Registered Nurse - Pre Admissions - Full Time - Days

Nebraska Methodist Hospital•Council Bluffs, IA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Nebraska Methodist Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse for their Pre Admissions department. This full-time position involves providing quality care to patients and families, performing assessments, developing care plans, administering medications, and educating patients. The role requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to multitask, and knowledge of relevant regulations. The nurse will utilize the Cerner system for documentation and collaborate with various healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient outcomes and smooth admissions.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
5-7 years current med-surg experience.
Current valid Registered Nurse (RN) License, valid compact multistate license to work, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
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.
Skilled in promoting positive relations when interacting with patients or other customers.
Knowledge of federal and state regulations related to nursing applications and pre-admission and pre-operative care.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to exercise judgment, courtesy, tact and professionalism.
Ability to adapt work place according to rapidly changing volumes, patient needs and unpredictable situations.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of personnel, medical staff, volunteer and ancillary departments including diverse patient populations.
Ability to maintain confidentiality relevant to sensitive information.
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Fingering/Touching, Grasping, Hearing, Reaching, Seeing/Visual, Speaking/talking, Standing, Walking.
Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting.
Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Balancing, Carrying, Crouching, Distinguish colors, Keyboarding/typing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive Motions, Stooping/bending, Twisting.
Frequent (67%-100%): Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex), Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF).
Occasionally (34%-66%): Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment), Equipment/Machinery/Tools, Explosives (pressurized gas), Hazardous Drugs (exposure risks, personal protective equipment required).
Rare (1-33%): Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-Ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc), Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means) - NICU only.
Not Related: Electrical Shock/Static Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means).

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provides appropriate care specific to the age and population of the customer/patient.
Demonstrates ability to identify opportunities for and give individualized customer service/patient care.
Performs an initial and ongoing assessment to determine the assigned patient's ongoing nursing care needs.
Prioritizes data collection according to patient's immediate needs.
Uses assessment findings in discharge planning.
Develops/reviews/revises and individualizes the plan of care to address the patient's nursing care needs.
Collaborates with physicians and other clinical disciplines as appropriate.
Provides teaching specific to the patient's health care problem.
Implements interventions that are consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner.
Administers medication without error and utilizes critical thinking regarding medication effects on patient.
Evaluates patient care to determine response to care/interventions for optimal patient outcome.
Monitors outcomes and documents patient response to interventions.
Evaluates the patient's capabilities and/or limitations related to nursing and medical interventions.
Continually monitors the patient and/or significant other(s) ability to manage care needs after dismissal.
Gives a complete verbal or written change of shift report to the oncoming care provider.
Recognizes and addresses patient and family capabilities and limitations (physical and mental).
Performs technical skills competently and independently to assure patient safety.
Is accountable to learn new skills and equipment within areas' specifications and time frame.
Demonstrates correct and safe technique in the use of equipment.
Follows appropriate procedure for obtaining and returning or cleaning/disposing of equipment and supplies.
Charges accurately for use of supplies and equipment according to policy.
Maintains competence in area of experience.
Maintains a professional behavior in attitude, demeanor, interactions to achieve organization's mission.
Participates in meetings and/or committees as needed.
Identifies and participates in performance improvement activities.
Initiates action to correct, prevent, and/or minimize risk(s) to the patient, family or hospital employees.
Completes appropriate report form for any risk.
Works within the scope of practice as defined by the Nurse Practice Act.
Observe appropriate precautions when administering hazardous medications or handling excreta from patients who have received hazardous medications.
Follows infection control guidelines and practices.
Reviews, delegates and evaluates plans for appropriate utilization of staff at all levels of practice.
Promotes positive relations when interacting with physicians, visitors, families, customers and coworkers.
Greets, smiles and makes eye contact.
Introduces self by name.
Volunteers to help co-workers and other employees.
Responds quickly to providers and/or health system personnel.
Remains calm in difficult situations and effectively diffuses crisis and refers to appropriate supervisory levels as needed.
Serves as a role model to promote collaborative relationships.
Recognizes and values input from health system personnel.
Knows and demonstrates customer complaint management process.
Initiates/completes assessments via phone contact based on the patient's scheduled procedure.
Meets productivity of 10-12 completed assessments per 8 hour shift.
Includes data from the patients, families, and other authorized care takers in the assessment as appropriate.
Prioritizes data collection according to patient's needs.
Uses assessment findings to critically analyze if more information or follow up is needed.
Ensures HIPAA regulations are followed to protect patient information.
Obtains and reviews physicians' orders, clinical testing/lab results and H&Ps.
Reviews all pertinent patient data to identify priority needs to be addressed prior to or upon admission.
Uses effective communication to work through potential problems, with patients, physicians, office staff or surgery staff.
Works with department's staff assistant to ensure all pre-op workup is obtained.
Identifies potential problems with abnormal lab results, medications, pre-op orders, etc., and intervenes as appropriate.
Collaborates with members of ancillary services in a multidisciplinary approach to prepare for patient admissions.
Communicates with surgery staff about special needs for patients with latex allergies and any special needs and/or requests from patients.
Communicates with Case Management/Social work staff any special care needs or issues with discharge planning.
Communicates with Administrative Coordinators regarding special equipment needs or issues with interpretative services.
Provides pre-operative education to the patient, family, and/or authorized care taker.
Provides information on medications to take and/or hold prior to surgery.
Provides arrival times.
Provides information relevant to the procedure being done.
Answers any questions, patients, family, and/or authorized care takers have.
Reassures patients, family and/or authorized care takers when discussing scheduled procedure.
Ensures patient, family, and/or authorized care taker understands all education provided.
Utilizes Cerner to document all pertinent information.
Uses standardized workflow processes to document patient assessment, medication history, allergies and pharmacy information.
Documents patient education and understanding in Cerner.
Creates nurses notes to relay any pertinent information to other departments.
Provides feedback and ideas to create and maintain standardized workflow processes.