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Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System · 1 month ago

Registered Office Nurse (RN), Women's Internal Medicine, Full-Time (Day Shift)

Lancaster, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Penn Medicine is dedicated to providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. The Registered Office Nurse (RN) will facilitate patient care in an office setting, performing assessments and collaborating with healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive care for patients.

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Responsibilities

Facilitates patient care in an office setting by performing patient assessments, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive functions, through patient provider office visits, nurse visits, and telephone triage

Collaborates with Physician and Advanced Practice Providers APPs to provide patient care and assumes responsibility and accountability as defined by the American Nurses Association standards of nursing practice

Functions as an independent and interdependent member of the health care team in support of the care needs of the surgical patient population

Performs patient assessments, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive functions, through patient provider office visits, nurse visits, and telephone triage

Collects and manages comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation, and concisely relays medical information to physician or APP

Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues

Formulates age-appropriate and culturally and ethically sensitive plan of care

Reviews and analyzes laboratory and diagnostic results prior to physicians and APPs, uses critical thinking when communicating results with providers and when discussing with patients

Implements care in a knowledgeable manner and coordinates patient care across several disciplines and among caregivers

Provides leadership to other members of the team by effectively communicating expected standards of care and encouraging and supporting team members and their contributions

Demonstrates an understanding of and a commitment to our values of privacy, quality, respect, service and teamwork

Assigns, delegates and intervenes as appropriate to assure that the plan of care is carried out, continuity of care is provided and that established outcomes are achieved through availability and appropriated utilization of human, material and financial resources

Educates patients and family members about healthy practices, treatment modalities, medications, non-invasive and invasive procedures

Facilitates invasive procedure patient education, scheduling and coordination

Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practices

Utilizes technology where appropriate

Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services

Manages rapidly changing situations following established protocols, coordinating and accessing appropriate health team members and resources, and documenting events

Participates in process improvement activities with an emphasis on increasing continuity in the nurse to patient relationship, minimizing rework and redundancies; constantly seeks ways to improve processes, increase efficiency, finds solutions to current situations or develops new methods and procedures

Completes mandatory education and training that includes review of age-specific needs, caring behaviors, and interpersonal skills as relevant to the care of the surgical patient population

Maintains a safe working environment through compliance with established evidence-based practice policies and procedures and timely reporting of safety variances

Seeks experiences and formal and independent learning activities to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge

Provides supervision, including guidance, counseling and mentoring, to targeted peers and subordinates to enhance the learning experiences and improve the professional practice environment within the designated work setting

Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

RN licensureBachelor of Science NursingCPR CertificationInpatientOutpatient experienceInterpersonal relationsLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

Required

RN licensure, issued by the PA Board of Nursing

CPR Certification - American Heart Association AHA Basic Life Support, formerly Healthcare Provider AHA Heart Saver courses for CPR are not accepted

Bachelor of Science in Nursing BSN

Inpatient or Outpatient General and Vascular surgery experience knowledge

Ability to travel to multiple sites is required

The position requires the ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously

The position requires that an individual be able to learn new tasks quickly and effectively

The position deals with issues or problems that often require thoughtful reasoning before arriving at approaches or solutions

Ability to accept responsibility for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating, organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices, or making final decisions

Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations

Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure

Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information

Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others

Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)

Registered Nurse - PA (Required)

Bachelor of Science Nursing (Required)

Benefits

Comprehensive compensation and benefits program

One of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region

Company

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Penn Medicine is a world leader in academic medicine, setting the standard for cutting-edge research, compassionate patient care, and the education of future health care professionals.

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