Nurse Practitioner

Conducts comprehensive pre-admission and preoperative assessments for surgical and procedural patients including review of medical history medications allergies prior anesthesia history functional status comorbidities and relevant diagnostic information. Identifies patients who require additional clinical optimization specialty input testing medication planning or anesthesia review prior to surgery or procedures. Orders reviews interprets and follows up on appropriate preoperative testing within scope of practice institutional policy and established perioperative protocols. Assesses and manages common perioperative risk factors including cardiovascular pulmonary endocrine renal anticoagulation medication frailty and social or access-related considerations that may affect procedural readiness. Collaborates with anesthesiologists surgeons proceduralists registered nurses residents primary care providers specialty consultants and administrative staff to resolve clinical and operational issues before the day of surgery. Provides clear patient and family education regarding preoperative instructions medication management testing needs follow-up requirements and perioperative expectations. Completes accurate timely and thorough documentation in the electronic medical record and ensures preoperative assessments meet hospital departmental regulatory and clinical standards. Escalates complex high-risk incomplete or time-sensitive cases to anesthesia surgical nursing APP or operational leadership as appropriate to support safe patient care and reliable OR/procedural throughput. Contributes to performance improvement efforts related to patient readiness PAT throughput cancellation reduction documentation quality patient safety resident education and standard work development