Job description

Mission statement

Superior health care and exceptional service for each person, every time.

Vision

To be a vibrant and thriving five-star center for health, serving as our community's first choice for health and wellness.

Our C.A.R.E. Values

• Compassion - I will treat everyone with kindness, acceptance, empathy, and understanding.
• Accountability - I will be trustworthy, responsible, and dependable while taking ownership of my actions.
• Respect - I will value the feelings, wishes, rights, and traditions of everyone without judgment.
• Excellence - I will strive to understand and exceed the expectations of others.

Benefits

Medical Insurance- Three different plans to choose from

MASA- Medical Transportation Solutions

Health Reimbursement & Savings Account

Flex Spending Account/Dependent Care Spending Account

Dental

Vision

Identity Protection-Free

Hospital Indemnity

Life Insurance-Free

LTD/STD-Free

Voluntary Life & AD&D

403 (b) Retirement Plan- 4% employer contribution

ETO

EIB-Hospital contribution

Free 24 hour access to fitness center family

JOB DESCRIPTION: Registered Nurse (LPNs welcome to apply)

Department: McPherson Medical& Surgical Associates

• Full-time: Day Shift

Job Summary: The RN functions under the supervision and guidance of the Nursing Director or Provider and participates in the multi-disciplinary process of providing care and treatment to patients and providers clinical support and technical assistance to the professional medical and other staff. Provides the highest attainable quality of individualized nursing care for each patient to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment in which the patient’s physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs are assessed and met during any stage of illness.

Essential Functions/Accountabilities:

• Consistent patient centered, caring disposition.
• Knowledge of the scope of practice for all nursing disciplines as described by the Nursing Practice Act
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively organize and prioritize work and utilize available resources to assist with efficient patient flow in the clinic.
• Actively assist with routine clinic tasks. Utilizes established methods to ensure consistency in maintaining emergency supplies, stock medications, communications, forms, sterile instrument inventory, equipment, and appropriate exam room inventory, etc.
• Demonstrates flexibility in work roles and schedules to meet the changing needs of the center.
• Maintains awareness of new information applicable to job, i.e. policies, meeting minutes, procedures, memos, protocols.
• Utilizes slow time constructively to enhance center operations and assists other departments when time and workload permits.
• Maintains professional appearance; follows established dress code.
• Promptly informs supervisory of real or potential clinic problems.
• Maintains confidentiality of patients and staff
• Ability to identify own areas of needed improvement and formulate goals to work toward.
• Utilizes appropriate methods to deal with stressful situations.
• Understands and supports organizational goals.
• Meets work schedules, fulfills responsibilities and commitments, i.e. attendance, punctuality, dependability, initiative, productivity, and efficiency.
• Follows protocol and performs accurate and thorough workups and check-ins for all patients.
• Maintain knowledge of anatomy and physiology as well as pathological conditions that require surgical treatments.
• Assess surgeon with draping patients and preparing surgical filed including equipment in the clinic setting.
• Follow surgical care improvement guidelines and assist with compliance as needed.
• Knowledge of aseptic techniques
• Educate family and patient preoperatively on procedure schedule. Provide informational literature and address questions and concerns.
• Prepare and transfer instruments in the office to central supply to be cleaned and sterilized.
• Schedule patients for surgical procedures with OR to reserve O2 room and ensure OR staff availability.
• Complete post-operative care of patient through post op phone calls ordering ancillary services.
• Accurately assesses status as well as preventive health status and communicates needs to provider.
• Assists with patient education based on assessment of patient needs and clinic standards of nursing care and documents in patient record.
• Provides skilled nursing care as demonstrated by safely and accurately performing technical skills and the safe, accurate administration of medications and immunizations.
• Anticipates the needs of providers related to patient visits and assists providers with patient care.
• Assumes role of advocate to ensure health needs are met including responding to patient phone messages and requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Documents all provider orders, nursing actions, and interventions on patient record consistent with organizational policies.
• Assists with triage patients on-site and via telephone for appropriateness and timeliness of care per provider preference.
• Knowledge of and follow all established infection control guidelines and OSHA standards and participates in staff training events.
• Performs proper handling labeling of all test samples according to organization policies extended waiting times, seeing provider other than originally scheduled, etc.
• Able to perform effectively and appropriately in emergency situations.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

• Completion of RN accredited program minimum

Experience

• Minimal/ No experience
• Preferred: 1-2 years

LICENSES/CERTIFICATION

• Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse or LPN in good standing
• BLS verification within 6 months of hiring

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.