Job Description

Job Details

Level: Entry

Job Location: Kingston Family Health Center - Kingston, NY

Position Type: Contractor

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Salary Range: $37.00 - $37.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage: Negligible

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Nurse

DESCRIPTION

Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides and coordinates the care of patients/families and significant others in the ambulatory care setting by assessing, diagnosing, planning and intervening in actual or potential health problems, including evaluation of the patient\xe2\x80\x99s response to the care. These responsibilities also include patient/family/significant other education and health maintenance strategies. The RN is a member of a designated health care team and collaborates, coordinates and guides team members in planning patient care and achieving goals.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrates the ability to perform clinical/technical/service/administrative tasks.
• Records, reports and interprets clients\xe2\x80\x99 responses and collaborate with appropriate members of the health team in the Family Practice.
• Identifies those components of the nursing regimen, which may be delegated to allied nursing personnel and provides the necessary teaching and guidance.
• Systematically and continuously assesses patient\xe2\x80\x99s physical, psychosocial and spiritual health status and knowledge base to determine patient\xe2\x80\x99s health care and educational needs.
• Triages all sick and walk-in patients.
• Establishes therapeutic and supportive relationships with patients and family.
• Assures proper cost-effective utilization of resources.
• Maintains an environment that is conducive to meeting patient care needs and that facilitates patient flow.
• Promotes and provides for patient safety in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
• Practices and monitors infection control.
• Monitors patient flow and reassigns staff as needed.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area.
• Participates in the development of other staff members.
• Meets regulatory, licensure and annual health assessment requirements.
• Identifies learning strengths and needs.
• Utilizes learning resources.
• Attends in-service and continuing education programs.
• Obtains certification in area of practice.
• Successful demonstration of competence in area of practice.
• Demonstrates competence in utilizing the selected information systems.
• Participates in special projects and committees.
• Demonstrates commitment to continuing professional development through relevant continuing education.
• Demonstrates a professional, courteous, and respectful attitude in dealing with patients, families and significant others.
• Displays courtesy, tact and patience during interactions with all members of the hospital staff and extended community.
• Informs and educates patient/family to enable participation in their care and decision making.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and patient responses and outcomes to care. Collaborates with team members to make necessary changes in plan of care. Communicates pertinent information and changes in patient status to appropriate members of the care team and other health care providers.
• Effectiveness in supervising and mentoring LPNs, Medical Assistants, and Nursing students.
• Understands the necessity of paperwork and fulfills obligations on time.
• Adheres to and understands nursing policies and procedures.
• Keeps abreast of new and changing techniques and concepts.
• Contributes to a cooperative, friendly and mutually supportive work environment. A team player.
• Ability to assure new assignments.
• Ability to work independently.
• Demonstrates a professional, courteous and respectful attitude in dealing with clinical practice staff.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned or when necessary.

• Knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform this job are typically acquired through a minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in nursing including assessing patients.
• Demonstrated knowledge of medications.
• Must be proficient in using computer applications and using the internet.
• Must be able to multi-task successfully.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Telephone communication skills with empathy, respect, restatement, using open-ended questions.
• Must have the ability to make critical independent decisions and prioritize appropriately.
• AAS/BS in Nursing Bachelors Degree Preferred
• Minimum of one year nursing experience in an Ambulatory/Medical Surgery/ER setting preferred.
• Minimum of two years nursing experience
• Demonstrated experience with telephone triage and diagnosis procedures.
• Current New York State Registered Professional Nursing license
• Current BCLS
• Current Infection Control Certificate
• Current Child Abuse Certificate

The Institute for Family Health