Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board
Description
Description
- Assists with coordination of elective total joint arthroplasties with orthopedic surgeons, Internal Medicine, orthopedic clinics to include, but not limited to: preoperative joint class, preoperative clearances with reference labs/consulting physicians, surgery departments, anesthesia dept.
- Assists with coordination and conducting of weekly presurgical interdisciplinary meetings to include: clinical nurse navigator, assistant director of joint center, anesthesia, OR Director, case manager, physical therapy, occupational therapy and any ad hoc team members deemed necessary.
- Maintain quality data deemed necessary by the quality department for reporting purposes as requested by the Joint Center Director.
- Assists with preadmission intakes on patients prior to joint class.
- Participate in quality improvement monitoring programs as requested.
- Work with the medical director/internal medicine specialist on day of preoperative clearance acting as nursing support staff on an as needed basis.
- Assists with discharge planning on assigned patients within 24 hours of admission. Assists with discharge planning revisions as indicated by changes in the patient's condition and circumstances.
- Assists with arrangements for the post-discharge needs of patients.
- Assists Case Manager and Outpatient Joint Program Coordinator in all duties as needed.
- Communicate additional staff or staffing needs to the Joint Center Director.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide services based on the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and other related criteria appropriate population in his/her assigned area.
- Maintains required core competencies.
- Complies with set Policies and Procedures (i.e. name tag, dress code, parking, smoking, etc.).
Requirements
Education
Required:
Bachelor of Science
Licenses & Certifications
Required:
L-RN Multistate
Preferred:
C-Oncology Cert Nurse
C-BLS
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