REGISTERED NURSE RN

Job Summary/Overall Objectives 

The RN assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the care for a designated group of patients. The RN coordinates, directs, and actively participates as an effective member of the interdisciplinary health care team, contributing to the efficient operation of the unit and promoting positive patient outcomes 

Essential Job Functions              

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and participate in professional societies.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting patient and department records.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
• Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping confidential information.
• Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations, calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• The Registered Nurse may provide direct oversight of the GN, LPN, Technical Partner, ALS Technician, Nurse Extern and Unit Clerks. This oversight includes the Registered Nurse conducting the initial comprehensive assessment and interpreting the assessment to initiate the interprofessional plan of care. This oversight includes support of the delegation of duties that are within the scope and capability of the care team.
• Prepares forms, copies records, and responds to requests per policies and procedures
• Assists in maintaining the patient's medical record to facilitate filing and retrieval of information.
• Participate in staff education.
• Other related duties as assigned. 

Specialty Job Functions

• Coordinates communications between patients/families and physician practice, pharmacies, specialists, and insurance carriers.
• Provides advice based on protocols and physician instructions and directs patients to the appropriate level of care.
• Facilitates patient's access to prescription refills based on physician order.
• Obtains prior authorizations and/or assists with indigent programs per physician order based on the patient's financial status or insurance coverage.
• Completes medication reconciliation according to policy
• Obtains authorizations for diagnostic testing and ancillary services as required.
• Patient Procedure Preparation
• Obtains medication hold order from primary care physician as required for scheduling procedure.
• Provides education tool and teaching specific to procedure ordered.
• Ensures appropriate order, consent form and patient specific information is completed for scanning/communication to SurgiCenter.