Registered Nurse 1

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$10,000 Sign On Bonus

The Department of Surgery is currently seeking a Full Time Registered Nurse 1 to work in Miami. The Registered Nurse 1 delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing evidence-based standards of quality, safety, and service while ensuring population-specific patient care.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                           

The Registered Nurse 1 delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing evidence-based standards of quality, safety, and service while ensuring population-specific patient care.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                        

Education:

Bachelor of Science in nursing required

Certification and Licensing:

Registered Nurse License; Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)

Experience:

No previous experience required, General Surgery Experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Knowledge of medical terminology

• Knowledge of nursing care methods and procedures

• In-depth knowledge of health and safety guidelines and procedures (i.e. sanitation, decontamination etc.)

• Excellent patient experience skills

• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form

• Ability to efficiently handle daily clinical operations of a high-paced, high-volume oral and maxillofacial clinic

Department Specific Functions

• Supports clinical functions within scope of practice for all Divisions within the Department of Surgery.

• Comfortable with working within the oral cavity Collaborate with General Surgery team to develop and streamline care across our entities Assist with all in-person, virtual and/or telephone patient-related clinical questions and concerns.

• Communicates effectively with Physicians and mid-level providers to effectively address and resolve medical concerns.

• Proper triaging of clinical concerns whether in person or remote (phone, email, etc.)

• Adequate navigation of General Surgery patients to streamline and expedite care.

• Serves as a clinical resource to the surgical scheduling, patient access and other non-clinical teams within the Department of Surgery.

• Tasked with building relationships with clinical and non-clinical staff in order to streamline intra and interdepartmental processes.

• Serves as a point of contact for coordination of care across multiple departments, agencies and/or organizations.

• Responsible for completion of medical related forms such as FMLA’s and DWC-25 forms.

• Discuss clinical information with insurance companies to obtain necessary approvals for surgery/treatment.

• Assist surgical providers with in-office procedures, inclusive of set up/prep, instrumentation, intraprocedural and post procedural support, patient recovery, etc.

• Operate and maintain medical gas system according to operational and safety requirements Perform instrument/device sterilization as needed of the practice

• Order and maintain and adequate stock of medical/surgical supplies

• Triage incoming patient clinical concerns and resolve and/or route accordingly

• Responsible for crash cart maintenance

• Contact outside providers/hospitals to secure medical records.

• Documents all patient related encounters appropriately in our electronic medical records.

• Functions as a professional role model for behavior and makes positive impact on peer morale.

• Support other departmental functions as needed.

• The Registered Nurse 1 delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing evidence-based standards of quality, safety, and service while ensuring population