RN

About the role

At Signature Health, our purpose is to provide integrated healthcare for our community specializing in patients with mental illness and/or addiction.

Responsibilities

• Consult and collaborate with staff and providers to correctly execute appropriate plan of care.
• Responsible for intake of all patient appointments to include: vital signs, interviewing patients to determine health history for documentation, preparation of patient for examination and/or procedures, and updating medication profiles.
• Review no show charts and determine appropriate follow-up.
• Respond to patient telephone messages and documents outcome in patient’s record.
• Respond to requests for prescription and informs prescriber of the request.
• Administer medications safely, including injections.
• Arrange and diligently follow procedures for specimen collection, reviewing labs/test results and contacting providers when applicable.
• Complete appropriate prior authorizations and patient assistance forms.
• Review patient medications, update medication list and add prescription information to the medication list.
• Complete appropriate documentation in the medical record and comply with state, federal and departmental policies when sharing/documenting patient care data.
• Cookordinate excellent patient care with staff of outside healthcare facilities or emergency rooms when necessary.
• Exhibit a non-judgmental, empathetic and a fully supportive approach when communicating with patients, families, and staff.
• Ensure quality of care by implementing nursing philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing requirements and to other governing company regulations.
• Maintain clear communication with co-workers, referents or designated liaison person.

Requirements

• Completion of an approved program in registered nursing required.
• Valid unencumbered RN license in the state of Ohio required.
• 1+ years of RN experience with high degree of clinical expertise preferred.
• Psychiatry nursing experience preferred.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish preferred.
• Proficient with technology and electronic medical records.