Office RN

Cooper University Hospital • Cape May Court House, NJ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Cooper University Health Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving residents and visitors throughout Cape May County. The system includes Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional; three urgent care facilities; nearly 30 primary care and specialty care offices in multiple locations throughout Cape May County; The Cancer Center at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional; the Claire C. Brodesser Surgery Center; AMI at Cooper, Miracles Fitness and numerous freestanding outpatient facilities providing wound care, lab, and physical therapy services. Cooper University Health Care is committed to its employees by providing competitive rates and compensation programs, a comprehensive employee benefits program, attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development. The Office RN assists physicians with patient care duties under direct supervision. This role maintains efficient patient flow, assists with patient care including exams, procedures, and patient education. The Office RN performs miscellaneous clinic support tasks such as filing, answering phones, and maintaining physicians' schedules. Key responsibilities also include properly identifying and preparing patients, explaining procedures, maintaining patient privacy during testing, electronically submitting prescriptions, obtaining pre-authorization for medications, and making other patient calls as directed by a physician. The RN will triage phone calls from patients/families and other healthcare providers, collaborate with physicians/providers regarding plans of care, and educate patients/families on recommended treatment changes. Additional administrative duties like scanning, pre-loading, typing, filing, faxing, and reception are performed as requested by a supervisor or physician. The Office RN maintains patient’s medical records in proper order based on established office protocol, assists physicians with exams and procedures, and helps with delegated patient education activities. Chart review is performed the previous day to ensure all necessary patient records, supplies, equipment, and pre-authorizations are available prior to appointments.

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 under direct supervision.
• 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.

Benefits

• competitive rates and compensation programs
• comprehensive employee benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement
• on-site Early Education Center (employee discount)
• attractive working conditions
• professional development

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees