Pre Admission Testing RN

OCOM; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 34,440 - 48,216; Part time

Job summary

OCOM is seeking a Part-Time Pre-Op Nurse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The nurse will greet and escort patients to the pre-op area, ensuring that all medical orders are accurate. Effective communication and strong organizational skills are essential for maintaining positive relationships with healthcare staff and patients.

This role requires a degree in nursing, active registration, and BCLS certification. The candidate must also possess analytical abilities, effective communication skills, and be capable of handling physical demands.

Qualifications

• Requires BCLS certification within 90 days of hire.
• Candidate must read and speak English fluently.
• Vision and hearing abilities necessary for the role.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients and escort them to pre-op testing.
• Ensure all medical orders are correct per doctor’s standing orders.
• Form the packet with patient’s pre-op testing results.
• Make pre-op calls for the next day’s surgery schedule.
• Maintain positive working relationships with hospital and clinics.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Problem solving

Assertiveness

Education

Degree or Diploma from an accredited school of Nursing

Active registration from the Board of Nursing

Tools

BCLS certification

Job description

Overall Responsibility

To establish guidelines to identify the professional qualifications and skill required for employment in the pre-operative area for the RN. It is the Pre-Op nurse’s responsibility to formulate and execute the nursing care for patients of all ages in the Pre-Op area to ensure the patients receives the highest quality care, that their safety is ensured according policy and procedure, and to instigate and execute all other tasks as requested by the Chief Nursing Officer.

Key Tasks And Responsibilities (essential Functions)

• The Pre-Op nurse is to greet the patient in the lobby and escort the patient to the pre-op testing area.
• The nurse is to ensure all orders are correct for lab, EKG and CXR per the doctor’s standing orders. Notify the doctor of any abnormal lab, EKG, and CXR.
• Form the packet with the patient’s pre-op testing results. Print the next day’s schedule and pull packets.
• Make pre-op calls on the next day’s surgery schedule.
• Maintain positive working relationships with the hospital, surgery center, clinic and physicians’ offices.
• Requires analytical and organizational skills, effective communications skills, problem solving abilities and assertiveness.

Required Skills

Licensure and Certification: BCLS, if not current, certification within 90 days of hire. Requires a degree or Diploma from an accredited school of Nursing with active registration from the Board of Nursing from the State she/he is currently licensed.

Environmental and physical requirements - The employee works in a temperature controlled environment. Candidate must be able to read and speak English fluently, have cognitive skills for math, reading, computer skills, and communication skills to deal well with the public (customers) as well as peers. Vision for near, mid-range, and far accommodation. Hearing for low, medium and high pitch. Position exerts up to 50lb. of force occasionally and/or up to 20lb. of force frequently and/or up to 10lb, of force consistently to move object. Requires pushing, pulling, reaching, kneeling, stooping, and finger dexterity. There is potential for exposure to blood and body fluids (high), and exposure to infectious disease.

Required Experience

Experience required: Previous experience in a healthcare environment pre-op nurse experience preferred.

Job Location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Company Location

Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi-Specialty Surgery (11702)

Company Location Description

U.S. Hospital

Position Type

Part-Time