About This Role
This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses.
Responsibilities
- Escort patients to exam rooms, interview patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient
- Instruct patients about medications and special diets as instructed by the medical provider
- Explain treatment procedures to patients
- Prepare patients for examination
- Assist the provider during patient exams
- Collect and prepare laboratory specimens
- Perform basic laboratory tests
- Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by the physician
- Perform blood collection following established procedures and utilizing universal precautions in accordance with OSHA standards
- Remove sutures and change dressings
- Maintain all logs and required checks in accordance with assigned duties (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.)
- Triage and process messages from patients and front office staff to providers
- Meet position requirements and perform essential functions
- Complete all mandatory training as required
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Demonstrate commitment to superior customer experiences with a service-oriented attitude
- Collaborate with others to coordinate care, resolve concerns, and address the needs of patients, family members, providers and employees
- Consider patient and employee safety
- Take initiative to identify and eliminate risks
- Respect and consider patient rights to privacy and comply with all HIPAA guidelines for maintaining confidentiality
- Communicate professionally and appropriately at all times
- Build strong working relationships with co-workers and other staff while recognizing individual talents and perspectives
- Identify, analyze and solve problems
- Accept responsibility for decisions and actions
- Utilize appropriate resources to effectively and successfully execute responsibilities
- Adhere to regulatory and company policies and procedures
- Provide training for new clinical staff
- Oversee patient flow within the clinic
- Manage inventory of medical supplies and equipment
- Monitor adherence to clinical guidelines and protocols within the clinic
- Support implementation of new processes, guidelines, and equipment
