What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Clinic Nurse Coordinator position at Affinia Healthcare?
POSITION SUMMARY: Perform the duties required to coordinate and monitor provision of medical services in a professional manner for each individual patient.
Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing.
Experience: Three (3) years as an RN in community clinic, public health nursing, and/or hospital setting;
Skills and Abilities (which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly, associated with this position):
License(s)/Certificate(s): Licensed as RN in the State of Missouri.
Essential Functions
Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing.
Experience: Three (3) years as an RN in community clinic, public health nursing, and/or hospital setting;
Skills and Abilities (which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly, associated with this position):
- Requires strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively individually as well as a team member with physicians and other staff.
- Ability to appropriately interact and educate patients, families, and staff.
- Experience with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Microsoft office applications such as Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
- Ability to coordinate the activities of a busy provider practice.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
License(s)/Certificate(s): Licensed as RN in the State of Missouri.
Essential Functions
- Coordinate and monitor the quality of medical assistant services.
- Coordinate and monitor provisions of medical services.
- Assist providers, take and record vital signs, abnormal results, distribute sample medications and administer injections per provider's orders.
- Triage walk-in clients, call-in clients as appropriate for patient care and safety.
- Keep patients records; complete appropriate forms and reports. Provide appropriate documentation. Adhere to patient confidentiality.
- Monitor exam set-up.
- Provide health education and counsel patients and family members in provider instructions and treatment program. Coordinate nursing care plans with other team members.
- Initiate the referral of high-risk patients and families for special services, team management, and track the patient's referral (i.e.) abnormal lab results.
- Assist with implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Quality Improvement Programs.
- Observe sign and symptoms, document and report reactions of the treatment to the provider.
- Perform other duties as assigned.