms as well as verifying operative procedure and site.
• Demonstrates competency in providing infection prevention, pre-anesthesia and post-operative care education to patients, family or health care proxy as applicable.
• Seeks out learning opportunities, practice recommendations and updates relevant to perioperative care.
• Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers. Provides compassionate patient centered care at all times.
• Demonstrates competency in accurate and thorough documentation of pre-admission nursing assessment, history, physical (as applicable) and pre-anesthesia screening.
• Maintains all competencies and certifications required for this position

Statement of Other Duties This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described. Functional Demands Physical Requirements Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands), and feels (perceiving attributes of items such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of fingertips). Occasionally stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist), and kneels (bending the legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees). Organizational Expectations Behavioral Attributes The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation, flexibility, concern for order, initiative, self-confidence, self control, customer service orientation, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork and information seeking.

Qualifications

Job Requirements Minimum Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Minimum Work Experience

• Qualified candidates must have minimum 3 years of experience within Perioperative Services.

Minimum Licenses and Certifications

• [Massachusetts, United States] Registered Nurses Current MA license and CPR certification required.

Required Skills

• Must be self-directed; must be able to manage time efficiently; must demonstrate mature professional behaviors, (i.e. tact, empathy and diplomacy); must be willing to work/cross train to other areas within perioperative services if needed.