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About The Position

Requirements

• Active and unrestricted Registered Nurse license and certification
• Completion of all necessary continuing education to maintain licensing/certification
• Adherence to current HIPAA regulations and federal/state laws for patient protected health information (PHI) and/or medical record
• Adherence of all AHP policies/procedures as they pertain to patient PHI and the medical record
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all patient information
• Nursing knowledge and judgement
• Ability to administer vaccines, medications, treatments, and regimens prescribed by the physician
• Ability to perform laboratory tests, determinations, and cultures according to procedures
• Ability to prepare and document prescription refills and medical equipment and services refills for physician approval
• Ability to schedule tests, procedures, consultations, and clinical evaluations
• Ability to accurately report and document all nursing advice, vaccines, medications, treatments, laboratory tests, and scheduled procedures
• Ability to monitor assigned ADHD, asthma, and mental health patients
• Ability to ensure appropriate follow-up, visits, labs, tests/imaging, consults, etc. are scheduled as needed and/or as ordered by the physician
• Ability to participate in daily care team huddles
• Ability to participate in quality improvement initiatives
• Completion of necessary training on topics including, but not limited to, care coordination, patient self-management, population management, and health literacy
• Ability to attend monthly staff meetings and clinical department meetings

Responsibilities

• Maintain active and unrestricted Registered Nurse license and certification; complete all necessary continuing education to maintain licensing/certification
• Adherence to current HIPAA regulations and federal/state laws for patient protected health information (PHI) and/or medical record; adherence of all AHP policies/procedures as they pertain to patient PHI and the medical record; maintain strict confidentiality of all patient information
• Triage patients/families by telephone or in person according to medical priority
• Assess health status and provide health counseling and teaching using nursing knowledge and judgement
• Administer vaccines, medications, treatments, and regimens prescribed by the physician
• Perform laboratory tests, determinations, and cultures according to procedures prescribed by the manufacturers and the Laboratory Director
• Prepare and document prescription refills and medical equipment and services refills for the physician to approve
• Schedule tests, procedures, consultations, and clinical evaluations to be done by ancillary medical service facilities
• Accurately report and document all nursing advice given; all vaccines, medications and medication reconciliation, and treatments given; all laboratory tests, determinations, and culture performed; all tests, procedures, consultations, and clinical evaluations scheduled at ancillary medical service facilities in a timely manner
• Monitor assigned ADHD, asthma, and mental health patients; ensure that all appropriate follow-up, visits, labs, tests/imaging, consults, etc. are scheduled as needed and/or as ordered by the physician
• Participate in daily care team huddles to ensure appropriate and quality patient care
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives as needed
• Complete necessary training on topics including, but not limited to, care coordination, patient self-management, population management, and health literacy
• Attend monthly staff meetings and clinical department meetings
• Other nursing and non-nursing duties that may be identified from time to time