Registered Nurse Clinical Review Specialist - Surgery/Operating Room - Full Time - Days

Nebraska Methodist Hospital•Council Bluffs, IA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is accountable for the delivery of quality care to patients and families according to the individualized needs of the patient. The Registered Nurse Clinical Review Specialist will perform an initial and ongoing assessment to determine the assigned patient's ongoing nursing care needs. They will develop/review/revise and individualize the plan of care to address the patient's nursing care needs for optimum patient care outcomes. The specialist will implement interventions that are consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner, and evaluate patient care to determine response to care/interventions for optimal patient outcome. This role also involves performing technical skills competently and independently to assure patient safety, maintaining professional behavior, and initiating action to correct, prevent, or minimize risks to the patient, family, or hospital employees. Additionally, the specialist will review, delegate, and evaluate plans for appropriate utilization of staff, safely administer medications, and participate in the planning, implementation, and initiation of new Operating Room staff and students. The role includes reviewing and submitting weekly timecards, comparing procedures to dictation for billing accuracy, ensuring proper charges are entered and charts are complete, assisting other departments with procedural questions, entering new products into the electronic medical record, maintaining a list of products used in surgeries, investigating and correcting scheduling issues based on surgeon preferences, and creating preference cards for physicians.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements.
Current valid Registered Nurse (RN) License, valid compact multistate license to work, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients, family members, hospital personnel, and co-workers.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments.
Ability to learn, retain, and utilize computer skills that are required for department and hospital information system.
Requires that an individual take “call time”.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing preferred.
Previous surgical experience preferred.
Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
Core certification related to area of specialty from National Certification Corporation (NCC) within 1 year of eligibility preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs an initial and ongoing assessment to determine the assigned patient's ongoing nursing care needs.
Develops/reviews/revises and individualizes the plan of care to address the patient's nursing care needs for optimum patient care outcomes.
Implements interventions that are consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner.
Evaluates patient care to determine response to care/interventions for optimal patient outcome.
Performs technical skills competently and independently to assure patient safety (autonomy).
Maintains a professional behavior in attitude, demeanor, interactions to achieve organization's mission.
Initiates action to correct, prevent, and/or minimize risk(s) to the patient, family or hospital employees (e.g., falls, needle sticks, patient concerns).
Reviews, delegates and evaluates plans for appropriate utilization of staff at all levels of practice in accordance with the provision of the state's Nurse Practice Act and the Professional Standards of Practice.
Safely administers medications.
Participate in ongoing planning, implementation and initiation of new Operating Room staff and students.
Review and submit weekly timecards for assigned area, ensuring accuracy of records.
Compare procedures to dictation to ensure proper codes were used for billing purposes.
Ensure proper charges are entered in billing and that charts are complete.
Assist coding and other departments with questions about procedures and codes.
Enter new products into electronic medical record to ensure proper coding and charges can be made.
Maintain list of products used in surgeries to ensure accurate charge amount and descriptions.
Investigate and correct issues with scheduling based on surgeon preferences.
Create preference cards for physicians, ensuring all information entered is accurate.