Job Description

Job Description

The Clinic RN assists provider in the care of patients. Coordinates all care activities so that provider time in the clinical area is maximized.

The Clinic RN assists provider in the care of patients. Coordinates all care activities so that provider time in the clinical area is maximized.

Education:

* ASN required
* BSN preferred

Licensure:

* Registered Nurse License Required
* CPR Certification within 3 months of hire

Experience:

* Experience in a physician office RN role preferred.

General Responsibilities:

* Provide direct patient care, evaluates interventions and consults with provider as necessary to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Perform triage of patients per protocols established by the physician and/or organization.
* Prepare patient for provider and assist provider with patient examination, procedures and other processes. Provide patient education or coordinates the provision of patient educational activities.
* Collect patient health information which is communicated by written and verbally to appropriate health professionals in order to identify actual and potential problems. Arrange consults, tests and procedures and verify orders for patients.
* Demonstrate an ability of safe medication and treatment administration. Correctly identify patients accepting responsibility for individual actions including activities that may be considered fraudulent, illegal or inappropriate.
* Adhere to organizations laboratory quality control policies, document all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed. Oversees the training and performance of clinical staff in consultation with the Clinic Manager.
* Deliver care in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, and ethical manner which preserves and protects the patient autonomy, confidentiality, dignity and rights.
* Commitment to Purpose and Community Cares Standards of Behavior - Demonstrates a commitment to the organization's mission, vision and values supporting organizational decisions and behaviors. Contributes to the development and implementation of systems and processes ensuring strategic goal attainment. Actively participates, models and supports work aligned with the five pillars (Quality, Service, People, Finance, and Growth). Actively participates, models, and supports positive behaviors and transparent communications.
* Developing Expertise - Takes action to continue to develop and acquire new expertise that is of increasing value to the organization
* Relationships, Conversation and Collaboration - Works as part of a team with others, and shows respect and values diversity toward others.
* Service Orientation - Demonstrates efforts to discovering, meeting and advocating for the customer's needs. Actively participates to improve the patient experience.
* Excellence Orientation - Takes actions to continually improve quality and safety in daily work. Actively participates in improving work processes to meet and exceed customer requirements. Identifies opportunities for improvement based on process observation, outcome measures, and feedback from patients and other customers. Reports errors in a timely and appropriate manner. Takes initiative and is accountable for areas of responsibility meeting regulatory requirements including but not limited to maintaining annual TB testing, completing annual mandatories, and maintaining current registration/certification/licensures as appropriate to position requirements.
* Problem Solving - The ability to understand a situation by breaking it apart into smaller pieces or tracing the implications in a step-by-step way.
* Initiative - The identification of a problem, obstacle, or opportunity and proactively taking action to address current or future problems/opportunities.
* Impact and Influence - The ability to persuade, convince, influence, or impress others (individuals or groups) in order to get them to go along with or to support one's opinion or position. The key is to understand others, since Impact and Influence is based on the desire to have a specific impact or effect on others.
* Organizational Awareness - The ability to understand and learn the influence relationships in one's own organization or in other organizations (e.g., key stakeholders, suppliers, etc.). This includes the ability to identify who the real decision makers are; the individuals who can influence them; and to predict how new events or situations will affect individuals and groups within the organization.