Pre Admission Testing Nurse

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Pre-Admission Testing Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Assessment: Performs patient assessment based on diagnosis, cultural and spiritual beliefs, age functional status, psychosocial needs, and/or developmental stage prior to entering the procedural area. Verifies all components of Universal Protocol with patient/caregiver and medical record, to include appropriate marking of site/side by surgeon, if required.
• Care of patient: Plans and implements care based on periprocedural assessment, integrating the plan of care prior to transporting patient to the procedural area. Using critical thinking skills, prioritizes and organizes care within allotted timeframes and evaluates nursing care and provides patient/caregiver with education.
• Clinical/Technical Skills: Utilizes technology, procedures, standards and interventions specific to the associated department.
• Documentation: Performs legible, timely, concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation systems. Accurate completion of timecard exception logs, call back slips and missed lunch/break log according to policy. Verifies all required elements of chart and electronic medical record are present prior to taking patient to the procedural area i.e. H&P, consents, etc.
• Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes, accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership. Takes charge as assigned in absence of Manager/Clinical Coordinator. Collaborates with care team members to identify approaches for problem solving. Supports and role models teamwork to promote positive relationships/working environment.
• Precepting/Mentoring: Participates in orientation of new staff, ancillary personnel and mentors students and team members in a constructive and positive manner. Serves as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Job Requirements

Required

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
• Minimum one (1) year RN experience in Ambulatory Surgery, PACU, or Critical Care within the last three (3) years
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification - American Heart Association within six (6) months of hire
• NHISS certification within six (6) months of hire

Preferred

• Two (2) years of adult critical care nursing
• Experience with post cardiac interventional / Interventional Radiology patients

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.

 

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