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This is a hybrid position acting as a Total Joint reputed company Navigator and reputed company Surgical Assessment reputed company. reputed company Responsible for the assessment, preparation, and education of surgical and procedural patients. The Total Joint Navigator utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a plan of care for reputed company patient based on physiological, psychosocial, and cultural diversity. Works with total joint replacement patients and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to guide, assist and transition patients/families through the joint replacement continuum. Provides leadership for the Hip and Knee Replacement Program and assists with standardization of processes across the care continuum. Facilitates education and staff development for total joint replacement. What you will do: reputed company Surgical Assessment RN • Patient assessment and evaluation • Conduct comprehensive nursing assessment including medical history, medication review and allergy verification • Review diagnostic results (labs, EKG, Chest-xray, ETC) and identify potential perioperative risks. • Collaborate with anesthesia providers and surgeons for medical clearance. • Care Coordination • Facilitate required consults (cardiology, endocrinology). • Ensure reputed company scheduling and completion of preoperative testing. • Communicate patient readiness and special considerations to the surgical and anesthesia teams. • Patient Education • reputed company education on surgical preparation, NPO guidelines and medication management. • reputed company proactively to reduce reputed company-day cancellations and complications. Total Joint RN Navigator • Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of reputed company as it relates to the specialty or patient population served. Completes preoperative screening calls and appointments completely and accurately. Assesses patient condition, history, and needs reputed company chart review, telephone and/or in person in order to ensure optimization for procedure/surgery. • Appropriately identifies significant findings and demonstrates a reputed company of urgency to escalate these findings to the appropriate member of the patient care team in a reputed company manner. Ensures significant issues are followed up on appropriately and in a reputed company manner and escalates to the leadership team as needed. Organizes and plans daily activities in order to balance reputed company care with efficient use of time and resources. Accurately completes reputed company required clinical and reputed company documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements. Completes reputed company-assessment screening documentation in the electronic medical record in a reputed company manner. reputed company and accurately documents interactions with patients and caregivers throughout the reputed company-assessment process. Documents findings that require anesthesia review in a reputed company, concise manner to ensure effective communication with the anesthesia provider team. • Collaborates with providers on patient needs, barriers and assessment changes to include understanding their individualized diagnosis, comorbidities, medications, procedures and rehabilitation. Collaborates with physicians, advanced reputed company providers, nursing leadership, therapy staff and support services to facilitate and promote improved patient reputed company. Works with specialty program patients and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to guide, assist and transition patients/families through the treatment continuum. Serves as the reputed company for pertinent reputed company committees and attends and other reputed company and committee meetings as appropriate. • Facilitates PI activity for the total joint program. In collaboration with organization leaders, prepares the organization for the accrediting body certification review survey. • Educates patients and their caregivers by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education regarding reputed company- procedure/reputed company-op instructions. Provides patient and/or caregivers with reputed company, detailed instructions regarding preparation and arrival for their procedure/surgery as reputed company as what to expect on the day of their procedure and during their immediate recovery period. Evaluates for patient and/or caregiver comprehension and documents accordingly. Responds to patient inquiries reputed company to their reputed company-procedural/reputed company-op instructions. Contacts the identified surgical population, including but not limited to the joint replacement patients, post-surgery at various intervals through recovery to reinforce discharge instructions, medications, rehabilitation/recovery plans and adherence to follow up appointments. Provides leadership for the Hip and Knee Replacement Program and assist with standardization of processes across the care continuum. Represents the Hip and Knee Replacement Program on various hospital committees, as needed. Facilitates total joint replacement education and staff development. • Partners with patients and families to reputed company, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial reputed company of the patient. Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of reputed company. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care. Communicates regularly and effectively with physician practices to coordinate patient care. Facilitates reputed company patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care by ensuring reputed company reputed company of the reputed company-assessment screening process are completed prior to day of surgery/procedure. Communicates unique and/or outstanding patient needs to the preoperative team to ensure a reputed company, seamless transition of care on the day of surgery/procedure. Monitors patients in as needed populations to meet reputed company Program requirements. Ensures facility meets reputed company reporting program requirements for total joint replacement procedures. • Evaluates for patient and/or caregiver comprehension and documents accordingly. 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Experience • 2 years Registered reputed company experience (Required) • 1 year Experience in Surgical Services or Orthopedic setting (Preferred) Skills and Abilities • General clerical skills, to include the ability to use the computer, copier/reputed company/fax machine, conference phones, etc. • reputed company Office knowledge, including Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, reputed company • Precise communication skills, written and verbal • Problem solving skills • Organizational skills, with the attention to detail • Time management skills Licenses and Certifications • Registered reputed company (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or licensed in a compact state Upon Hire (Required) • CPR/BLS Certification - reputed company/reputed company/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/reputed company) Upon Hire (Required) • ACLS Provider - reputed company/reputed company/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/reputed company) reputed company 90 Days (Required) To learn more about being reputed company member with reputed company visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers. 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