Clinic Registered Nurse (RN): Palliative

Trinity Health•Mason City, IA

50d•Onsite

About The Position

MercyOne North Iowa is seeking a Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) to join their Specialty Care team, focusing on Palliative Care. This role involves providing patient care in an outpatient setting, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN will coordinate care with other clinical staff, educate patients and families, and facilitate communication across healthcare teams. This position operates with a high degree of autonomy and accountability for clinical standards.

Requirements

Active RN License in the state of Iowa; Licensure from other states may be required based on location. Compact State License acceptable where applicable.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 3 months of hire.
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to the population served within 3 months of hire.
Proficient in basic computer skills (Windows environment, web-based navigation, email, MS Office).
Ability to work with diverse groups of people in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
Requires the ability to read, write and understand the English language, and communicate effectively with patient, visitors, and colleagues while performing their job duties.

Nice To Haves

Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
Completion of specialty classes or proof of other certifications required for some roles.
Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care in outpatient settings, delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Coordinate care provided by other clinical staff.
Support patient and family education.
Ensure communication across healthcare teams.
Accountable for clinical standards and may operate with minimal supervision.
Plans, assesses, intervenes, and provides direct patient care using critical thinking and nursing processes (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation).
Performs comprehensive patient assessments (physical, psychosocial, nutritional, functional, safety, spiritual, cultural, educational).
Makes nursing decisions based on patient status and care needs.
Administers medications and treatments safely via multiple routes and documents accordingly.
Performs nursing care, lab and diagnostic tests, specimen collection, phlebotomy, and limited radiology procedures following policies and universal precautions.
Assists providers with patient care, phone/mail/fax communications, scheduling, consents, admissions, referrals, and outpatient procedures.
Communicates and collaborates with physicians, staff, patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members regarding care plans and patient needs.
Educates patients, families, and clinical staff on treatments, medications, test preparation, discharge, and health maintenance; documents education and evaluates understanding.
Participates in staff meetings, committees, quality improvement, risk management, and performance improvement projects.
Maintains documentation accuracy and completeness in EMR: assessments, vitals, symptoms, treatments, medications, education, charges, lab results, histories, and consults.
Maintains and monitors supplies, equipment, medication stock, and office machines; follows maintenance and quality control protocols; reports malfunctions.
Recognizes and responds appropriately to urgent/emergency patient needs and initiates emergency procedures.
Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.