Registered Nurse Pre-Assessment Testing II - Advocate Surgery Center - Libertyville

Overview

At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people—the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000+ professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization. As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient‑centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals.

Our work spans a broad spectrum of services, all designed to support physicians, health systems and employers in delivering efficient, value‑based care to patients without compromising quality or autonomy.

Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with company match, paid time off, life and disability insurance, and more.

• Clinical quality
• Integrity
• Service excellence
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Continuous improvement
• Inclusion

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
• Describe the underlying pathophysiology of commonly encountered disease processes.
• Describe the physiology associated with various anesthesia techniques and surgical or procedural interventions.
• Develop an individualized peri‑anesthesia plan of care by implementing:
  • Communicating the patient’s current status throughout the peri‑anesthesia continuum of care.
  • Evaluating the patient’s past medical history and surgical plan using the PAT anesthesia protocols.
  • Interviewing pre‑operative patients to gather necessary data to assist admission.
  • Reviewing all pre‑operative test results and notifying physicians when results are outside normal limits or incomplete.
  • Serving as initial and primary contact for referral sources to direct screening and clearance of patients scheduled for, or potentially to be scheduled for procedures.
  • Understanding medications and their actions and educating the patient on medications needed on day of surgery.
  • Demonstrating safe operation of equipment and machinery and following procedures for reporting and correcting unsafe situations.
  • Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patient’s advocate.
  • Handling specimens according to facility policy and procedures.
  • Adhering to standard precautions including use of personal protective equipment.
  • Administering medications safely and correctly using the 8‑rights of safe medication administration.
  • Performing interventions to maintain the integrity of the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
  • Providing nursing and appropriate monitoring in accordance with policies and procedures.
  • Performing interventions to protect patient from infection.
  • Managing patient’s other co‑morbid conditions as applicable.
  • Assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person.
  • Providing education regarding expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medical management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure.
  • Involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting their perioperative plan of care and rehabilitation.
  • Protecting patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy.
  • Providing age‑specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice.
  • Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation and time‑out policy.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Provide hand‑off report to other teammates that is accurate, concise and pertinent to the patient’s condition and response to care.
• Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state board of nursing or professional registration requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.
• Document episode of care completely, accurately, and legibly.
• Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the peri‑operative team and other stakeholders.
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning patient care.
• Participate in quality review and performance…