RN PreOp (Pool) - Barranca Surgery Center
Company: SCA Health
Location: Irvine
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
OverviewSurgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is transforming specialty
care in our communities. We relentlessly create value by aligning
physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal:
delivering exceptional care and healing to our patients and
communities we serve. We are driven to achieve the quadruple aim in
health care: high quality outcomes and a better experience for
patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care. As a
national leader in surgical care, SCAs 10,000 teammates operate
more than 250 surgical facilities that serve nearly 1 million
patients per year. For more information on SCA, visit
-www.scasurgery.com. -Why join SCA? Consider the following
fantastic benefits
- Positive work culture
- Career growth opportunities
- Comprehensive medical, vision and dental insurance eligible on
Day 1 of employment
- Paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
- Maternity/paternity/adoption benefits
- Employer-paid life and short- and long-term disability
insurance
- Excellent 401(k) PlanAccountabilities / ResponsibilitiesWe are
actively hiring for an Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp.
- Promote -the mission, vision, and values of -SCA. -
- Assess patients -preoperative -status at intervals according to
facility or health care organization policies and procedures to
include the -patients -
- cardiovascular system, -
- respiratory system and airway management needs, -
- neurological system, -
- hemodynamic stability, -
- pain and comfort needs, and -
- mental status. -
- Interpret -information -accurately -from various noninvasive
and invasive monitors. -
- 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 -perianesthesia -plan of care -by
implementing: -
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- Preparing for and -protecting patient from injury caused by
positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous -objects. -
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- Communicating the patients current status throughout the
-perianesthesia -continuum of -care. -
- Protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects
and chemical, electrical, mechanical, and thermal sources. -
- Demonstrating safe operation of equipment -and machinery and
follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe
situation. -
- Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patients
advocate. -
- Handling specimens according to facility policy and procedures.
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- Adhering to standard precautions including the use of personal
protective equipment. -
- Providing -acute pain and comfort management as -needed. -
- Administering medications -safely and -correctly by -using -the
-8-rights of safe medication -administration. - -
- Performing interventions to maintain the integrity of the
patients wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
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- Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or
returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate
postoperative -period. -
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- Providing nursing and appropriate monitoring in accordance with
policies and procedures. -
- Performing interventions to protect patient from -infection.
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- Managing patients other co-morbid conditions as -applicable.
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- Managing patients fluid as -prescribed. -
- Assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated
support person. -
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- Providing education regarding the 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 his or her perioperative plan of care and the
rehabilitation -process. -
- Protecting patients rights, dignity, and -privacy. -
- Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care
within legal standards of practice; and -
- Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation
and time-out policy. -
- Evaluate the patients progress toward attaining outcomes.
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- Transfer care as needed. - -
- Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate,
concise and pertinent to the patients 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.
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- Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills
with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
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- Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning
patient care. -
- Participate in quality review and performance improvement
projects. -
- Participate in the performance appraisal process. -
- Use -problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster
effective work relationships with team members. -
- Maintain required competencies. -
- Pursue professional growth. -
- Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and
confidentiality of individuals and health information. -
- Comply -with -SCA and -facility policies and procedures when
providing patient care. -
- Actively participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily
safety huddles. -
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility. -
- Perform all other duties as assigned. - - -Qualifications
- Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing. -
- One year of -ICU, ED, PACU, -and/or medical / surgical nursing
experience preferred. -
- Current state licensure to practice within good standings.
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- -Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic
Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment or
documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification. -
- Successful completion of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
(ACLS) Course within 90 days of employment or documentation of
current ACLS certification. - -
- Successful completion of Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
course is required when pediatric care is included in the facility
scope services within 90 days of employment or documentation of
current PALS certification. - -
- Specialty certification in Perioperative -or -perianesthesia
-Nursing -is preferred. - - -Working Conditions/Physical
Requirements: - - -
- Physically demanding, high-stress environment -
- Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases,
chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions -
- Pushing and pulling heavy objects - -
- Full range of body motion including handling and lifting
patients -and -equipment -
- Manual and finger dexterity - -
- Hand eye coordination -
- Standing and walking for extensive periods of time - -
- Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 -lbs -
- Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range -
- Working irregular hours - - -
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