Registered Nurse

REGISTERED NURSE

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists in development of care protocols, keys measures, and standards of care.


• Assists with establishment of program goals and objectives for patient care and management.


• Engages patient and family in the developing of health care strategies aimed at improving quality of life thru education, empowerment and access to appropriate health care services.


• Monitors trends and implements strategies to assist patients with accessing appropriate level of care.


• Assists in implementing team-directed improvements by using and teaching others the PDSA change model.
  


• Develops and conducts staff training as appropriate and necessary, to include introduction of new equipment, policies and procedures and all electronic patient care and practice management systems.


• Monitors patient electronic medical record and produces reports as requested.


• Follows data entry requirements based on BSHC protocol and policy.


• Tracks and reports established key measures for disease management, referrals and preventive care.


• Attends internal and external meetings as requested to accomplish patient care management program goals.


• Actively participates in performance improvement activities and a serves on the QI/Performance Improvement Committee as requested.


• Perform nursing duties as needed to facilitate care improvement and patient outcomes.


• Manages triage of walk-in patients.


• Responds to patient telephone calls (during and after office hours) based on BSHC policy.


• Performs after-hours on call duties as schedule indicates.


• Instructs patients regarding health promotion, lifestyle modification, disease prevention, self care necessary for certain conditions, and proper medication usage.  Reviews and explains further diseases patient may be diagnosed with.


• Coordinates patient flow through clinic.


• Provides nursing care according to the Kentucky Registered Nurse Scope of Practice.


• Prenatal workups (if applicable).


• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensed to practice as Registered Nurse in the state of Kentucky.
  


• BLS, ACLS and PALS certified.    


• Previous experience in Primary Care, ER or Med/Surg preferred.