Registered Nurse | RN | Iredell Urgent Care | Troutman| FT | Thurs, Fri, Sat 7a-7p

Iredell Memorial Hospital Incorporated•Troutman, NC

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse prescribes nursing care, delegates nursing activities, and coordinates the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care to provide optimal quality care consistent with the health care system’s mission, nursing philosophy, objectives, and standards. The role has full access to patient health information. The RN assesses patient needs, analyzes assessment data, identifies problems, and formulates appropriate nursing interventions. The RN uses applicable standards of care, policies, and procedures to develop care plans; takes protective and preventive measures when indicated; provides and evaluates patient education; makes referrals when appropriate; administers medications safely; and evaluates patients’ responses to completed treatments. The role also handles patient complaints and performs administrative and practice-support duties, including establishing payment schedules, entering registration and discharge information, posting insurance payments and charges, filing statements and claims, ensuring accurate procedure and diagnosis codes and account adjustments, assisting with physician schedules, and contributing to revisions of practice policies, procedures, job descriptions, and fee schedules as requested. The position is based at the Main Street location in Troutman and is scheduled Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina.
Three years of medical office experience required.
BLS Certification by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
Computer skills, including Microsoft Office and an electronic health record platform.
Ability to make decisions independently and resolve problems or conflicts effectively.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Successful completion of a competency-based orientation, including age- and population-specific skills for the areas of practice and addressing the growth and development needs of the patients receiving care.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patient needs, analyze assessment data, identify problems, and formulate appropriate nursing interventions.
Use appropriate standards of care, policies, and procedures to develop plans of care.
Institute protective and preventive measures when indicated.
Provide patient education relevant to the plan of care, evaluate the patient’s response, and make referrals to other disciplines when appropriate.
Demonstrate knowledge of medication actions and side effects and administer medications safely.
Evaluate patient responses to completed treatments.
Handle patient complaints.
Establish patient payment schedules and enter patient registration and discharge information.
Post insurance payments and charges and file statements and claims accurately.
Ensure accurate procedure and diagnosis codes and adjustments to patient accounts.
Assist with physician schedules, including on-call, in-office, and hospital schedules.
Contribute to revisions of practice policies and procedures, job descriptions, and fee schedules as requested.
Prescribe nursing care, delegate nursing activities, and coordinate assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.