About this role
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Schedule
This is a per diem, fully remote opportunity offering flexibility and work-life balance.
Minimum commitment of 16 hours per month
Ideal availability of 2–3 shifts per week
8-hour or 10-hour shifts available
No call requirements
Initial orientation and onboarding completed on-site at Milton Hospital
Where You’ll Work
You’ll join the Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) team at Milton Hospital, playing a critical role in preparing patients for safe and successful surgical procedures. As the hospital continues to grow and expand its surgical services, including the addition of a Breast Surgery program, the PAT team serves as an essential link between patients, providers, and procedural care teams. Every surgical patient passes through PAT, making this a highly visible and impactful role within the organization.
What You’ll Do
As a PAT Nurse, you'll play a key role in preparing patients for surgery by conducting comprehensive pre-operative assessments, reviewing medical histories, evaluating patient readiness, and coordinating any required medical clearances. You'll provide education on anesthesia, procedural expectations, and hospital arrival instructions while partnering closely with patients, providers, and surgical teams to help ensure a safe, informed, and seamless surgical experience. This role is well suited for nurses who enjoy patient education, critical thinking, and care coordination in a collaborative environment.
Why Join Us
At Milton Hospital, you'll be part of a supportive team dedicated to delivering exceptional surgical care from the very first patient interaction. As a PAT Nurse, you'll enjoy:
A fully remote work environment after orientation
Flexible scheduling with multiple shift-length options
No call responsibilities
Meaningful patient impact, helping ensure safe and efficient surgical care
A growing program, offering opportunities to support expanding surgical services and patient populations
Collaborative relationships with surgeons, anesthesia providers, nursing colleagues, and procedural teams
If you're a detail-oriented nurse who enjoys patient education, care coordination, and playing a key role behind the scenes of successful surgical outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Description:
POSITION FUNCTION:
Under the general supervision of the Peri-Operative Nurse Manager, is responsible for seeing patients for Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) appointments or performing telephonic interview, if appropriate, for patients scheduled for surgery prior to date of surgery for a pre-admission, medical, medication history, and review for appropriate lab, x-ray and/or other orders. Is responsible for implementing the policies and procedures of the Surgery Department to ensure the appropriateness of care for all patients.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Obtains Full nursing assessment and evaluation, retrieves records as indicated. Responsible for daily review of requests, faxes, and completed clearances.
- Responds to telephone inquiries promptly, screens calls, and provides information to patients and staff as needed.
- Responsible for follow up of laboratory and other tests obtained during the perioperative period in collaboration with the NP’s.
- Participates in the development and evaluation of pre-admit testing practice guidelines
- Assists with the provision of surgical care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
- Establish collaborative relationships with key constituencies, both internal and external. Effectively build strong relationships and networks to deliver upon organizational and department goals.
- Promote and model teamwork within and between departments. Work collaboratively with other departments.
- Maintains an inclusive workplace, maximizes contributions of all stakeholders
- Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
- Holds daily huddles as required
- Adheres to standard precautions.
- Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient care and/or related systems
- Identifies self-learning needs and updates clinical knowledge and skills through formal and informal education and review of current literature.
- Provides leadership that supports hospital and departmental policies and goals, and influences change in the healthcare delivery system.
- Drafting and maintaining policies and protocols related to the perioperative patient
- Provides and supports the provision of pre admission testing services with a commitment to excellence in patient experience.
Employee maintains competencies (position specific and hospital-wide) required for the specific patient population served.
Performs all duties in accordance with safety and other laws, rules, and regulations set forth by appropriate regulatory and government agencies and in accordance with established department and hospital policies and procedures.
May be required to perform similar or related duties as may be necessary on an emergency basis or as designated by the department manager or supervisor.
The nature of the tasks/responsibilities required of employees in this position will likely expose them to blood and body fluids. Employees will be oriented to and required to understand and follow the standard precautions for infection control. A summary list of tasks and procedures that may cause exposure to blood and body fluids is listed in the attached Physical Abilities Job Description. Also identified is the protective gear that is available.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skill required of personnel so classified.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Registered Nurse licensed in MA –BSN preferred
- Minimum Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of Surgical services experience
- Current CPR
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Able to utilize MS word products (Word, Excel etc.), effectively.
- Outstanding communication skills (written/oral/presentation)
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment; ability to multi-task
- Able to maintain a collegial and professional relationship intra/interdepartmentally and amongst other care disciplines.
- Meditech experience preferred
Pay Range:
$36.00 - $90.14
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.