Registered Nurse (Per-Diem)
About The Position
AQUA Plastic Surgery, an AQUA Dermatology portfolio practice, is seeking a per-diem Registered Nurse to assist with cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures. The ideal candidate is positive, energetic, intelligent, dependable, well organized, able to multitask, and willing to learn new tools and procedures while maintaining excellent service standards and customer satisfaction. The Registered Nurse prepares and maintains exam, procedure, and cosmetic rooms; documents patient histories in the EMR; assists with examinations and surgical procedures; supports specimen handling, wound care, triage, patient education, and prescriptions; and records medical information for treatment and billing. The role also involves instrument sterilization, maintaining a sterile environment, and collaboration with patients, providers, supervisors, and administrators. AQUA Dermatology is described as the Southeast’s premier dermatology practice, founded in 1998, with more than 107 locations across Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Its practices provide medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology, plastic surgery, vein care, and radiation oncology.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse license.
- Two years of plastics experience in a physician’s office, with recent proven technical and clinical skills.
- Experience assisting in a surgical setting.
- Ability to work independently and ask for help when needed.
- Ability to use applicable technology and systems.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to new policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Adhere to AQUA Plastics’ mission statement, credo, service goals, and values, providing exceptional customer service.
- Arrive on time and set up exam, procedure, and cosmetic rooms; prepare solutions; empty sterilized packs from the autoclave; and distribute instruments to the appropriate rooms.
- Escort patients to exam rooms and obtain and accurately document patient history, including skin and general medical history, current medications, and the purpose of the visit, in the EMR.
- Assist with surgical procedures and turn over rooms to prepare for the next patient.
- Properly label specimen containers, photograph biopsy or surgical sites, and prepare and send specimens to the lab based on the patient’s insurance.
- Perform wound care, educate patients on wound care instructions, and inform patients to expect prescription results within two weeks.
- Assist with cleaning and sterilizing instruments, check expiration dates of supplies and medications, and discard trash and biohazard containers or bags.
- Keep rooms clean, fully stocked, organized, and up to date upon arrival and before leaving work.
- Perform triage, including prescription refills, prior authorizations, postoperative calls, prescription side-effect inquiries, and preparation for the next day’s procedures and appointments.
- Provide postoperative instructions and education on skin care, wound care, and prescription information.
- Send prescriptions to pharmacies as directed by the physician.
- Use appropriate software to document medical records for treatment and patient and insurance billing.
- Assist providers during examinations as a scribe by accurately documenting anatomic locations and activities in the medical record during examinations and treatment.
- Assist with cosmetic and minor surgical procedures, including maintaining a sterile environment, administering local anesthesia, removing sutures or staples, changing bandages, performing photodynamic therapy when authorized, and entering, finalizing, and annotating biopsies and treatments in the pathology log.
- Assist in plastic surgical procedures.
- Work as part of a team and maintain professional relationships with patients, providers, supervisors, and administrators.
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