Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Orthopaedics

Position Title: Registered Nurse

Department/Unit: Orthopedics Outpatient

Shift/Hours: Days/ 32 hours per week, 4 days a week. (Expected to stay until clinic is finished each day.)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is seeking a highly organized and dedicated Registered Nurse to join our Outpatient Orthopedic Hand Team. This role is essential in managing the care coordination of our hand surgical patient population, ensuring seamless and high-quality care across multiple locations.  This role requires travel to Burnet, Green, Eastgate, Liberty and Crestview Hills campuses.

Responsibilities:

Assist with clinic flow to ensure efficient patient care and operations.

Triage phone calls and messages to address patient needs promptly.

Manage office paperwork, including FMLA forms, school forms, MyChart messages, Epic in-basket tasks, OR Scheduling coordination

Coordinate patient care plans and ensure continuity of care for hip surgical patients.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Educate patients and families on pre-operative and post-operative care, rehabilitation, and follow-up procedures.

Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record system.

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Compliance - Patient Services Staff - Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Support leadership in Compliance efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Be mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensure all individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Work with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify and share safety best practices. Be mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicate safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.

• Interprofessional Practice - Demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.

• Clinical inquiry & performance review to improve practice - Follows standards and guidelines; implements clinical changes and research-based practices developed by others; recognizes the need for further learning to improve patient care; recognizes routine or obvious changing patient situation (e.g., deterioration, crisis); in unusual care situations, seeks help when needed to identify patient problem. Uses self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice using the nursing process. Demonstrates openness to coaching and mentoring from others. Facilitates learning by assisting with peer and student learning experiences. Works with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.

• Uses systems thinking - Sees the pieces or components; sees patient and family within the isolated environment of the unit; sees self as key resource to support the family through the healthcare experience through care coordination. Sustains a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Supports leadership in efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Monitors and complies with safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensures individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Is mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicates safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.

• Patient Care - Age Specific and Culturally Inclusive - Consistently integrates age specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.

• Collaborates with team using shared decision making - Is receptive to the contributions of the interdisciplinary team in team meetings and discussion regarding patient issues. Participates in shared governance at the point-of-care as a member of unit-based councils or by demonstrating awareness and contributing to shared decision making (reading minutes, giving feedback and implementing council