Outpatient Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for patients and families in an outpatient setting.
• Provide professional leadership and contribute to the development of healthcare practice.
• Support team development by role modeling, mentoring, sharing knowledge, and collaborating with peers and colleagues.
• Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
• Consider patient safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or delegating care.
• Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance.
• Promote a work environment characterized by positive attitudes, effective communication, trust, and collaboration.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care and health services.
• Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives, including appropriate use of order sets.
• Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPNs within their scope of practice as appropriate.
• Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
• Analyze individuals’ and families’ health status to determine patient care needs.
• Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify physicians or supervisors, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
• Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individualized competency.
• Pursue ongoing learning and professional development, using current research and evidence to maintain clinical and professional skills.
• Participate in professional organizations and systematic peer review; seek feedback and identify development needs.
• Meet time and attendance guidelines.
• Center care on patients and families by assessing satisfaction, advocating for patients, promoting compassionate communication, and attempting to resolve concerns.
• Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the work shift.
• Comply with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, data-security, and company conduct requirements.