Registered Nurse Pre-Assessment Testing II, Pool - Cleburne Surgical Center

At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people – the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000+ professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization. As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient-centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals.

We are actively hiring for an Registered Nurse Pre-Assessment Testing. Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA. 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 perianesthesia plan of care by implementing: Communicating the patient's current status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care. Evaluating the patient's past medical history and surgical plan using the PAT anesthesia protocols.

Interviewing pre-operative patients to gather necessary data to assist for admission. Reviewing all preoperative test results and notifying physicians when results are outside normal limits or incomplete. Serving as initial and primary contact for referral sources to direct screening and clearance of patients scheduled for, or potentially to be scheduled for procedures.

Understanding medications and their actions and educating the patient on which medications need to be taken day of surgery.