Nursing Consultant (U) (0030)

About the role

This position functions as a clinic staff nurse in the Neuroscience Institute, Divisions of Neurology and Neurosurgery. This position is ON SITE only.

Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care/ Clinical Services: 20%

• Assists the providers and RN with patient care, (i.e., prepares equipment for diagnosis and treatment, calls patients from the waiting room, obtains vital signs and basic care data entry and prepares the patient for the physician’s examination or other clinical procedures).
• Gives patient instructions and information, (i.e., explains exam procedures to be performed by the provider) and answers questions for patients and their families under provider’s direction.
• Affords all providers as assigned.
• Checks medical records for completeness prior to patient visits and obtains missing information.
• Affords assistance in the care of acute and/or episodic minor illness of patients and reports changes to RN or Provider.
• Affords assistance in monitoring patient telephone calls and answers applicable questions, determines problems, obtains direction from provider or RN; or redirects call to proper person.
• Under direction of physician, orders medication refills. Documents action in patient’s electronic health record.
• Collections laboratory specimens such as urinalysis, throat culture, or wound culture.
• Administers medications and immunizations under direction of a physician or RN.
• Affords assurance of medication administration orders, documentation and billing is complete.
• Performs clinical laboratory testing and procedural testing according to clinic protocols reports findings to provider and documents result in patient medical record.
• Affords assistance with in clinic procedures as needed.
• Using critical thinking skills, performs nursing assessments on patient in the clinic and on the phone: general, treatment specific, or problem-specific, depending on the need and appropriateness.
• Checks medical record for completeness prior to patient visit and obtains missing information.
• Affords assistance with patient teaching in regard to disease management, medication, the prevention and early detection of complications, symptom management and proper follow-up.
• Affords assistance with and fills out clinic patients’ paperwork (FMLA, school and work forms, seizure precautions and plans for facilities and others) and affords assistance with prior authorizations requirements.

• Care Coordination: 30%

• Care coordination of the monthly Motion Clinic.
• Follow-up with patients and/or families regarding services and supplies ordered/neede3d.
• Affords assistance with forms/orders for durable medical equipment and skilled services such as PT/OT/ST.
• Affords assistance with scheduling procedures and testing as needed.
• Works closely with Neuromuscular providers and updates them on any issues, updates or needs from motion patients and families.
• Collaborates with physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluating progress towards performance indicators; affords assistance with plan revision and/or goal setting based on evidence.
• Partners with hospital and other healthcare facility personnel to develop secure relationships and provide current education and resources.
• Works in a multidisciplinary role to promote quality in clinical practices for a specific patient population with the goal of providing superior quality, competitive value, and outstanding service to patients, families, and the community.
• Coordinates and communicates with other departments, stakeholders, and partners to educate them on program products and services.
• Affords assistance with efforts to determine learning needs and process improvement opportunities for referring offices in addition to providing feedback regarding quality indicators.
• Affords assistance as liaison between the patient and the various clinic areas and ancillary services (social services, psychology, radiology, and other medical services).
• Participates in DBS Collaborative meeting.
• Maintains the DBS patient list in Dropbox.

• Nursing Phone Duties: 50%

• Handles patient telephone calls for triage and medical advice for the clinic, assessing needs, and urgency of need and implementing a proper plan of action under physician protocols/direction and/or nursing body of knowledge and documents actions in the electronic health record.
• Reviews tasks.
• Screens telephone calls from patients and evaluates the need for the patient to see or speak with the physician or to other members of the healthcare team accessing the electronic health record for patient’s background information.
• Handles prescription refills or other medical telephone calls and updates/documents actions in the patient’s electronic health record.
• Completes medication prior authorizations based on patient needs efficiently.
• Communicates with the providers, nursing staff and patients of the process.
• Makes judgment decisions regarding the necessity of same-day visits and coordinates the addition of these visits into the doctor, nurse practitioner or nurse schedules via the electronic health record.
• Provides health care information to patient/families for treatment of acute and/or episodic minor illness according to protocols developed by the faculty and records such information in the electronic health record.
• Works all Neurology Clinic task list.

Qualifications

• Credentials to be Verified by Placement Officer:

• Licensed as a registered professional nurse in the State of Illinois (If an Illinois Resident is licensed as a professional nurse in a state other than Illinois, the applicant must meet the criteria established by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to obtain the proper licensure within five (5) months of the date of appointment.)

• Bachelor's degree

• Two years of public health or specialized nursing experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSA’s)

• Thorough knowledge of public health nursing

• Communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently

Supplemental Information

If you require assistance, please contact the Office of Human Resources at hrrecruitment@siumed.edu or call 217-545-0223 Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm. The mission of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is to optimize the health of the people of central and southern Illinois through education, patient care, research and service to the community. The SIU School of Medicine Annual Security Report is available online at https://www.siumed.edu/police-security . This report contains policy statements and crime statistics for Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. This report is published in compliance with Federal Law titled the "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act." Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer who provides equal employment and educational opportunities for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status or marital status in accordance with local, state and federal law. Pre-employment background screenings required.