Nurse Practitioner (Perioperative / Preoperative Care)

Quick Facts

• Role: Nurse Practitioner providing preoperative care in a Surgery Welcome Center

• Focus: Comprehensive preoperative evaluations, surgical readiness, and perioperative coordination

Description

Provide exceptional preoperative care by performing medical histories and physical examinations, assessing surgical readiness, ordering and interpreting appropriate diagnostics, and optimizing chronic conditions before surgery. Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, primary care providers, specialists, nursing teams, and care coordinators to coordinate perioperative care plans and deliver a seamless, patient-centered surgical experience. Work includes patient education and reducing surgical delays and cancellations.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive preoperative evaluations

• Complete medical histories and physical examinations

• Assess patients for surgical readiness

• Order and interpret diagnostic testing as appropriate

• Optimize chronic medical conditions prior to surgery

• Coordinate perioperative care plans and perioperative patient flow

• Educate patients

• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, referring providers, nursing teams, and care coordinators

• Help reduce surgical delays and cancellations

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner from a nationally accredited program

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing

• Registered on the state Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Registry

• Board certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in applicable population foci and/or subspecialty

• RN License

• Prescriptive Authority (RXN) or Provisional Prescriptive Authority (RXN-P), if applicable

• BLS from the American Heart Association (may be required depending on practice setting)

• ACLS from the American Heart Association (may be required depending on practice setting)

Benefits

• Competitive pay range: $44.55–$88.39/hour