Summary:
Reports to Physician Practice Manager to provide direct patient care to a specific patient population served by a physician practice. Such activities may include but are not limited to such duties as patient education administering immunizations starting IVs administering medications. Prepares and maintains related records and reports. Local clinicians are ultimately responsible for the delivery of clinical care by the RN.

Responsibilities:
Provides assistance to providers in the provision of patient care to a specific patient population. Depending upon practice assignment may provide care to pediatric or adult/geriatric patients. Assists in completion of forms such as school/camp/workers' comp.
Assists with the management of patient calls to the practice such as taking direct patient calls triaging calls to appropriate physician or other provider within the practice if clinician involvement is needed. Provides information to patients regarding diagnostic test results and confirming scheduled appointments.
Triages and maintains awareness of patients with acute problems (such as walk-ins with acute asthma attack chest pain abdominal pain and the like). Makes appropriate preparations and alerts staff as needed. Ensures provider is notified of patients arriving as result of triage encounter.
Obtains and interprets a health history for patients seen in the clinic setting. Reviews laboratory and radiology test results. Notifies providers of same. Develops appropriate nursing care plan and implements same. May pre-screen test results for clinicians taking note of abnormalities and taking action on abnormalities according to established protocols and/or reporting of same to designated provider. Modifies nursing care plan as appropriate. Monitors patient when physician or other professional provider is not able to remain with patient. Provide necessary nursing intervention as appropriate.
Depending upon practice assignment and patient populations served may perform following procedures or tests:
Mixing administering and starting IVs
Intramuscular injections
Nebulizer treatments
EKGs
Administering and reading PPDs
Suture removals
Ear lavage
Wound care/dressing
Provides telephone or on-site clinical advice to patients regarding treatment of certain minor acute problems such as flu and URI following established telephone guidelines and protocols. May call pharmacy for patients requesting medication refills in accordance with established protocols.
Maintains adequate supplies of department stock medications to meet anticipated needs. Reorders as appropriate and within level of authority.
Provides for patient and family teaching such as medications use of hand nebulizer diabetic teaching wound care and the like in accordance with standards and patient teaching guidelines. Provides for phone call monitoring and follow-up activities to patients and families. Documents activities into medical record in accordance with policy and procedure.
Communicates in timely manner relevant patient data to the health care team verbally and/or in the medical record. Ensures maintenance of patient confidentiality.
Assists in coordinating administrative and clinical issues related to following nursing home patients and patients receiving home care. This may include facilitating renewal of physician's orders. Ensures resources are utilized in cost-effective manner.
Coordinates communications received on patients as received from emergency rooms health centers and other agencies who may be involved in the care process.
May assist in administrative activities of the practice including recommending changes to practice administration to enhance effectiveness of patient scheduling records documentation and maintenance and the like.
Maintains and enhances knowledge of professional nursing.

Other information:
BASIC KNOWLEDGE:
Registered nurse with current license to practice within the State of Rhode Island.
BLS certification.
EXPERIENCE:
At least one year professional nursing experience preferably within a clinic setting.
Such experience required demonstrated skills necessary to provide care for a specific patient population serviced by the physician practice -- pediatric or adult/geriatric -- including effective consideration of the aging processes human developmental stages and cultural patterns.

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Location: Management Services Org USA:RI:Providence

Work Type: Full Time

Shift: Shift 1

Union: Non-Union