Registered Nurse - Center for OB/GYN (Biltmore Campus: Asheville)

Are you an RN that is passionate about working in OB/GYN and seeking to apply your skills and experience to improve community health accessibility and high-quality care for WNC OB/GYN patients?
If so, we want to connect with you!

MAHEC’s Center for OB/GYN is seeking full-time Clinical RNs- join a highly impactful and connected team! MAHEC offers competitive salary, Total Rewards, and work-life balance. OB/GYN’s clinical hours are Monday-Friday 8am – 5pm but may be open to negotiating other full-time schedule configurations for interested and qualified RN candidates.

JOB SUMMARY:

The primary purpose of this position is to work collaboratively as an active member of the OB/GYN team to provide patient-centered care across the continuum. A thorough working knowledge of women’s health and OB/GYN skill set strongly preferred. Professional nursing care is delivered by telephone and in-person clinical care in accordance with established policies and procedures. In this role, the goals include providing an excellent patient experience, high-quality outcomes, and improved productivity for the team.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in daily huddles with assigned patient care team(s)
• Participates in phone triage for OB/GYN patients across the continuum
• Participates in NST clinic with the ability to quickly identify abnormal fetal heart tracings and intervene appropriately; AWOHNN FHT credentialing not required
• Utilizes embedded evidence-based protocols for symptom-based management
• Provides evidence-based patient education
• Schedules appointments
• Review and triage medication refills requests in accordance with protocols
• Aids with prior authorization of medications and durable medical equipment as needed
• In coordination with a provider, assesses, interprets, and communicates lab results
• Identify opportunities for nurse led visits, such as IV fluids,  STI treatments, FHT’s, and walk-in patients
• Support coordination of team-based care with CNAs, CMAs, LPNs, and other RNs within the clinic(s)
• Collaborate with consulting providers, ultrasonographers, behavioral health, care managers, nutrition, and pharmacists
• Provide panel management support to identify quality care gaps and participate in outreach as needed
• Participate in the ongoing design and implementation of nurse-led protocols and co-visits as needed
• Identify and perform pre-visit planning for a variety of visit types if indicated
• Assist with management of urgent and emergent patient care situations
• Performs phlebotomy, clia waived lab tests, processes specimens, and starts IVs as needed
• Participate in annual competency training of clinical staff
• Float between OB clinics as needed to meet the needs of the department
• Serve as a preceptor for new clinical staff
• Participates in process improvement of new and existing workflows
• Actively embraces and supports divisional and organizational initiatives

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties the Registered Nurse may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Communication Skills

• Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

Decision Making

• Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

HealthCare Knowledge

• Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate.  This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

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