PRE-ADMISSION SCREENING RN

Job Summary: The Preadmission Nurse (PAT RN) has the responsibility for organizing and directing activities in accordance with nursing standards, JC, Medicare and all other applicable federal, state and local guidelines. PAT RN may assume the following PAT responsibilities: contact, by way of telephone, all patients prior to surgery to assess medical and medication history, review for appropriate lab, x-ray, EKG orders to determine where and when these procedures are to completed and provide preadmission teaching. The RN can expect to care for adult patients, including the older adult through geriatric, and pediatric patients 15 years or older. The RN may perform laboratory testing required prior to surgery as ordered.

Job Title: Preadmission Testing Nurse

Reporting Relationship: Reports to clinical director

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

1. Plans and prepared for the preadmission of the patient.

2. Meets all required deadlines. Demonstrates discretionary ability in establishing priority.

3. Delivers indirect and direct patient care according to established standards, taking into consideration the age and risk factors of the patient.

4. Possess the knowledge and ability to use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care of the patient.

5. Uses nursing judgment in decision-making.

6. Acts as a patient advocate in meeting his/her physical and psychological needs.

7. Performs patient assessment and reassessment immediately upon admission and on a regular basis in accordance with standards of care with documentation of these assessments as a basis for planning each patient’s care.

8. Ensures that all nursing interventions and patients responses are communicated to responsible practitioners as indicated and that all components of the nursing process are documented in accordance with standards of practice.

9. Integrates and coordinates care across settings and among disciplines.

10. Implements physician’s orders effectively and safely in accordance with standards of practice.

11. Ability to recognize and intervene in stressful situations.

12. Maintains BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications as applicable.

13. Maintains or acquires skills on equipment necessary to complete required responsibilities.

14. Documents all records according to established policies and procedures.

15. Assesses information/documents on AdvantX, maintaining patient confidentiality.

16. Assists with reviewing and updating policies and procedures.

17. Performs effectively in stressful situations to fulfill position responsibilities.

18. Provides teaching to patient/parent of child per level of understanding.

19. Performs additional duties as needed by the department.

Qualification requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual shall be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Behavior: Reflective of Mission Statement:

USPI’s mission is to provide first–class surgical services for the local community in a safe, comfortable and welcoming environment; one in which we would be happy to treat our own families.

Demonstrates ability to work as a team member and to communicate directly and professionally. Is flexible, reliable, productive, patient-oriented, and self-motivated. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span. He/she is able to identify and categorize each patient’s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for an infant, adolescent, adult, or geriatric patient. Maintains professional conduct and appearance.

Education and/or Experience: Graduate of an approved school of nursing. Currently licensed in the state. CPR required, advanced life support certification required. One year experience required intra-operative setting. Demonstrates clinical competency, leadership, and teaching capabilities. Physically and emotionally capable of performing responsibilities of position.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other skills and abilities: General familiarity with medical terminology as it pertains to anatomy and surgical procedures for an operating room.

Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that shall be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, and hear. The employee shall regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and /or move up to 100 pounds.

USPI’S EDGE™ (Every Day Giving Excellence)

USPI’S EDGE™ is the key to the differentiation of USPI as a customer-focused company. The process of completing EDGE™ requirements establishes processes and measurements that are collected, assimilated, and shared throughout USPI. All employees are involved with EDGE™. The involvement can range from doing their jobs to taking on the role of gathering and/or entering data into the computer. All employees shall at some time during their employment be required to participate in the EDGE™ program.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Responsible for knowing the processes involved assuring the standards established by HIPAA, and ensuring they are followed including the practices and records relating to the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, and risk of radiation. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Acceptance of Job Description: I understand and accept this job description. I understand that it supersedes any previous job description. I further understand that future performance evaluations shall be based in large part on my meeting the tenets of this job description. The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal function of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Required Skills

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

1. Plans and prepared for the preadmission of the patient.

2. Meets all required deadlines. Demonstrates discretionary ability in establishing priority.

3. Delivers indirect and direct patient care according to established standards, taking into consideration the age and risk factors of the patient.

4. Possess the knowledge and ability to use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care of the patient.

5. Uses nursing judgment in decision-making.

6. Acts as a patient advocate in meeting his/her physical and psychological needs.

7. Performs patient assessment and reassessment immediately upon admission and on a regular basis in accordance with standards of care with documentation of these assessments as a basis for planning each patient’s care.

8. Ensures that all nursing interventions and patients responses are communicated to responsible practitioners as indicated and that all components of the nursing process are documented in accordance with standards of practice.

9. Integrates and coordinates care across settings and among disciplines.

10. Implements physician’s orders effectively and safely in accordance with standards of practice.

11. Ability to recognize and intervene in stressful situations.

12. Maintains BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications as applicable.

13. Maintains or acquires skills on equipment necessary to complete required responsibilities.

14. Documents all records according to established policies and procedures.

15. Assesses information/documents on AdvantX, maintaining patient confidentiality.

16. Assists with reviewing and updating policies and procedures.

17. Performs effectively in stressful situations to fulfill position responsibilities.

18. Provides teaching to patient/parent of child per level of understanding.

19. Performs additional duties as needed by the department.

Required Experience

Qualification requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual shall be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

1. Plans and prepared for the preadmission of the patient.

2. Meets all required deadlines. Demonstrates discretionary ability in establishing priority.

3. Delivers indirect and direct patient care according to established standards, taking into consideration the age and risk factors of the patient.

4. Possess the knowledge and ability to use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care of the patient.

5. Uses nursing judgment in decision-making.

6. Acts as a patient advocate in meeting his/her physical and psychological needs.

7. Performs patient assessment and reassessment immediately upon admission and on a regular basis in accordance with standards of care with documentation of these assessments as a basis for planning each patient’s care.

8. Ensures that all nursing interventions and patients responses are communicated to responsible practitioners as indicated and that all components of the nursing process are documented in accordance with standards of practice.

9. Integrates and coordinates care across settings and among disciplines.

10. Implements physician’s orders effectively and safely in accordance with standards of practice.

11. Ability to recognize and intervene in stressful situations.

12. Maintains BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications as applicable.

13. Maintains or acquires skills on equipment necessary to complete required responsibilities.

14. Documents all records according to established policies and procedures.

15. Assesses information/documents on AdvantX, maintaining patient confidentiality.

16. Assists with reviewing and updating policies and procedures.

17. Performs effectively in stressful situations to fulfill position responsibilities.

18. Provides teaching to patient/parent of child per level of understanding.

19. Performs additional duties as needed by the department.