RN Urology

%  

of time

Essential Function (Yes/No)

Key Responsibilities

(To be completed by Supervisor)

40

• Provides nursing care to all Urology patients.       
• Reviews with patients and families, the disease process, the treatment options, as well as the potential outcomes.
• Provides emotional and psychological support to the urology patient and the      family. 
• Acts as a liaison between the patient and a variety of medical disciplines as well as other facilities. Communicates by phone, fax, email or mail. 
• Fosters continuity of care within the healthcare system. 
• Serves as a patient advocate within the health care system. 
• Provides telephone teaching, triage and advice.
• Documents all nursing actions taken in APEX
• Obtain insurance authorization for urology medications 
• Respond to clinic emergencies (Code Blue, acute symptoms during clinic visit, etc.)

20

• Pend all orders appropriately to providers (medications, refills, imaging, procedures, referrals, etc.) 
• Develop patient education materials for the teams.
• Participates in the weekly RN and Procedure Team meeting.
• Represents the UCSF Department of Urology in community activities.

30

• Support Urology Procedures 
  1. Cystoscopy
  2. Urodynamics
  3. RUG
  4. VCUG
  5. Botox instillations
  6. Stent removals
  7. Nephrostogram tube removals
  8. Other procedures as needed
• Complete Nurse Visits
  1. PVR Checks
  2. Catheter changes (Foley, SPT, etc)
  3. CIC Teaching
  4. ICI Teaching
  5. Other nurse visits as needed
•  

10

• Has completed Apex training and Utilizes Electronic Health Record (APEX) for documentation within the scope of practice of an RN.

• Open telephone encounters.

• Open staff messages.

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate with patients both by telephone, in person and in writing using MyChart in clear, easy to understand and grammatically correct language as an essential function of their job.  This includes being able to write clinical instructions that may not be possible using APeX smart phrases and other technical shortcuts.

• Copies CRM messages to the telephone encounter and follows-up with patient by telephone with more detailed documentation of patient problem(s)

• Review and oversight of staff documentation within APeX

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