Outpatient Surgery RN – ComPAC

About Osu

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s mission is to improve health, patient quality, and safety through innovation in research, education, and patient care.

Job Summary

The ComPAC team provides patient care and supportive services directed towards achievement of positive patient care outcomes, maximizing the patient’s involvement in his/her own plan of care and reducing the length of hospitalization. The ComPAC nurse plays a critical role in patient engagement and patient experience, quality and safety, and cost-effective care.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for phone triage of symptom-based calls from patients.
• Assess the patient’s needs, clinical symptoms, follows symptom-based protocols and gives appropriate clinical advice per recognized guidelines.
• Manage and provide care to the patient and their family.
• Drive quality patient care provided by other members of the patient care team.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the nursing care of patients in alignment with the professional practice model.
• Retrieve outside medical records and communicate with the surgical and anesthesia providers to ensure optimization of surgical patients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing from a CCNE or ACEN accredited nursing program required.
• Four years of RN experience working in acute care or perioperative setting is strongly preferred.
• Current Ohio license is required.
• Maintains current Ohio RN license.
• Meets mandatory educational and health requirements.
• Demonstrates computer and job skills required to meet job functions.