Clinical Nurse PRN As Needed - Pediatrics
Clinical Nurse PRN As Needed - Pediatrics
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Why UnityPoint Health
Commitment to our Team Were proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Beckers Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
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Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in.
- Caring is what we do and it starts with our team members: expect paid time off parental leave 401K matching and an employee recognition program as we support you both personally and professionally.
- You can only give your best when you feel your best and we help you live well with dental and health insurance paid holidays short and longterm disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your fourlegged family members to give you peace of mind.
- We strive to make things easier and more personal in health care to set us apart from the rest and you can experience that commitment through early access to earned wages with Daily Pay a tuition reimbursement program designed to help you further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family in the way that works for you.
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Overview
UnityPoint Clinics
Clinic RN
Cedar Rapids Pediatrics
PRN As Needed
Assist provider and other clinical staff with obtaining basic vital information preparing patient for examination treatment and minor surgical procedures. Responsible for tracking system for followup appointments related to office visits laboratory tests and procedures to regularly follow patients monitoring disease status. Schedule referrals for patients with specialist or outpatient as requested by the provider. Complete appropriate forms or requisitions needed for referrals or lab testing including appropriate CPT/ICD10 coding. Answer questions and provide teaching to patients and family members.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assist in the delivery of primary health care services and patient care management.
- Demonstrates competence in the skills necessary to carry out assigned duties.
- Administer medications by all routes.
- Apply Nursing Process (Assessment Diagnosis Planning Intervention and Evaluation within licensure guidelines)
- Act as a liaison with patients family and providers consistently demonstrating smooth and efficient telephone communication when covering provider call and scheduling patient appointments.
- Obtain complete history regarding health problems according to protocols.
- Document accurate information regarding health concerns and/or condition from patient or family member.
- Telephone Triage by providing and documenting advice for home care of illness/condition; conducting followup phone calls regarding patients health and progress as necessary.
- Ability to assess urgency of condition for immediate attention regarding illness related calls and assign priority.
- Placement of urinary catheters per license.
- Placement of IV per license.
- Provide patient education regarding health maintenance and medical illnesses following accepted Teachback method per protocols and guidelines.
- Provide appropriate and timely documentation in the patients electronic health record using standardized workflows and processes.
- Provide information to appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e. health department).
- Evaluate clinical skills and practice of clinical care team.
- Supervision of delegated duties to License Practical Nurse and Certified Medical Assistants on approved clinical protocols.
- Facilitate and support relationships between providers (e.g. within clinic referring) and with ancillary services.
- Understand inpatient and outpatient specialty procedures. Responsible for compliance with precertification requirements
- Thoroughly understand anatomical impact (phases/stages thresholds) for clinic specialty services including comorbidities and influences impacting patient care and treatment.
- Thoroughly understand testing (lab and procedures) values and relationship to patient status with accountability to take next steps as appropriate to scope and licensure.
- Be aware of what is happening in clinic/department and the organization by attending clinic/department meetings reading emails and regularly checking information on the organizations intranet site.
- Meet the department work schedule.
- Maintain compliance with CLIA OSHA Safety and Risk Management guidelines.
- Maintain compliance with Personnel policies and procedures.
- Monitor environmental conditions in order to secure protected health information.
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.
- Behave in a manner consistent with all Compliance and HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.
- Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to others views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.
- Perform other duties as requested by Clinic Administrator to facilitate the smooth and effective operations of the office
Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nurses
- Current license to practice nursing in the State of Iowa/Illinois for Registered Nurse
- Mandatory Reporter certification CPR certification
- Meets educational/competency requirements per policy.
Employment Type
Gig
