RN - Outpatient

Common Spirit•Seattle, WA

39d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outpatient Clinic RN coordinates and facilitates quality management of a broad based outpatient population across the continuum of care. Through application of the nursing process through skilled triage and assessment, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources, the Outpatient RN supports the care team in the provision of patient care. The Outpatient Clinic RN makes decisions about triaging medical situations, provides patient advice, assists in prioritizing daily work of the clinic and offering nursing practice services to match patient care needs, coordinates pre-visit testing to ensure value added visits, provides direction to team members, including oversight of Medical Assistant's clinical competency. All patients have unique needs and experience these needs across wide ranges or continuums from health to illness. The more compromised patients are, the more severe or complex their needs. The dimensions of a nurse's practice are driven by the needs of the patient, family and team members. This requires nurses to be proficient in multiple dimensions of nursing practice. When nurse competencies stem from patient needs and the characteristics of the nurse and patient synergize, optimal patient outcomes can result. The Outpatient Clinic RN provides a wide array of nursing care to support patient care flows within the ambulatory clinic. Nursing care provided by nurses that function as Outpatient Clinic RN reflects the utilization of the nursing process through an integration of knowledge, skills, experience, and attitudes needed to meet the needs of patients and families.

Requirements

Current Washington state licensure as an RN
CPR certification is required every two years
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing approved by the Washington State Board of Nursing
Strong patient assessment skills, phone skills, ability to work collaboratively in team setting, current working knowledge of electronic medical records

Responsibilities

Coordinates and facilitates quality management of a broad based outpatient population across the continuum of care.
Supports the care team in the provision of patient care through skilled triage and assessment, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources.
Makes decisions about triaging medical situations and provides patient advice.
Assists in prioritizing daily work of the clinic and offering nursing practice services to match patient care needs.
Coordinates pre-visit testing to ensure value added visits.
Provides direction to team members, including oversight of Medical Assistant's clinical competency.