Registered Nurse - Flat Gap Elementary

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.