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Job Details
Posting Date: 10/03/2024
Reference ID: 234930
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Work Location: Onsite
Discipline: Nursing
Setting: Specialty Surgical Center
Job Type: Contract to Hire
Salary Expectations/ Pay Rate or Range: $43 - $48/hr depending on years of experience
Schedule/ Shift: Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM (with flexibility for some evenings). No weekends.

Facility Hours: 7a - 7p

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Job Description

Responsibilities/ Job Duties:

• Coordinate care for patients undergoing total joint replacement surgeries
• Lead joint education classes for patients (both individual and group sessions)
• Provide preoperative education and clearance for patients
• Monitor patient progress, ensuring follow-ups post-surgery and during discharge planning
• Participate in community outreach and marketing efforts, including senior center presentations and distributing educational materials
• Collect and track metrics related to patient outcomes
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team including total joint surgeons, RNs, PAs, and OR staff

Minimum Education and Experience Qualification Requirements:

• RN License - PA or compact
• Experience in PACU, orthopedic nursing, or as a nurse educator preferred
• Prior experience with EPIC or other EMR systems
• Background in total joint procedures highly preferred
• Strong organizational skills, bedside manner, and adaptability
• Experience in preoperative and postoperative care coordination
• Ability to work autonomously and help build out a growing program

Team & Facility Details:

• Total team: 30-35 staff members (including 16 surgeons, 10 PAs, and OR staff)
• 50 total joint procedures per month, with potential to expand into spine surgeries
• Equipment/EMR Systems: Stryker, EPIC

Selling Points / Benefits

• No weekends or on-call requirements
• Free onsite parking
• Autonomy and opportunity to help shape the total joint program
• 7 paid holidays per year

Benefits:

• Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances)
• Health Benefits / Dental / Vision (Medix Offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s).)
• 401k (eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1)
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Term Life Insurance Plan