Registered Nurse - Pediatrics - Kelsey-Seybold Clinic: Missouri City

About the role

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs.

Responsibilities

The registered nurse provides nursing care to patients in an assigned clinical area and leadership on the unit, under the supervision of a Nurse Supervisor, or RN Coordinator. The RN applies clinical nursing knowledge and utilizes demonstrated skills to ensure the safety and comfort of patients and families according to legal, organizational and professional standards.

• Clerical duties: review doctor's schedule, abstract as needed, print PVS for each patient and request other relevant information needed for patient's visit that day
• Prepare and submit patient documents for scanning, monitor assigned in basket and complete work as needed
• Schedule appointments and assist patient with specialty referrals and radiology testing
• Provide AVS and or pre-printed patient educational material as directed by provider
• Proper disposal of confidential patient information - daily, follow HIPAA policy and procedures regarding patient confidentiality
• Develop patient teaching plans, identify basic health related learning needs of patient
• Prepare and submit UR and other referrals as directed by the physician, refill prescriptions as directed by the physician
• Patient Care: utilize the nursing process, act as an advocate to promote quality patient care, critically analyze and integrate subjective and objective data regarding concerns and conditions
• Medication administration using the 7 rights, document, monitor, and report response
• Monitor in basket for orders placed by physician and perform tasks that need to be completed, reports and accurately documents patient response
• Manage workload in assigned department and in basket to include: result notes, Rx requests, Rx response, orders, patient calls, over due results, canceled orders, expiring orders and patient advice requests
• Telephone management: collect pertinent patient information to help identify health care needs and document in the medical record
• Perform CPR as needed and actively participates in management of emergency response
• Document observations related to health status and report findings, transport patient within facility as needed depending on acuity of patient
• Room patients, perform testing, and assist physician as patient acuity warrants on arrival as rooms become available
• Departmental Maintenance: monitor supplies, medications and forms and notifies appropriate staff when reorder needed
• Remove and tag broken equipment and notifies coordinator, supervisor, or manager, clean assigned exam rooms daily and documents on log
• Monitors supplies for expiration date and restock to par levels, perform sterilization of instruments and complete logs
• Attend staff meetings, maintain a clean and organized work area with a minimum of personal items
• QA-Regulatory: use frequent hand washing or hand sanitizer to prevent and control the spread of disease within the clinical setting
• Complete daily logs as assigned by nursing supervisor or coordinator, perform accurate, legal, & ethical documentation
• Maintain patient confidentiality, practice OSHA safety standards with proper disposal of biohazard waste
• Uses gloves and PPE as needed, uses aseptic or sterile technique as needed, verify equipment has a current PM label before use
• Identify and report potential barriers for the safe provision of patient care and maintain a safe patient environment
• Responsible for personal growth and career development, demonstrate competency during annual skills, report unsafe practices
• Participate in nursing education programs as assigned
• Customer Service: work with patients to achieve excellent customer service and high levels of satisfaction
• Practice mutual respect among all members of the healthcare team, work with other staff to promote an efficient and effective healthcare team
• Demonstrate Kelsey-Seybold's Mission and Values, meet both Clinic and individual Customer Service goals and standards
• Provide age appropriate interactions, report and provide documentation of all complaints to coordinator, supervisor, manager or Clinic Administrator
• Utilize warm transfer process when redirecting patient to ensure needs are met, actively participate in service recovery when there is a failure in patient satisfaction
• Telephone Etiquette: answer and direct incoming calls to appropriate staff using a caring non-rushed tone
• Identify clinic, department, name and job title in health care team, ensure accurate information is obtained and communicated to the physician in writing via the medical record
• Financial: demonstrate prudent use of resources, minimize wasteful actions, assist with maintaining equipment according to manufacturer's recommendation
• Report to coordinator, supervisor, manager, or clinic administrator the need for over-time and obtains approval
• Quality Improvement: initiate, contribute and participate in the department and clinic process improvement plans
• Follow all safety standards for patients, employees and visitors, recognize and adhere to National Patient Safety Goals

Qualifications

• Graduate from an approved professional registered nursing program
• Current and valid Texas RN license
• Current BLS through American Heart Association
• 6+ months in a clinical area, 1 year KSC experience may be considered in lieu of 6 months RN experience with approval from Sr Dir Nursing Services
• Computer experience
• Proven ability to use equipment and related supplies for selected patient population for the assigned clinical area

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Specialty nursing certification in ambulatory care or one appropriate to the specialty area assigned
• ACLS and/or PALS
• 2+ years of ambulatory care
• EPIC experience
• Proven windows based computer skills

Pay

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. The hourly pay for this role will range from $29.00 to $52.00 per hour based on full-time employment.

Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution.