Registered Nurse - Family Health w/bonus - 5407

Vantage Search Group•Biloxi, MS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides patient care in the Family Health Clinic at Keesler Medical Center, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, including care delivered by telephone. The nurse collaborates with healthcare professionals and patients to promote safe, high-quality, cost-effective care and optimal wellness. Responsibilities include assessing patients, establishing the urgency of complaints, developing and carrying out plans of care, arranging referrals, providing education and home-care instructions, and evaluating care outcomes. The nurse must recognize emergencies, use approved protocols appropriately, maintain current knowledge of recommended over-the-counter medications, and apply professional, community, and regulatory standards.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
At least 3 years of post-graduate registered nurse experience in any area of nursing within the last 4 years.
Current, full, active, unrestricted Registered Nurse license from any state.
Current AHA or ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
Selected applicants must submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Responsibilities

Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals.
Facilitate optimal clinical outcomes and quality and cost effectiveness.
Ensure compliance with applicable standards of care and practice, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Perform physical examinations and obtain health histories.
Provide health promotion, counseling, and education.
Administer medications, provide wound care, and perform other personalized interventions.
Direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals and make patient-care assignments based on personnel scope of practice and skill level.
Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and respond quickly to emergencies.
Communicate and collaborate with patients, families, healthcare teams, and other stakeholders to share care plans and provide education.
Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
Perform nursing services identified for the unit and conduct research to support improved practice and patient outcomes.
Use the nursing process to deliver care in the Family Health Clinic or by telephone.
Perform systematic, comprehensive assessments during clinic visits or telephone encounters and determine the urgency of patient complaints.
Develop care plans with patients that promote safe, cost-effective, high-quality healthcare and optimum wellness.
Consider distance from care, resource availability, age, chronic illness, and other relevant factors in assessment and decision-making.
Carry out plans of care, facilitate referrals to appropriate levels of care, and provide home-care instructions when indicated.
Facilitate continuity of care and evaluate care effectiveness and quality measures, including customer satisfaction.
Use approved patient-assessment and clinical-decision protocols, recognizing when a deviation is needed.
Maintain current knowledge of over-the-counter medications recommended in approved protocols.
Use effective communication skills and telephone etiquette when delivering care by telephone.