Registered Nurse- Urgent Care

JOB TITLE:                Registered Nurse (RN)

DEPARTMENT:          Primary Care 

REPORTS TO:           Nursing Supervisor

DIRECTION OF OTHERS:  Per license

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES: Provide leadership, direction, organization, and administration of daily clinic operations in the patient care area. Effectively provide high quality service to patients, make independent nursing diagnoses, and develop plans of care based on patient assessment. Create and implement dynamic teaching plans based upon patient need. This position works in collaboration with the Care Team. Teamwork is the norm and all employees will be held accountable to work as effective team members. Service excellence is to be centered on patient care and relationships and is the responsibility of all employees.

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT:   

Utilizes a systematic approach to nursing practice incorporating assessment, planning, nursing diagnosis, implementation and evaluation in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, scope of practice, along with recognized professional standards and Health Partner and employer specific protocols and policy.

Supports multiple areas within a clinic setting with strong interpersonal skill and flexibility while maintaining patient confidentiality and protecting patient rights. Resolves concerns or complaints regarding patient care or service.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:

achelor’s Degree in Nursing 

Ambulatory Nursing Experience

            Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• IV insertion skills 
• EKG skills, Rhythm Strip Interpretation skills

 

    Essential Duties:        

Assessment/Nursing Diagnosis

• Effectively assesses care needs of patients and care givers, prioritizes patient needs utilizing the nursing process; determines nursing diagnosis focused on care and identifies patient outcomes; develops patient care plan; implements and continuously evaluates the care plan; ensures patients are discharged with resolved educational needs
• Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, care giver, other health care providers and environment as appropriate
• Uses appropriate evidence-based assessment techniques and instruments in data collection
• Analyzes and interprets assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses
• Formulates and revises nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status and communicates this with the patient, care giver and other colleagues within the health care team
  • Develops an individualized education plan for patients and care givers based on identified learning needs

     

Planning of Nursing Process

• Develops plan of care using an outcomes-based approach ensuring quality care and age-related growth and development principles
• Establishes a plan that provides for continuity of care
• Uses evidence-based research data blended with caring and compassion, to develop the plan of care and interventions

     

Implementation/Evaluation of Nursing Practice

• Coordinates, delivers, and delegates nursing care that is safe, ethical, and culturally competent based on patient assessment/standards of care in a timely manner
• Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care
• Involves the patient, caregiver, and health care team members in the evaluation process when appropriate
• Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnoses as appropriate
• Initiates and implements plan of care using an outcomes-based approach ensuring quality care and age-related growth and development principles
• Provides comprehensive, individualized healthcare teaching, using the teach back method, to patients and caregivers         
• Actively participates in creating and implementing improvements at the point of care to achieve clinical quality, patient experience, nursing engagement, efficiency, and effective outcomes
• Evaluates the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcomes and collaborates with members of the care team when outcomes are not as expected
• Evaluates and documents the patient’s/care givers’ understanding of and response to the plan of care
• Active participant in Code Blue/Emergency Response Team. Manages Code Blue/Emergency Response, post event and documentation.
• Monitors unstable/critical patients and prepares for ambulance transfer to hospital.