Registered Nurse (RN) | Pre Anesthesia Call Center

Sioux Center Health; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 39,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO day 1

Retirement match (up to 5%)

Career development & mentorship

Job summary

Avera is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join a multidisciplinary team at its hospital in Sioux Falls. You will obtain medical history for pre-surgical and radiology patients and provide education.

You will assist in chart completion for surgeries and procedures and support care coordination across services. The role emphasizes assessment, triage, care planning, and education with attention to outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work the hours specified and perform each essential function.
• Visual acuity adequate to perform duties and communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and sounds.

Responsibilities

• Collects patient health data and documents nursing history via phone interviews.
• Initiates anesthesia record and home medication record.
• Ensures appropriate in-hospital referrals to provide optimal patient care.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Patient education

Effective communication

Triage

Education

RN license

Job description

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$27.75 - $41.25

Location

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

This position is 32 hrs/week

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Responsible to obtain medical history on pre-surgical and clinical radiology specials patients and provide education. Assists in completing of charts for surgical procedures, radiology specials procedures and other areas as directed. Responsible for applicable assessment, triage, planning, education on interventions/options, education and evaluation of outcomes. This role provides support and follow-up calls per outlined protocols, facilitating referrals to local physicians and community services and ensures hand-offs between services are completed.

What You Will Do

• Collects patient health data.
• Documents nursing history for assigned patients via phone interviews. Initiates anesthesia record and home medication record.
• Assures appropriate in hospital referrals are completed to provide optimal patient care (i.e., pastoral care, anesthesia, patient representative).
• Explains procedures and treatments to patient to gain cooperation, understanding, and decrease apprehension.
• Provides general surgical/clinical education and instructions to all interviewed surgical patients, responds to patient questions and refers patients.
• Decisions and actions on behalf of clients are determined in a manner consisted with the ANA's Code of Ethics.
• Collaborates with the patient, significant others, and healthcare providers in providing patient care.
• Utilizes research/evidence-based finding in practice if appropriate.
• Participates in department or unit quality improvement activities.
• Knowledge and skills sufficient to integrate the use of healthcare technology and/or information management systems into the preadmission nursing role.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Equal Opportunity Employer

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [e-mail].