Nurse Clinician - Pre Admission Testing - Casual

Job Title

Casual position - DAYLIGHT HOURS MONDAY - FRIDAY

Responsible to facilitate an efficient, clinically effective interface between the patient, the medical staff, and the health care team to ensure quality, customer focused preadmission testing processes. Through utilizing a working knowledge of clinical diagnosis, procedure/setting appropriateness and treatment, the Nurse Clinician will provide for patient assessment, testing, education, and the development of a plan of care. The nurse will ensure adequate testing and appropriate patient follow up through collaboration with the medical staff.

In addition, Case Management policies and procedures and reference guides are applied to provide maximum reimbursement to the facility through appropriate insurance coverage, authorizations and referrals. The Preadmission Nurse Clinician functions as a liaison between all members of the health care team internally and externally to ensure coordination of quality patient care.

Education Minimum:
Graduate of a Registered Nurse Program Preferred:
Bachelor Degree in Nursing Registration/Certification/Licensure:
Current PA RN license and Healthcare Provider CPR Experience Minimum:
Three years recent clinical experience. Preferred:
Perioperative and managed care, Case Management, and/or Utilization Review experience. Other Requirements:
Excellent communication skills and skills in customer service.

Physical Requirements:

Non-Material Handling

• Standing - FREQUENT
• Walking - FREQUENT
• Sitting - FREQUENT
• Stooping - OCCASIONAL
• Bending - FREQUENT
• Twisting - OCCASIONAL
• Climbing - N/A
• Ladders - N/A
• Stairs - OCCASIONAL
• Kneeling - N/A
• Squatting - OCCASIONAL
• Crouching - OCCASIONAL
• Crawling - N/A
• Reaching Horizontal - FREQUENT
• Reaching Overhead - OCCASIONAL
• Grasping - FREQUENT
• Finger Manipulation - FREQUENT
• Seeing - CONSTANT
• Hearing - CONSTANT
• Repetitive Upper Extremity Use - N/A
• Repetitive Lower Extremity Use - CONSTANT

Material Handling

• Pushing - OCCASIONAL 20# - 50#
• Pulling - OCCASIONAL 20# - 50#
• Lift
  - Floor to Waist - OCCASIONAL 20# - 50#
• Lift
  - Waist to shoulder - FREQUENT 10# - 20#
• Lift
  - Shoulder to overhead - OCCASIONAL Up to 20#
• Carrying
  - Up to 20# - OCCASIONAL (> 10 feet)

Environmental Factors

• Working alone - OCCASIONAL
• Constant interruptions - FREQUENT
• Working with hands in water - OCCASIONAL
• Exposure to electrical energy (outlets, etc) - OCCASIONAL
• Exposure to radiant energy, ie computer terminal (more than 4 hours per shift) - OCCASIONAL
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens - FREQUENT

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