Office RN

Cooper University Hospital•Cape May Court House, NJ

18d

About The Position

Under direct supervision, assists physicians with patient care duties. Maintains efficient patient flow, assists with patient care, i.e. exams, procedures, and patient education. Performs miscellaneous clinic support tasks, including filing, answering phones, and maintaining physicians' schedules. Properly identify and prepare the patient and explain procedures. Maintains patient privacy during testing. Electronically submits prescriptions, obtains pre-authorization for medications and makes other patient calls as directed by physician. Triage phone calls from patients/families and other healthcare providers and collaborates with physician/provider regarding plan of care. Educate patient/family on recommended treatments changes. Performs other administrative duties, i.e. scanning, pre-loading, typing, filing, faxing, reception, etc. as requested by supervisor or physician. Maintains patient’s medical record in proper order based on established office protocol. Assists physicians with exams and procedures as requested. Assists with delegated patient education activities including but not limited to distributing education literature, etc. Performs chart review the previous day ensuring all necessary patient records, supplies, equipment and pre-authorizations are available as required by physician prior to the appointment.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited program for Nursing
Active licensure in Nursing (RN) for the State of New Jersey
Current CPR certification required

Responsibilities

Assists physicians with patient care duties.
Maintains efficient patient flow
Assists with patient care, i.e. exams, procedures, and patient education.
Performs miscellaneous clinic support tasks, including filing, answering phones, and maintaining physicians' schedules.
Properly identify and prepare the patient and explain procedures.
Maintains patient privacy during testing.
Electronically submits prescriptions, obtains pre-authorization for medications and makes other patient calls as directed by physician.
Triage phone calls from patients/families and other healthcare providers and collaborates with physician/provider regarding plan of care.
Educate patient/family on recommended treatments changes.
Performs other administrative duties, i.e. scanning, pre-loading, typing, filing, faxing, reception, etc. as requested by supervisor or physician.
Maintains patient’s medical record in proper order based on established office protocol.
Assists physicians with exams and procedures as requested.
Assists with delegated patient education activities including but not limited to distributing education literature, etc.
Performs chart review the previous day ensuring all necessary patient records, supplies, equipment and pre-authorizations are available as required by physician prior to the appointment.