Registered Nurse (Warren Clinic) - Rheumatology

Registered Nurse

Job Summary: Assess, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care utilizing the nursing process as ordered by physicians for the purpose of facilitating the effective delivery of patient care.

Minimum Education: Has completed the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing, and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.

Work Experience: 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Working knowledge of general disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways. Working knowledge of intramuscular and intravenous medication administration techniques. Working knowledge of nursing principles and protocols. Knowledge of policies and procedures related to infection control, environmental safety, and patient confidentiality. Effective and appropriate assessment and assistance techniques required in the medical examination of patients. Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner. Ability to be detail oriented in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Assess, organize, and carry out patient care with consideration to patient age, cultural, and psychosocial factors. Assist physician with patient examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments according to established protocols. Administer medications via intra-muscular injections and intravenously including the administration of chemotherapy as directed by physician order. Coordinate patient care through the triage of patient telephone calls regarding urgency of appointments, scheduling, and hospital admissions according to established protocols. Promote patient population wellness by providing patient education materials pursuant to physician orders and communicating physician advice and instructions to patients. Document all interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed or prescribed, and appropriate medical data in patient medical record according to established protocols. Successfully uses IDX, EMR and other computer applications to accomplish tasks according to policies and procedures. Decision Making: Independent judgment in planning sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.

Working Relationship: Works directly with patients and/or customers. Works with internal customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff. Works frequently with individuals at Director level or above.

Special Job Dimensions: None.

Supplemental Information: This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

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