Pre Admission Testing Registered Nurse in El Portal, FL

Pre-Admission Testing Registered Nurse

As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy in high-quality health care.

Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community. In delivering an unmatched level of clinical expertise, our medical center is committed to recruiting and training top healthcare workers from across the country. We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, and more. Mount Sinai takes pride in being South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to continuing the training of the next generation of medical pioneers.

Culture of Caring: The Sinai Way

Our hardworking, tight-knit community of more than 4,000 dedicated employees fosters an environment of care and compassion. Each member plays a vital role in our collective mission to deliver excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research. At Mount Sinai, we take pride in our achievements, aiming to be a beacon of quality healthcare in South Florida. We welcome all healthcare professionals to join our thriving community and contribute to our pursuit for clinical excellence.

Position Responsibilities
• Modifies the interview techniques to adequately assess the infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient by identifying the physical, psychosocial, and educational needs.
• Assesses potential for compromised skin integrity, nutritional deficiencies, functional deficiencies, pain management history, and changes in elimination patterns within the infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient(s) making environmental changes or referrals as necessary.
• Completes physical assessment including discharge planning and education within departmental guidelines/times frames. Assesses patient readiness to learn and provides ongoing patient education, documenting all interventions and outcomes using approved hospital forms. involves patient/family in developing plan of care and accomplishing outcome goals. consistently and actively participates with interdisciplinary team.
• Maintains a collaborative working relationship with surgical coordinators and scheduling.
• Identifies potential problems and addresses them prior to day of surgery.
• Obtains copy of consults ordered by surgeon prior to day of surgery for AM admit and outpatient surgeries.
• Initiates preparation of patient and family physically and emotionally for surgery.
• Initiates process of obtaining a copy of the patients current history and physical as per hospital policy prior to day of surgery for outpatient surgeries and AM admits.
• Administers medications per physicians orders with zero errors, respecting patient rights and performing assessment, reassessment, assessing effectiveness and documentation according to hospital policy.
• Obtains all test results as ordered per surgeon pre-operatively and follows-up with surgeon regarding abnormal values prior to day of surgery.
• Delegates responsibilities to appropriate staff based upon patient needs and staff competencies.
• Responds to Code Blue, in department, and initiates CPR. Demonstrates a calm, professional manner during a crisis or emergency situation at all times within the patient care environment.
• Provides all patient care respectfully demonstrating/reviewing patient rights utilizing the nursing process and documenting in the acceptable hospital charting format.
• Maintains patient care equipment, alerts chain of command about necessary repairs, "red tags" broken equipment, and initiates calls to engineering/biomedical engineering as needed
• Initiates admission data base and MAR for outpatient and AM admit surgeries.
• Verifies correct patient by using current photo identification
• Educates/reviews pre-operative instructions with patient/family prior to day of surgery for AM admit and outpatient surgeries.
• Initiates pre-operative medication instructions per surgeon/anesthesia orders.
• Initiates Perioperative and Perianesthesia patient/family education.
• Implements all new physician orders within two hours of initiation for routing and within 30 minutes or less for stats.
• Performs initial vital signs and admission history to include introduction to patient and family. Assessment of chief complaint. Notification of anesthesia team of patients arrival to pre-testing area.
• Obtains and documents a complete nursing admission assessment, including physiological and psychological factors to develop a plan of care for outpatient and AM admit surgeries.
• Performs and documents an accurate systems assessment.
• Assess availability of transportation home after an outpatient procedure. Educates patient/family regarding the need for transportation home with a responsible adult after an outpatient procedure.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
• Current RN FL State license
• BLS and ACLS required
• 1+ year of experience required

Benefits

We believe in the physical and mental well-being of our employees and are committed to offering comprehensive benefits that fit their personal needs. Our robust employee benefits package includes:
• Health benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Healthcare spending accounts
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• Free Parking
• On-site housing for select positions and more!