Registered Nurse (RN) | Surgery Call Center | PRN

Sioux Center Health; Sioux Center (IA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Avera McKennan Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse for preadmission and surgical support. You will collect patient histories, coordinate records, and educate patients about procedures to ensure smooth care transitions.

Responsibilities include documenting, triage, and coordinating with physicians and care teams to optimize outcomes. Strong communication and teamwork are essential in this PRN, day-shift role.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with an active license in the state of practice.
• Visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.
• Familiarity with preadmission and surgical/clinical education processes.

Responsibilities

• Collects patient health data via interviews and documents nursing history.
• Initiates anesthesia record and home medication record for surgical patients.
• Ensures referrals within the hospital are completed to support patient care.
• Explains procedures and treatments to patients to gain cooperation and reduce anxiety.
• Delivers clinical education to surgical patients and answers questions.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare providers to coordinate care.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Patient education

Communication skills

Team collaboration

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

PRN

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

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.

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].