Rn - Bariatric Surgery

Job Summary
RN - Bariatric Surgery
Works with program coordinator and staff to maintain a viable surgical weight loss program. Provides clinical expertise in bariatric nursing in a professional & orderly manner to patients and families.
Company Description
Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke University Health System, one of the country’s leading academic health systems, and LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier. These two forces joined because of the shared interest in collaborating with hospitals, healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality, innovative healthcare services to communities. Duke LifePoint combines Duke’s unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence and quality care with LifePoint's extensive resources and knowledge and experience operating community hospitals and healthcare organizations.
Essential Functions

• Communicates patient status to PCPs (following screening, progress to surgery, surgery details and follow up care)
• Works with medical staff to support clinical care provided to surgical weight loss patients
• Updates/maintains/configures presentations and reports as needed
• Screens patients to determine appropriateness for surgery
• Monthly chart review
• Reviews incoming medical records
• Provides education to patient/families at initial consultation and pre op
• Post op phone calls
• Reviews all re-op/re-admits/ER visits at MBS committee meetings
• Responsible for annual QI project paperwork
• Good public speaking skills preferred
• Mandatory attendance/takes minutes at bariatric committee meetings
• Active participant in monthly information sessions
• Reviews OR schedule and ED and Inpatient record daily for SWL readmits/reops
• Familiar with Cerner and trainable to use of Frye SWL and ACS databases
• Maintains MBSCR certification through annual exam (to serve as backup MBSCR)
• Provides patient care directly or indirectly to all areas of surgical weight loss program
• Provides daily follow up to bariatric surgery patients based on provider’s schedule

Benefits - Wide range of benefits options!

• Prescription Assistance with OptumRx
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Here at Frye, you choose your own Medical, Dental, and Vision plans from a variety of competitive options that give you the coverage that best fits your needs.
• Income protection programs for the entire family such as life insurance, Short/Long-term Disability, and Identity Theft.
• Accident & Critical Illness Insurance
• HSA
• Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure you enjoy your time away from work.
• Vitality Employee Wellness Plan allows you to take up to 30% off of your bi-weekly health insurance premiums. You also accrue points which allows you to buy merchandise or gift cards at no cost to you.
• 401(K) retirement plan contributions
• Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provide emotional, legal, financial, and daily life support for your entire household. Services are available 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week.

Why join our team?
Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical staff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Frye Regional Medical Center is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives, we are looking for you!
Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Associate's degree required

Licenses/Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Current RN license to practice in NC

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran