Office Nurse, Charlton Ophthalmology, 40 Hours, Days

UMass Memorial Health•Charlton, MA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for an Office Nurse at Charlton Ophthalmology, working 40 hours per week on day shifts. The role involves completing patient physical assessments, performing and delegating patient treatments as prescribed by the physician, documenting patient care, and developing and implementing patient/family educational plans. UMass Memorial Health emphasizes that everyone is a caregiver, playing an important role in patient care, academic excellence, and research. The health system comprises over 20,000 employees working together to provide healing for patients, the community, and each other.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Current licensure in the State of Massachusetts either LPN or RN.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience as an LPN or RN.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and lead and train a group of employees.
Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices.
Knowledge of office and laboratory procedures.
Knowledge of medical terminology and strong proficiency with Microsoft office applications and electronic health records.
Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Nice To Haves

BLS Certification

Responsibilities

Acts as a role model for all clinical staff.
Trains, and provides direction/oversight to the clinical staff.
Participates in the interviewing and evaluating of the clinical staff.
Triages phone calls and executes appropriate follow through.
Performs vital signs, and visual acuity on designated patients and documents appropriately.
Assists physicians with technical procedures, such as outpatient surgical procedures, pap smears, sigmoidoscopies etc., assembling sterile instruments and supplies, participating in the set up, maintenance, and disassembly and cleaning of patient equipment.
Performs venipuncture using aseptic technique, 12 lead EKGs and immunizations.
Administers immunizations, medications, IVs.
Performs quality control testing in compliance with CLIA regulations.
Completes patient physical assessment.
Performs and/or delegates patient treatments as prescribed by the physician.
Documents patient care.
Develops and implements an educational plan for patient/family.