Location: Salem,NH, USA
About Us
Mass General Brigham Medical Group (MGBMG) represents the merger of separate community medical groups within the Mass General Brigham system into one harmonized and high-performing organization:
This work stems from Mass General Brigham's unified system strategy to bring high quality health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. MGBMG provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, behavioral and mental health, specialty care, outpatient surgery, endoscopy, imaging, lab services, infusion, and urgent care both digitally and in person in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The Opportunity: RN, Preprocedural Evaluation (PPE) – Surgical Services
Why This Role Is Important
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he Registered Nurse in PAT assumes the accountability and responsibility manages all aspects of the nursing process and the delivery of patient and family centered care, for the preoperative patient. The Registered Nurse has the responsibility and authority to request and use governing and administrative resources, technological and support systems, and multidisciplinary clinical experts necessary to manage and deliver quality, cost effective patient care.What You will Work On
The RN Preprocedural Evaluation (PPE) will be primarily accountable for:
· Job Specific Responsibilities.
o Utilizes the standards of Patient Focused Model. Plans, implements, and evaluates, and manages care for all patients with consideration of age, developmental, socioeconomic, psychological, physical, spiritual, and cultural factors. Position requires outstanding assessment and care coordination skills.
o Practice reflects knowledge of current nursing literature and resources, demonstrates ongoing learning in appropriate science as: contemporary medical, pharmacologic, pathophysiology to care for specific patient types.
o Maintains competency in nursing practice and clinical skills and makes annual plan for processional development. Completes mandatory educational requirements.
o Validates patient identification according to hospital policy and reviews the consent and procedure. Assess, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for assigned patients that is consistent with the medical plan and is responsive to the patient's changing needs.
o Delegates appropriate nursing activities to unlicensed personnel based on the stability of the patient; the training and capability of the unlicensed person to whom the nursing task is delegated; nature of the nursing task being delegated; and the proximity and availability of the nurse to the unlicensed person when performing the activity.
o Collects and analyzes patient information. Collaborates with patient, family, physicians and health care team members to: expedite and coordinate the delivery of services and ensure efficient use of resources and to determine the need for further preop-evaluation by PCP, surgeon or anesthesiologist.
o Collaborates with the physician regarding the patient's clinical status, medical and nursing treatment plans, progression toward outcomes and next level of care.
o Communicates with other staff/physicians regarding impending potential procedure complications or specific requirements post-operatively. Maintains continuity of care, delivery process and family/significant other communication to achieve optimal outcomes.
o Assesses patient's learning needs. Develops discharge planning support. Develops a teaching plan based upon assessment. Ensure the patient has the necessary consults, i.e. Social Services, Rehabilitation, etc. Educates patients and family members in disease process, testing, medications, signs/symptoms, etc. Communicates understanding/progress to outcomes with other team members. Communicates with physician offices to obtain required documentation and coordinates the patient care with the anesthesiologist as required by patient status.
o Assumes timely initiation, completion, communication and documentation of nursing care, tests, treatment, teaching, and discharge planning activities. Verifies surgery date and time with OR schedule and patient.
o Consults the Clinical Nurse Specialist and Health Care Coordinator for complex patient care management and discharge planning.
o Identifies barriers to implementing the plan of care or to achieving expected outcomes.
o Consults appropriate resources to report and/or resolve problems.
o Seeks out innovative opportunities to improve patient care.
o Exhibits fiscal accountability through cost effective use of time, material, and other resources.
o Day to day supervision by manager or administrative supervisor; employee expected to function in an autonomous fashion support and guidance from manager, peers, etc.
o Supports and demonstrates the philosophy, goals, values, and standards of the division and MGB Integrated Care
o Maintains the dignity and confidentiality of all patients while promoting autonomy and individuality.
o Demonstrates knowledge of and respect for diverse ethnic, spiritual, cultural, and socioeconomic population (backgrounds).
o Engages in activities that promote cooperation and supportive collegial relationships among nurses, and between nurses and other health care team members.
o Always understands and integrates service excellence standards. Serves as a role model. Recognizes these attributes in others and celebrates their achievements.
o Participates in implementation of the change process.
How We will Support You
● Productive and positive team-based environment
● Collaborative approach to delivering high-quality relationship-centered care
● Opportunities for ongoing professional development and growth
● Opportunities to provide feedback and contribute to innovation across iCare
● Primary location: Tuscan Village, Salem NH with hybrid opportunity to work from home
● 36 Hours Per week, 4 - 9 hour days 8:00 am to 5:30 pm with rotating day off during the week.
● Job Type: Full-time