Registered Nurse

Atlanta Women's Healthcare Specialists•Atlanta, GA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct patient care and supports physicians and clinical staff to ensure safe, high-quality care. The RN assesses patient needs, educates patients and families, and maintains accurate clinical documentation while following all regulatory and safety standards.

Requirements

Completion of RN or LPN certificate or degree from an accredited institution.
Experience working in an OB/GYN office environment by doing telephone triage.
Current RN or LPN licensure, with no sanctions, restrictions, or provisions, in the state of Georgia.
EMR experience required, knowledge of Epic EMR is preferred
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (BSN).
Licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN) in the State of Georgia in good standing without limitations of licensure.
Minimum of two years (2) full-time experience as a RN Certified in American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
2-3 years of OB/GYN medical practice or labor & delivery experience and knowledge.
Strong clinical assessment skills
Exceptional computer skills within a Windows environment and keyboarding ability
Skilled in organization, customer service, and attention to detail.
Possess exceptional communication and relational skills.

Nice To Haves

Previous telephone triage experience using electronic triage software and computerized medical protocols is considered an asset.
Bilingual English/Spanish or another language will be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Monitors and responds to triage calls in person and/or on the nurse phone line.
Talks directly to patients on the telephone and then directs them to emergency rooms (ERs), urgent care centers or treating physicians as needed.
Determines urgency of seeing the patient based on brief assessment and on familiarity with a patient’s condition and history.
Provides appropriate home health advice to patients who do not need to go directly to the ER based on guidelines created by physicians and the company.
Ensures accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ records via Electronic Health Record (EMR) system.
Arranges appointments for patients who do not need to go to ER but need to see a physician.
Acts, when designated, in “Ask a Nurse” capacity, handling routine information requests from patients, e.g. “I just received a vaccine, am I still able to come in for my mammogram?"
Assists physicians with office visits not limited to fetal non-stress tests, wound checks, voiding trials and UTI visits.
Reviews and responds as appropriate to provider portal messages.
Serve as a clinical resource and professional role model for other nursing staff.
Prioritizes work tasks and services and completes tasks in a timely manner.
Assists in medical chart reviews and compiling data for audits and reports.
Remains current with healthcare trends and policy updates set forth by government health agencies to provide up-to-date best practices with patients.
Maintains accurate, clear and concise progress notes/phone notes within EMR system.
Communicates appropriately and tactfully with staff, consultants, patients, family members, and community.
Reduce conflict and increase patient satisfaction whenever possible through timely response to calls.
Participates in staff, planning, in-service, and other meetings as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.