Registered Nurse - RN Neurosurgery Clinic Full time

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WI-SSM Health Outpatient Center

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

****The schedule for this position is Monday - Friday 8a - 5p. No Holidays or weekends.

This position involves a combination of clinical and administrative duties to support both patients and the neurosurgical team.

Patient Assessment and Education:
•    Conduct pre-operative assessments, including reviewing medical history, current medications, and any pre-existing conditions.
•    Provide patients and families with education about neurosurgical procedures, post-op care, and recovery expectations.

Care Coordination:
•    Act as a liaison between the neurosurgeon, patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
•    Coordinate diagnostic tests (e.g., MRIs, CT scans) and ensure necessary pre-surgical testing is completed.

Post-Surgical Follow-Up:
•    Assist in post-op recovery after discharge over the phone or MyChart by monitoring for complications, addressing wound care, and educating patients on medications and physical limitations during recovery.
•    Ensure timely follow-up appointments and provide phone-based care to answer post-op questions or concerns.

Patient Triage:
•    Perform telephone or in-clinic triage for patients reporting new symptoms, post-op issues, or other concerns, determining the urgency of their needs.
•    Collaborate with neurosurgeons to prioritize cases, manage schedules, and facilitate urgent referrals or admissions.

Medication Management:
•    Manage and facilitate medication prescriptions and refills, ensuring proper dosing and addressing side effects.

Surgical Preparation:
•    Help prepare patients for surgery, ensuring all documentation, consent forms, and insurance authorizations are completed.
•    Review and update patients’ medical charts with the most recent lab results, imaging studies, and reports.
 

Job Summary:

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
• Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• May round with physician in an inpatient setting.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service.
• As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling o