Registered Nurse-Medical Group (Women's Health)

Nature And Scope

This position is responsible for quickly and accurately assessing the condition of the patient presenting at the clinic, ensuring proper handling of controlled medications, administering medications as ordered by the clinic providers, and generally overseeing patient care to maintain continuity. This includes carrying out the provider's orders for care, making referral arrangements, and conducting call-backs on previous patients.

• Quickly assess patient conditions
• Administer medications as ordered
• Oversee patient care to maintain continuity
• Carry out provider's orders for care
• Make referral arrangements
• Conduct call-backs on previous patients

Challenges

• New techniques
• Paperwork
• Changing department and hospital policies
• Increased information available on each patient
• Fluctuations in staffing

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies
• Ensure compliance with third party reimbursement requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Interact effectively with persons of differing socioeconomic backgrounds
• Philosophy consistent with the Renown Health Standards of Conduct
• Knowledge and methodology allowing for effective patient/family teaching
• Initiates effective problem-solving steps
• Knowledge of basic clinical skills
• Sounds nursing judgment and decision-making skills
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensory, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served
• Good organizational skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Required and/or Preferred Education: Working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English; appropriate education to obtain and maintain Registered Nursing licensure in the State of Nevada
• Experience: Six months recent Nursing experience preferred
• Licenses: Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license
• Certifications: Current CPR certification by AHA standards is required
• Computer / Typing: Possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.