Registered Nurse Level 1 Specialty Clinics

Job Overview

About the Role

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Assumes active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Conducts health screenings, reviews patient histories, obtains vital signs
• Teaches patients/families about various health conditions, lifestyle modifications, medication administration and maintenance, emergency plans
• Administers injectable medications, manages prescription refills as directed by the provider, coordinates with pharmacies and insurance companies for medication authorizations
• Performs lab draws, educates on testing/diagnostic orders, reviews and reports results to providers
• Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs
• Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence based care
• Anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care
• Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team
• Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach
• Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care
• Presents own perspective and supporting evidence in patient care and team discussions
• Collaborates with team members in shared decision making
• Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care
• Identifies key concepts of research and evidence-based practice
• Participates in structuring the work environment to facilitate integration of new evidence into standards of practice
• Recognizes and communicates the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies procedures, practice guidelines, and/or measures for clinical practice evaluation
• Recognizes the standard of care provided by the applicable professional organization and /or association
• Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems
• Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions
• Participates in the quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance
• Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance
• Utilizes and discusses policy, procedures, and guidelines to support practice
• Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations that pose a risk to patients, families or the health care team
• Navigate and document in the EMR to support patient care
• Supports organizational goals, advance the nursing profession, and enhance professional development by extending their influence to professional and community groups
• Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act
• Participates in professional governance activities
• Sets opportunities to participate in professional development activities

Qualifications

• One (1) year of nursing experience
• Basic Life Support/CPR with at least (6) months left before expiration
• Registered Nurse License from CO or multistate compact

Skills

• Family-Centered Care
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Evidence Based Practice
• Quality Improvement
• Safety
• Informatics
• Leadership

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Company provided life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 403b employer match (retirement savings)
• A robust wellness program
• Access to professional development tools
• Annual employee bonus program
• Annual base pay increases

Pay & Schedule

• Hourly Range: $38.34 to $57.52
• Shift: 7:45am to 5:15pm, 4 days per week with rotating day off

Department

• Level 1 Ambulatory Clinics
• Endocrinology Clinic Nurse support patients with Endocrine conditions
• Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition Clinic Nurse supports weight management and our Lifestyle Medicine clinic with a focus on managing patients with Type 2 diabetes
• Genetics and Metabolism Clinic Nurse supports care of patients with complex genetic and metabolic conditions