Registered Nurse PreOp II, Part-Time - Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Center

Registered Nurse Pre Op II, Part-Time - Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Center

Base pay range: $29.00 /hr – $51.00 /hr

At SCA Health, we believe healthcare is about people — the patients we serve, the physicians we support, and the teammates who push us forward. As part of Optum, we are redefining specialty care by providing patient‑centered practice solutions across more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers and 400 specialty physician practice clinics. Our values include clinical quality, integrity, service excellence, teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and inclusion.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off, life and disability insurance, and more. Learn about our benefits at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

• 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
  • 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 peri‑anesthesia 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 peri‑anesthesia 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 following 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 using the eight 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 patients from infection.
• Managing patient’s other co‑morbidity 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.
• Involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her peri‑operative 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; and
• 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 a hand‑off report to other teammates that is 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 the 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…