Physician'S Nurse

Arkansas Central Primary Care•Jacksonville, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide professional nursing assistance to the physicians and staff at Jacksonville Medical Care by working as a team to provide quality healthcare to patients. The nurse should maintain the proper skills, knowledge, licensure, and supplies to provide these services. This role maintains the responsibility of all clinical functions, prepares exam rooms, logs supplies, and maintains a clean and orderly work environment. The nurse will provide nursing assistance to the physician, including rooming patients, taking chief complaints, obtaining vital signs, returning phone calls, assisting with procedures, administering medications, and managing prescription requests and refills at the direction of a physician. Entering pertinent information into the patient's EMR is crucial, as is maintaining proficiency with clinical skills such as injections, basic pharmacology, vital signs, sterile techniques, venipuncture, OSHA, and HIPPA regulations. The nurse must also maintain adequate knowledge for collecting and processing specimens and ensure all messages regarding patient care are entered into the EMR. The role requires conforming to the clinic handbook and office guidelines, conveying the clinic purpose, conforming to the dress code, attending meetings, supporting management decisions, meeting attendance standards, and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Must hold a valid nursing license.
Must be familiar with basic medical office procedures.
Must have a working knowledge of OSHA and HIPPA regulations.
Must be able to stand 0-8 hours daily.
Must be able to assist a patient standing, walking, and getting on/off exam tables or equipment.
Must be able to multitask and work in stressful situations.

Responsibilities

Provide professional assistance to physicians and staff working as a team to provide quality healthcare to patients.
Maintain the responsibility of all clinical functions.
Prepare the exam rooms with the proper equipment and supplies necessary for daily operation.
Log all supplies removed from the supply room so that inventory can be replenished in a timely manner.
Maintain a clean and orderly work environment.
Maintain laundry so that there is an adequate amount of gowns, sheets and towels for daily operation.
Provide nursing assistance to the physician, including rooming patients, taking chief complaints, obtaining vital signs, returning phone calls, assisting with procedures, administering medications and managing prescription request and refills at the direction of a physician.
Enter pertinent information into the patients EMR such as PMH, FMH, SH, Allergies, current medications, current medical conditions chief complaint, vital signs and any other information necessary for quality patient care.
Be proficient with all clinical skills such as injections, basic pharmacology, vital signs, sterile techniques, Venipuncture, OSHA, HIPPA regulations, and the ability to set up for specific office procedures.
Maintain adequate knowledge for collecting and processing specimens for laboratory and pathology services.
Ensure all messages regarding patient care by phone or in person should be entered into EMR and managed by nursing personnel.
Forward issues that cannot be resolved by the nurse to the appropriate physician and enter all correspondence into the EMR.
Conform to the clinic handbook and follow the office guidelines set forth in the Policy and Procedure Manual.
Convey the clinic purpose to patients, physicians, and staff.
Conform to clinic dress code.
Attend and participate in all in-service, department, and clinic meetings.
Support management decisions and make recommendations for improvements.
Meet attendance standards.
Perform other duties as assigned by administration.