Registered Nurse 1 (H)

About the role

The Registered Nurse is responsible for clinical assessment, triage, and nursing care for students receiving care at the University of Miami Student Health Service. In addition to providing direct patient care, responsibilities include supervising triage staff, performing nursing support functions, and representing the triage area in interactions with other clinic supervisors and staff.

The successful candidate will create and maintain an environment of patient-focused care, anticipating and appropriately responding to student needs to ensure the student’s overall experience meets or exceeds standards of medical care.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patients including patient verification, visit reason, recording vital signs, and reviewing immunization compliance.
• Work with other triage staff to perform clinical support services including EKG, vision screening, ear lavage, wound care, glucose monitoring, nebulizer treatments, spirometry, pulse oximetry, IV insertion, and oxygen administration.
• Respond to and assist with urgencies and emergencies, seeking assistance from medical providers as appropriate.
• Administer injections including immunizations, allergy injections, medications, and PPD testing.
• Assist medical providers during procedures including suture and removal, I&D, and gynecologic examinations.
• Participate in patient education and campus outreach programs including seasonal flu and medical student PPD campaigns.
• Assist with quality review initiatives including follow-up of abnormal pap and other testing, follow-up of on-call answering service encounters, ER referrals, and SACC reports.
• Perform CLIA waived testing (strep, flu, urine) during off-peak times.
• Adapt to changing work demands and environment; operate appropriate medical equipment.
• Monitor EMR triage/appointment screen and prioritize patient intake according to visit reasons, available staff, and established provider to maintain overall patient flow.
• Triage patients including patient verification, visit reason, recording vital signs, and reviewing immunization compliance.
• Follow-up of on-call answering service encounters, ER referrals, and SACC reports.
• Adhere to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguard University assets.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited institution.

Qualifications

• Valid Florida Registered Nurse License.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) issued by the American Heart Association.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental insurance.
• Tuition remission.

Job Status: Full time
Employee Type: Staff