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Emp Status

Regular Full time

Work Shift

What You Will Be Doing

Registered Nurse– Surgical Care Coordinator

Job Summary

The registered nurse (RN) provides care coordination for the surgical episode of care for HSS Florida Physicians, LLC patients. Primary responsibility includes:

Needs Assessment for Patients Scheduled for a Procedure or a Low Risk Surgery:

• provides ad hoc assessment for care coordination needs at the request of the provider and creates individualized care plan
  
  

Needs Assessment for Patients Scheduled for a Moderate or High-Risk Surgery:

• assesses every patient for health complexity and surgical risk to determine appropriate care pathway for the patient and tailors the pathway to meet the patient’s individual needs
  
  

Surgical Care Coordination (Standard)

• Ensures patient has appropriate and timely pre-op consults and testing scheduled
• Timely review of results for all pre-op consults and testing and either recommends patient for:
• final sign-off by facility anesthesia team
• additional consults/testing
• Collaborates with outside providers, surgeon, and facility team to ensure one comprehensive list of pre-op instructions for the patient
• Directly provides patient pre-op instructions and/or collaborates with facility team to ensure completion
• Serves as patients’ primary point of contact for clinical questions both before and after surgery
  

Surgical Care Coordination (Advanced)

• All components of standard care coordination
• Pre-op phone assessment and care planning for advanced surgical needs (equipment, medications, therapies, home services, etc)
• Assists in set-up and coordination of the additional services
• Post-op calls to assess patient status and provide additional post-op education
  
  

Leads Care Coordination Meetings

• Organizes and leads weekly meetings with surgical facilities to review patient status and coordinate care needs
  
  

Participates in Development & Maintenance of the Surgical Care Coordination Program

• Assists in creation and maintenance of care algorithms, care pathways, and patient education materials
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and assist in developing and implementing potential solutions
• Visits and liaisons with local outside providers to improve pre-op processes
  
  

Weekend and Holiday Patient Calls

• Post-op discharge calls are based on the timing of surgery and therefore do also fall on weekends and holidays. A schedule for weekend and holiday rotation will be maintained within the department.
  
  

As-needed

• Coverage for administrative support in the absence of the Medical Secretary
• Other duties as assigned

Education Required

BSN.

Certifications/Licensure Required

Active Florida RN license and BLS from AHA.

Years Of Experience Required

1 year of RN experience required.

HAZARDS OSHA

OSHA Category 1. Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, and other potentially infectious materials.

Position & Unit Accountabilities

Upholds Standards/Expectations of HSS Staff - Prioritizes assignments. Demonstrate ability to prioritize, manage time, and maximize productivity. Supports Department Activities - Dependable and reliable. Is dependable and reliable with coworkers and independent work. Plans and Organizes - Supports department goals & objectives. Supports the department goals and objectives. Upholds HSS Professional/Clinical Standards – General (Communication). Initiates and maintains open, direct and effective documented and verbal communication with colleagues/medicalstaff and all members of the department as applicable. Responds to emails, and communications/ messages assoon as possible in a professional manner with compassion and understanding.

Education Preferred

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE PREFERRED

Skills Required

Ambulatory orthopedic and pre-surgery optimization clinical competency, critical thinking, patient education regardingplan of care and clinical pathway, attention to detail, selfmotivated and proactive.

Skills Preferred

Non-Discrimination Policy

Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.