RN, Pre Admission Testing, Per Diem, 8 Hour Day Shift

Heywood Hospital•Gardner, MA

2d•$37 - $77

About The Position

Overview You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter! Hours: Per Diem, 8 Hour Day Shift $37.26 - $76.63 Job Summary: 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.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Qualified candidates must have minimum 3 years of experience within Perioperative Services.
[Massachusetts, United States] Registered Nurses Current MA license and CPR certification required.
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.

Responsibilities

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