Registered Nurse RN Ambulatory Care Urology Clinic

About the role

This position is responsible for assisting with the nursing schedule, triage message pool, Lpump/cgm uploads, management of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, lab/medical requests, medication prior authorizations, message pools. This position will be a part of a multidisciplinary team focusing on education for patients with diabetes and other endocrine diagnoses.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care. Goals for patient are realistic, measurable and developed in conjunction with the patient/family.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team. Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record. Documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes. Such activities may include participating in professional organizations.

Requirements

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting.
• Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.
• Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions require a minimum of one year experience as a Registered Nurse in a physician practice or an acute care setting.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting.
• Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.
• Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions require a minimum of one year experience as a Registered Nurse in a physician practice or an acute care setting.

Skills

• Ability to assess patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Knowledge of patient history and physical review.
• Ability to review diagnostics and laboratory data.
• Ability to formulate a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Ability to initiate a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Ability to collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to implement the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Ability to evaluate the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revise the plan of care as needed.
• Ability to evaluate patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Ability to evaluate patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Ability to document assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Ability to provide care based on the best evidence available and participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Ability to participate in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Ability to interact and participate in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Ability to promote/support growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Ability to contribute to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Ability to actively participate in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.

Benefits

The posting does not specify specific benefits but mentions that the organization invests in the holistic health and happiness of its nurses, including better pay, better benefits, better opportunities and a better community.

Pay

The posting does not specify specific pay details.

Schedule

The position is a Full Time position with a schedule of 40 hours per week, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.