Registered Nurse | Primary Care | Full-Time

Tamarack Health•Ashland, WI

80d•Onsite

About The Position

Utilizes the nursing process to provide direct and indirect patient care in the clinical setting as oriented and competent. Responsible for providing immediate care and treatments to patients while working alongside physicians and specialists. The Clinic RN is responsible for obtaining patient information and medical history, administering appropriate medication, and coordinating with Physicians/APCs about changes in the patient's clinical condition. They will thoroughly discuss necessary information to patients and their guardians and respond to any inquiries under the Provider's guidelines.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or state approved school of nursing
Current Wisconsin Registered Nurse license
BLS certification required prior to providing patient care
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Maintains regulatory requirements
Complies with all organizations policies
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
Teamwork and collaboration
Professionalism and strong work ethic
Oral and written communications skill
Knowledge of EPIC EHR or ability to be proficient within four weeks of hire
Ability to move self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces.
Ability to remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
Ability to move about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
Ability to constantly communicate with others to exchange information.
Constantly repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
Constantly demonstrate ability to wear personal protective gear correctly most of the day.
Involves light and medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds.
Must work primarily indoors
Frequent exposure to products containing latex; working with VDT's (video display terminals), dust, fumes, infectious disease; continuous exposure to blood/body fluids and sharp objects

Nice To Haves

Previous clinic nursing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Performs head to toe physical assessment/reassessments for relevant patient populations, which may include newborn, pediatric, adult, and geriatric.
Utilizes interdisciplinary team resources to develop and revise an individualized plan of care as indicated by the patient's needs and medical treatments. Incorporates cultural/ ethnic/religious/ spiritual preferences, growth and developmental stage characteristics and evidenced based nursing principles into the plan whenever possible.
Implements nursing interventions per plan of care in a safe, eï¬ective and timely manner including medication and pain management, patient education, and technical nursing skills.
Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care including response to treatments, understanding of patient/family education and goal achievement. Revises the plan of care and communicates the same as needed.
Documents patient assessments, plan of care, nursing actions, patient responses and communication of information to patients, co-workers, providers or family members in an eï¬ective and timely manner.
Provides care within the context of excellent service to patients, families and co-workers; takes responsibility for anticipating, understanding, and satisfying needs while striving to exceed expectations. Excellent service includes treating everyone in the work place with respect and dignity.
Demonstrates appropriate delegation of care to assistive personnel; supervises and evaluates care delivery with a focus on safety and patient satisfaction.
Assures patient care and work environments demonstrate safety standards and decrease the likelihood of error or harm to patients; takes corrective action as needed to modify potentially unsafe areas in a timely manner.
Other duties as assigned.