Registered Nurse Pre Admissions Part Time

OrthoArizona Surgery Center is hiring a Registered Nurse Pre Admissions Part Time

OrthoArizona Surgery Center was designed with one purpose in mind: to serve patients undergoing surgery without the inconvenient overnight stay that hospitals require. Every procedure is performed in a comfortable, safe environment using the most technically advanced surgical equipment available.

Job Summary: The Preadmission Nurse (PAT RN) has the responsibility for organizing and directing activities in accordance with nursing standards, JC, Medicare and all other applicable federal, state and local guidelines. PAT RN may assume the following PAT responsibilities:contact, by way of telephone, all patients prior to surgery to assess medical and medication history, review for appropriate lab, x-ray, EKG orders to determine where and when these procedures are to be complete and provide preadmission teaching.The RN can expect to care for adult patients, including the older adult through geriatric, and pediatric patients from 24 months through adolescence.The RN may perform laboratory testing required prior to surgery as ordered.

Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an employee’s qualifications and experience.

What We Offer

As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Must be a Registered Nurse with an unrestricted license in the state
• Minimum 2 year experience in a hospital setting
• Ability to recognize, evaluates, solve problems and correct errors.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, physicians, vendors and the public.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, openness, receptive to change, creativity and innovative.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to surgery procedures and management of the surgical patient
• Understands principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
• Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
• Excellent teaching skills 
• Basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology