This nursing role focuses on the preoperative care of patients at a surgery center, ensuring their readiness for procedures and managing their needs throughout the perianesthesia continuum. It involves comprehensive patient assessment, individualized care planning, and effective communication within the healthcare team.
Responsibilities
Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA
Assess patient’s preoperative status at intervals according to facility or health care organization policies and procedures to include the patient’s 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:
Preparing for and protecting patient from injury caused by positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects
Communicating the patient’s 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 patient’s advocate
Handling specimens according to facility policy and procedures
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 patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels
Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period
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
Managing patient’s fluid as prescribed
Assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person
Providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medical management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure
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Involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process
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
Transfer care as needed
Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are 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 perioperative team and other stakeholders
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
Requirements
Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
Current state licensure to practice within good standings
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
Nice to have:
One year of ICU, ED, PACU, and/or medical / surgical nursing experience
Specialty certification in Perioperative or perianesthesia Nursing
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401k plan with company match
Paid time off
Life and disability insurance
About the Company
At SCA Health, health care is about people – the patients served, the physicians supported, and the teammates who push the organization forward. 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. The company's 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.
