Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Cardiac EP (Per Diem)

Hartford Healthcare•Norwich, CT

18d

About The Position

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide skilled nursing care under provider direction in a variety of clinical settings. The role uses the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate responses to actual or potential health problems in accordance with appropriate practices, standards, protocols, and guidelines. The RN provides office-based nursing care in collaboration with providers and supports continuity of patient care through evaluation and appropriate nursing interventions. This position reports to a Practice Manager.

Requirements

Current Connecticut RN License.

Responsibilities

Provide office-based nursing care in collaboration with providers.
Assess patients’ physical and psychosocial needs and environmental factors affecting patients and their families; formulate plans of care and support continuity through nursing evaluation and intervention.
Communicate patient needs, nursing assessments, and recommendations to providers.
Take direction and initiate actions, including cross-training or additional training, to support seamless patient care.
Collect and document current health status and medical history, and assist with scheduling office visits.
Review patient records, including preoperative records, for completeness and discuss outstanding issues with providers.
Take independent nursing actions based on assessment and problem identification.
Under provider direction, call prescription medications in to pharmacies and observe and document patients’ responses to pertinent medications.
Document ongoing assessments of patients’ needs, problems, capabilities, limitations, progress toward goals, and responses to care.
Triage telephone calls and initiate appropriate nursing interventions promptly and professionally.
Assist patients, family members, and other clients with concern and empathy while respecting confidentiality and privacy.