RN Outpatient

Responsibilities

• Completes all components of Nursing Assessment on new admission as indicated by age specific requirement in indicated time frame: Pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
• Initiates and ensures medication reconciliation through admission, transfer and discharge process as applicable.
• Plans, directs and evaluates individualized nursing care based on identified problems and age specific/developmental requirements: Pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
• Collaborates and coordinates with treatment team members to provide quality patient care and maintain accurate and timely interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Affords assessments and documentation of condition, observation, interventions and response on assigned patients on ongoing basis to include but not limited to normal system review, behavioral and age specific factor.
• Plays a role in providing patient and/or significant other education based on physical, behavioral, psychological development and age related factors after identifying barriers to learning.
• Performs venipuncture according to hospital policy: Pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
• Demonstrates safe medication administration, maintaining medication and patient verification process per hospital policy. Pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
• Adheres to policies and procedures and demonstrates practices that ensure a safe environment for patients, visitors, co-workers, and self.
• Demonstrates knowledge of core measures and guidelines to meet requirements.
• Demonstrates problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Takes the initiative to obtain additional education related to scope of practice.
• Functs as a preceptor and mentor.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing with current Alabama licensure or MSL.
• Experience: Experience preferred; new graduates accepted.
• Additional Skill/Abilities: BLS required before the conclusion of the orientation period.