Registered Nurse provides high quality individualized direct patient care utilizing the skills and knowledge of the profession. Provides supervision to auxiliary personnel assisting with the delivery of patient care.
Requirements
- Accurately collects clinical data on patients and demonstrates competency in performing clinical interventions and reports abnormalities to Medical Provider.
- Triage patient phone calls and troubleshoot medication management issues.
- Demonstrates competency in answering phones, assembling charts, patient registration, making appointments, computer data entry and retrieval of reports.
- Must safely perform all patient care responsibilities in accordance with professional standards and the organization’s policies and procedures.
- Develop and organize a plan of care in consultation with treating physician, as indicated within the various subspecialties of the Department.
- Must effectively determine and set priorities to meet patient needs.
- Provide proper and accurate documentation of patient care in the patient medical record.
- Coordinate any services or accommodations necessary (e.g. sign language interpreter) to ensure effective communications between treating providers and patients who are hearing and/or visually impaired, and patients with language barriers.
- Ensures that patients receive timely and appropriate care within the delivery system and facilitates internal and external referrals.
- Administer medications, treatments, and contrast agents according to the specific orders of the ordering physician, and document in the patient record.
- Maintains infection control precautions and identifies potential infection control problems.
- Provides in-service education to members of the interdisciplinary team within the Department.
- Participate in Quality Assurance activities within the Department.
- Participates in annual recertification training, compliance training, and HIPAA training, as well as all other mandatory in-service programs.
- Conforms to policies and regulations governing patient rights and confidentiality of information.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned by management.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
