Registered Nurse - Family Health w/bonus - 5407
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides patient care in the Family Health Clinic and by telephone at Keesler Medical Center. The role uses the nursing process to assess patients, establish urgency, develop and carry out individualized plans of care, coordinate referrals and continuity of care, and evaluate care effectiveness. The nurse promotes wellness and delivers safe, cost-effective, high-quality care while applying approved protocols and professional, community, and regulatory standards. The position also involves collaborating with and directing healthcare personnel, educating patients and families, responding to emergencies, and supporting improved practice and patient outcomes through research.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by ACEN or CCNE.
- At least 3 years of post-graduate registered nurse experience in any nursing area, such as Family Health, within the last 4 years.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license from any state.
- Current AHA or ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
- Ability to pass a government background check/security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate patient care in collaboration with healthcare professionals and facilitate optimal clinical, quality, and cost-effectiveness outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards of care and practice, facility policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Perform physical examinations, take health histories, and conduct comprehensive assessments in the clinic or by telephone to determine the urgency of patient complaints.
- Provide health promotion, counseling, and education.
- Administer medications, provide wound care, and perform other individualized interventions.
- Direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals, and assign patient care based on personnel scope of practice and skill level.
- Recognize adverse signs and symptoms, rapidly identify life-threatening emergencies, and respond appropriately.
- Communicate and collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare teams about care plans, actions, and education.
- Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
- Perform nursing services identified for the unit.
- Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
- Develop plans of care with patients that promote safe, cost-effective, high-quality healthcare and optimal wellness.
- Incorporate distance from care and availability of resources into assessment and decision-making, and facilitate referrals to appropriate levels of care.
- Provide home care instructions as indicated, facilitate continuity of care, and evaluate care effectiveness and customer satisfaction.
- Use approved protocols appropriately, recognize when a deviation is needed, and maintain current knowledge of over-the-counter medications recommended in those protocols.
- Apply professional, community, and regulatory standards in clinic and telephone care, using effective telephone communication and critical decision-making.
Benefits
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick time
- 11 paid federal holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
- Health Savings Account available
- Annual CME stipend
- License and certification reimbursement
- Matching 401(k)
- $2,000 retention bonus paid after one year of service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
