Pre Admissions Testing Registered Nurse

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Immediately hiring Pre Admission Testing Registered Nurse

SurgCenter of Greater Jacksonville was established by clinical personnel to provide first-class surgical services for the local community in a safe comfortable and welcoming environment.

SurgCenter of Greater Jacksonville is seeking a motivated Pre Admission Testing Registered Nurse to join our team. Position requires weekdays only -- no holidays, weekends, or call. Some early mornings and later evenings may be required; schedule subject to change based on surgical schedule and flow of the day.

Job Title:  Preadmission Testing Registered Nurse

The Preadmission Nurse (PAT RN) has the responsibility for organizing and directing activities in accordance with nursing standards, The Joint Commission, Medicare, and all other applicable federal, state, and local guidelines. The 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, and medical clearances to determine that patient and procedure are appropriate candidates for the ambulatory surgical setting. Preadmission teaching is required. The RN can expect to care for adult patients, including the older adult through geriatric, and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older.

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

• Plans and prepares for the preadmission of the patient.
• Handles Total Joint Coordination duties.
• • Oversight of ongoing Joint Commission compliance and Joint Program development. 
  • Work closely with the physician champion of the program to lead the initiatives of the program.
  • Work with all surgeons towards standardization of care and evidence based practice.
  • Creates an environment which enables surgeons and department leaders to work collaboratively
  • With the assistance of the joint committee and the physician champion, develop and maintain the program’s clinical practice guidelines, clinical pathways, protocol and order sets for the Joint Program.
  • Works with department leaders to enforce clinical practice guidelines
  • Responsible for committee meetings with department leaders and Physicians to ensure all are kept informed and all are maintaining best practice and standardized care for our patients
  • Collect and analyze program outcome measures and presents the results to the joint committee and hospital.
  • Uploads monthly Performance Measures data to Joint Commission
  • Responsible for overall standard of care of the joint patient.
  • Coordination of the education program for patients who are planning on having joint surgery at the facility.
  • Responsible for assisting department leaders with staff education/competency with our Center of Excellences
• Meets all required deadlines.  Demonstrates discretionary ability in establishing priority.
• Delivers indirect and direct patient care according to established standards, taking into consideration the age and risk factors of the patient.
• Possess the knowledge and ability to use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care of the patient.
•  Uses nursing judgment in decision-making.
• Acts as a patient advocate in meeting his/her physical and psychological needs.
• 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.
•  Ensures that all nursing interventions and patient responses are communicated to responsible practitioners, as indicated, and that all components of the nursing process are documented in accordance with standards of practice.
• Implements physician’s orders effectively and safely in accordance with standards of practice.
• Ability to recognize and intervene in stressful situations.
• Maintains BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Maintains or acquires skills on equipment necessary to complete required responsibilities.
• Documents all records according to established policies and procedures.
• Assesses information/documents on AdvantX, maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Performs effectively in stressful situations to fulfill position responsibilities.
• Performs additional scheduling duties as needed by the department.

• RN degree, license, and BLS required
• At minimum one year experience working with orthopedic / total joint replacement patients 
• Ability to work independently with strong decision making skills.
• Good organizational habits with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects.
• Leadership and excellent communication skills with patients, staff and physicians required.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to total joint replacements and management of a joint replacement patient.
• Excellent teaching skills.
• Basic knowledge of Quality Improvement ideology.