Urology RN Clinic

CommonSpirit Health•Tacoma, WA

23h

About The Position

The Urology Clinic RN provides professional nursing services and high-quality patient care in accordance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements. The role delivers specialized urological care, including direct patient care, assessment, coordination, triage, evaluation, and delegation to the care team. The RN educates and consults with patients, families, and staff, implements care interventions, and applies critical thinking to decisions within the scope of practice. The RN also manages patient needs when a provider is absent and remains accountable for care quality. The position performs diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within the nurse’s training and licensure, independently triages situations under standing orders and protocols, and responds to complex or urgent situations escalated by clinic staff. Clinical duties may include patient assessment tests, complex wound care, tube, drain, and urinary catheter insertion or removal, PICC removal, and applying splints or braces. The RN instructs patients on sample collection and testing, confirms understanding of follow-up and referrals, communicates lab results, calls prescriptions into pharmacies, and returns practitioners’ phone messages.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Registered Nurse license in Washington (WA), required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR), required upon hire.
Demonstrated clinical judgment, critical thinking, and advanced urology nursing skills.
Excellent communication skills for interacting with patients and the care team.
Commitment to quality care, safety, and efficient use of resources.

Nice To Haves

One year of RN work experience in a clinic setting, or two years of acute care RN work experience.

Responsibilities

Provide professional nursing care to clinic patients and deliver specialized urological care.
Assess, coordinate, triage, evaluate, and delegate patient care to the care team.
Educate and consult with patients, families, and staff; implement interventions to support optimal care.
Apply critical thinking to patient care decisions within scope of practice, integrate resources and data, and use staff efficiently.
Manage patient needs in a provider’s absence and remain accountable for care quality.
Perform diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within training, licensure, and established procedures.
Independently triage nursing situations under standing orders and protocols; address complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated by clinic staff.
Perform patient assessment and care tests, including EKG, spirometry, vision or hearing screening, peak flow, and color-blindness testing, as applicable under established protocols.
Perform independent wound assessments and complex wound care and dressing changes, including placing or changing wound vacs; remove sutures or staples after provider assessment of the wound.
Insert or remove tubes, drains, and urinary catheters, including removing PICC lines; apply splints or braces.
Instruct patients in collecting samples and completing tests; ensure patients or families understand follow-up and referral information.
Inform patients of lab results, call prescriptions in to pharmacies, and return practitioners’ phone messages.