Registered Nurse Or Licensed Practical Nurse- Family Practice Clinic

Mercyhealth • Lake Geneva, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We are committed to clinical excellence and patient-centered care, supported by a dedicated, multidisciplinary team. Our Walworth clinics offer the unique opportunity to work in a close-knit, rural environment with an onsite and supportive leadership team. Provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, supporting the Mercyhealth nursing mission, practice values and strategic plan. May include variable shifts, weekends, holiday and/or on-call hours. Performs other duties as assigned including floating to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.
• May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines)
• Licensed as an RN in state of practice
• Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days
• Graduate of an accredited LPN Program OR
• Wisconsin: Have completed the portion of the RN Program needed to obtain a certificate of completion in practical nursing.
• Licensed as an LPN in the State of Practice
• Approved CPR or BLS certification within 90 days

Nice To Haves

• Experience in clinical setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws/practice act.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Develops initiates and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and/or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
• Utilizes resources available to teach and support patient and family education. Provides education to the appropriate level of understanding.
• Acts to resolve systems breakdowns and engages self and others in providing solutions.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise & guidance to other units/departments in support of the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in regards to patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit/department practice activities and decisions and peer review process
• Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
• Engages in personal development and supports system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Rooms patients, collects assessment data and prepares patient according to specific need.
• Collects patient data and documents in the medical record.
• Prepares and maintains patient charts.
• Assists in examination, treatment and other clinic procedures.
• Administers injections and medications as ordered and directed.
• Reviews physician's orders, lab requests, or follow-up needs with patient.
• Assists with laboratory procedures, screening tests and QI projects
• Answers telephone and either responds to inquiry or directs caller to appropriate personnel for triage
• Provides patient treatments as ordered.
• Coordinates referrals for patients through insurance and other physician offices
• Observes patients and reports adverse reactions to medication or treatment to the provider orRN.
• Perform the duties of a clinic LPN within alignment to LPN scope of practice.
• Assist with clinic projects and assignments and nursing initiatives.
• May provide feedback for evaluation or participate in peer review.
• Assists with preparation of staff for surveys.
• Monitors compliance with clinic initiatives as assigned
• Administers specified medications and nursing interventions as allowed by policy and procedure, licensure, and State Practice Act.
• Reinforces patient teaching provided by Provider and RN.
• Provides basic healthcare instruction to family and patient.
• Performs EKG's and simple lab tests as needed.
• Performs venipuncture to collect blood specimens.
• Participates in QA & I.
• Orders and maintains supplies.

Benefits

• Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.
• Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.
• Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.
• Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.
• Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.
• Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees