Overview:
Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.
As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge:
We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business.
We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.
We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients.
We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.
The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going—and the growing career opportunities for YOU.
Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
• Assess patient status throughout the perioperative episode of care.
• Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care by implementing:
Protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical,
electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
o Demonstrating safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures
for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation.
o Performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained
surgical items.
o Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patient’s advocate.
o Handling specimens according to facility policy and procedures.
o Communicating the patient’s current status to relevant parties throughout the
continuum of care.
o Administering medications safely and correctly using the 8 rights of medication
administration.
o Performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion
at or above baseline levels.
o Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to
normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
o Providing nursing and appropriate monitoring in accordance with policies and
procedures.
o Performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection.
o Assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person.
o Providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional
management, medication management, pain management, wound
management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure.
o Involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting
his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process.
o Protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy.
o Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards
of practice.
o Maintaining fire safe environment.
o Practicing and monitoring aseptic technique
o Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation and time-out
policy.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Transfer care as applicable.
• Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate, concise and pertinent to
the patient’s condition and response to care.
• Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state board of nursing
or professional registration requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.
• Document episode of care accurately, timely, completely, and legibly.
• Manage the surgical area both operationally and fiscally during tour of duty.
• Act as a clinical resource for perioperative personnel using current literature and guidelines,
organizational policies and procedures, and regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Assist perioperative personnel in the evaluation of current practice through quality and
performance improvement activities.
• Maintain radiation safety at all times in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the
perioperative team and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate, facilitate, and manage change within the surgical area.
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care.
• Use effective conflict resolution techniques.
• Collect and analyze data applicable to perioperative services to facilitate collaboration and
negotiation with stakeholders.
• Participate in interviews for perioperative personnel selection.
• Assist in evaluating perioperative personnel performance.
• Monitor that necessary personnel, equipment, and supplies are available.
• Provide guidance, support, and constructive feedback to surgical team.
• Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
• Participate in the performance appraisal process.
• Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
• Maintain required competencies.
• Pursue professional growth.
• Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and
health information.
• Comply with all SCA and facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.
• Actively participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
• Demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education, Experience, and Licensure:
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• One year of OR and/or medical / surgical nursing experience preferred.
• Current state nursing licensure to practice in good standings.
• Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
within 90 of employment or documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification.
• Successful completion of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Course within 90 days
of employment or documentation of current ACLS certification.
• Successful completion of Pediatric Advance Life support (PALS) course is required when
pediatric care is included in the facility scope of services within 90 days of employment
or documentation of current PALS certification.
• Specialty certification in Perioperative Nursing is preferred.
Min: USD $39.00/Hr. Max: USD $48.00/Hr.