Job Description Summary

The MUSC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine administers approximately 3,000 anesthetics per month. Anesthesia services are provided in multiple locations throughout the hospital including traditional operating rooms, interventional radiology sites, cardiology procedure suites, and the Digestive Disease Center. The Preoperative Assessment Clinic provides multiple services for patients scheduled to undergo surgery including hospital pre-registration, nursing assessment, anesthesiologist and hospitalist evaluation, blood and urine testing, and patient education.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC000259 CHS - Ambulatory Preop Clinic (RT)

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-28

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

The nurse navigator for the Preoperative Assessment Clinic will function in a collaborating role with hospitalists, anesthesiologists, surgeons, operating room schedulers, surgery schedulers, and nurses within the Preoperative Assessment Clinic. Job duties will consist of but will not be limited to scheduling appointments for patients for specialty services and testing (cardiac, pulmonology, echocardiograms, etc) under the direction of the unit’s attending physicians, reminding at-risk patients of these upcoming appointments, and follow up and record retrieval of these appointments within our system or from outside institutions. The nurse navigator will communicate each step of the preoperative plan to the surgeon or designated staff member from the surgeon’s office and the attending physicians in the Preoperative Assessment Clinic. These steps will include appointment dates, no shows for these appointments if applicable, and results gathered from appointments. The nurse navigator will play a vital role in the overall preoperative approach to each patient’s care.

Additional Job Description

Physical Requirements: Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while sitting. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Continuous) Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work outside in temperature extremes. (Infrequent) Ability to work from elevated areas. (Frequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Continuous) Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Frequent) Ability to perform "pinching" operations. (Frequent) Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to reach overhead. (Frequent) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Continuous) Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) Ability to use lower extremities for balance and coordination. (Frequent) Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. (Infrequent) Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force. (Frequent) Examples include: To transfer a 100 lb. patient that can not assist in the transfer requires 50 lbs. of force. For every 100 additional pounds, assistance will be required from another healthcare worker. 20 lbs. of force is needed to push a 400 lb. patient in a wheelchair on carpet. 25 lbs. of force is required to push a stretcher with a patient with one hand. Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance. (Continuous) Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous) Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations. (Continuous) Ability to work rotating shifts. (Frequent) Ability to work overtime as required. (Frequent) Ability to work in a latex safe environment. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) *(Selected Positons) *Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) *(Selected Positons) *Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. (Continuous) (Selected Positions)*

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