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Carle Health · 4 hours ago

RN - Pre-Admission Testing

Normal, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$30.39/hr - $52.27/hr

Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals and various healthcare businesses. The RN - Pre-Admission Testing is responsible for ensuring that all pre-anesthesia requirements are fulfilled for surgical patients and acts as an advocate to assist patients and families throughout the pre-surgical process.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

Resource to ensure that the pre-anesthesia requirements are completed

Provides support and direction to surgery schedulers, surgeon's office, and OR schedulers

Serves as a liaison with the surgeon's office, PCP, DHI, ASC, Pre-Op, and MOR

Maintains knowledge of all tests, medications, and possible contraindications associated with anesthesia

Completion of the Pre-Op checklist >/= 48 hours prior to surgery date (excluding emergent/add-on cases)

Performs ROS, medication reconciliation, reviews health history and surgical history on all patients having surgery with anesthesia sedation for the providers prior to the HP,this is done either on phone or in person

Performs the Pre-Day calls to patients having surgery at main hospital and Champaign ASC (includes surgery report time, review of medications to take in AM following anesthesia policy and answer any questions)

Completes the VTE score if needed at Pre-Day call

Reinforces diet/bowel preps with patients at Pre-Day call

Reinforces the CHG bath instructions with patients at Pre-Day call

Works with Pre-Anesthesia Center Providers in obtaining additional test/forms, teaching on medication, informing pts of lab/test results, assisting pts with ordering additional tests as deemed by providers for surgical clearance

Qualification

Licensed Registered Nurse (RN)Basic Life Support (BLS)Nursing DegreeNursing ExperiencePatient AdvocacyCommunication Skills

Required

Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)

Nursing Degree: Nursing

College Diploma: Nursing

Work Experience: Nursing

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Company

Carle Health

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Carle Health is a vertically integrated system with a bold but simple mission: to be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions for everyone who depends on it.

Founded in 1946