Registered Nurse – Family Practice

The duties include but are not limited to the following

• Coordinates patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals.
• Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Ensures compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF.
• Provides care within ethical and legal boundaries. Performs physical exam and health histories. Provides health promotions, counseling, and education. Administers medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions, such as phlebotomy, and IV insertions/administration.
• Directs and supervises care provide by other healthcare professionals. Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
• Recognizes adverse signs and symptoms and quickly reacts to assist patients in emergency situations and provide emergency response in accordance with Leadership policies.
• Communicates and collaborates with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
• Makes referral appointments and arranges specialty care as appropriate.
• Performs nursing services identified by Ledership, to include setting up, operating and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, nebulizers, and other clinic specific equipment.
• Orients and trains newly assigned RNs, LPNs, and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice.
• Participates/conducts research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes, to include peer reviews. -in basis, per Leadership policies and procedures, to include the determination of optimal time and location for patient management (ER, clinic, homecare) and follow up care as required.Must be skillful and tactful in communicating with patients during all aspects of their care.
• Serves as an advocate for and ensures appropriate education is provided to the patient and their families as needed.
• Communicates treatment plan and patient teaching IAW established protocols.
• Collects and assesses significant patient history information and performs all necessary patient teaching.
• Serves as an advocate for and ensures appropriate education is provided to the patient or targeted populations for the purpose of promoting adherence to treatment plans self-care actions and education programs.
• Ensures activities match the level of the pa Augments/supports other clinical nursing staff during the absence of other nurses due to illness, leave or deployments across all primary care settings/clinics. Must be skillful and tactful in communicating with patients during all aspects of their care.
• Serves as an advocate for and ensures appropriate education is provided to the patient and their families as needed. Must possess organization, problem-solving, and communication skills to articulate medical requirements to patients, families/caregivers, medical and non medical staff in a professional and courteous manner.
• Maintains all required certifications and completes required MDG RN/staff training and yearly Continuing Medical Education (CME).
• Performs other duties within the RN scope of care and Leadership policies and procedures. Possesses excellent written and oral communication skills.