Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) - Specialty Outreach - Casual

Brief Overview

Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates professional nursing care to pediatric patients through the use of the nursing process and in accordance with hospital policy/procedure and clinical practice guidelines. Meets job-specific standards and demonstrates competency in identified skills for the area.

Essential Functions

• Conducts holistic age-specific patient/family assessments upon visit according to defined standards.
• Ongoing patient/family assessments/reassessments are completed according to the appropriate CPG or protocols and unit standard of care.
• Collections and documents data related to patient’s physical, mental, developmental, emotional, and social condition.
• Demonstrates age-specific competency in assessment of patients by the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patients’ needs, knowledge of growth and development, and understanding the range of treatment needed by these patients.
• Able to meet families’ expectations during their visit to the clinic.
• Communicates plan of care to the patient/family so they can understand.
• Able to identify/assess the need for MD involvement or a potential change in plan of care.
• Ongoing patient/family assessments are completed according to the appropriate CPG, protocol, and unit standard of care.
• Documentation and evaluation of nursing actions.
• Chart audits conducted meet JCAHO and organizational expectations.
• Must meet overall goal of 95% (FER, Clinic problem list, signatures, pain assessment etc).
• Facilitates timely communication to/from patient/family and other healthcare disciplines; answers patient care related questions, requests etc.
• Phone calls are returned in the same business day received.
• Reviews patient charts as assigned to facilitate coordination of care by assuring completion of tests, consultations and procedures, interdisciplinary follow-up and referrals as needed for the clinic visit.
• Follows up on tests, lab results, thoroughly and within established time frames.
• Labs tests are followed up on within 48 hours after test results obtained.
• Considers cultural, cognitive, emotional, and social influences on the patient/families ability and readiness to learn.
• All teaching is documented on the FER to include understanding of topics taught.
• Provider Support: Gathers patient information in a timely, concise, thorough manner and conveys this to the MD. Assists MD in clinic to maintain a good workflow and meet expectations of customers in relation to being on time.
• Demonstrates effective delegation techniques.
• Performs special tasks, procedures within the scope of practice for an RN that is unique to Ambulatory Care clinics i.e. (database entry, scheduling of special procedures, as well as assisting in special procedures, inpatient role, case management, and education/teaching).
• Completes with expertise, timely, organized and with detail.
• Communicates effectively through written documentation or verbally to appropriate individuals.
• Captures patient care to ensure continuity of care.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited school of nursing Required.
• Associate's Degree from an accredited school of nursing Required.

Experience

• Minimum 1 year of RN experience.
• Incumbents with less than 1 year of RN experience must commit to work full time in a Nurse Residency Program.
• Preferred Previous experience with EPIC.

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure valid in the state of Nebraska.
• BLS - Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association.

Regular Attendance

Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job.

Physical Requirements

Perform physical requirements as described in the Physical Requirements section.