RN-Ambulatory Neurology

Job Title: Registered Professional Nurse

Summary:

This is a dynamic opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Registered Professional Nurse to join our team in the ambulatory setting. As a key member of the healthcare team, you will provide comprehensive nursing care to patients across the lifespan, utilizing evidence-based practice and a patient-centered approach.

Job Description:

The Registered Professional Nurse in the ambulatory setting provides care across the life span to individuals, families, caregivers, groups, populations, and communities. This is accomplished during face-to-face encounters or through a variety of telecommunication strategies, often resulting in the establishment of long-term patient care relationships.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Completes organized and quality documentation as required by the department.
• Facilitates the utilization of resources to meet patient outcomes (case management).
• Analyzes patient care needs and utilizes a systematic approach to delivery of care.
• Provides age-appropriate direct patient care from the preparation of patients through the end of the office visit and all tasks in between, including diagnostics, venipuncture, administration of medications, and assistance of physicians as needed.
• Performs telephone triage, including coordination of care and documentation.
• Schedules tests and procedures as indicated within the division and obtains prior authorizations as needed.
• Works with physicians and other resources to develop teaching tools for families and patients.
• Performs community outreach as indicated.
• Works on studies with Principal Investigator as indicated within the department.
• Provides patient and family education, taking into consideration cultural, religious, language, and motivational, physical, emotional, and cognitive factors into account in the teaching plan.
• Works with other departments inside and outside of AMC to coordinate multidisciplinary care.
• Ensures that medical equipment functions properly and knows the process to manage failure as need arises.
• Participates in the patient throughput process in the clinic as indicated and needed, including vital signs, updating medical records, performing diagnostic procedures, assisting the physician and practitioners, facilitating teaching, end-of-appointment coordination of care.
• Orients new staff.
• Works with division physicians, administrative staff, and Nurse Manager to assure compliance with regulatory conditions and policies and procedures.
• Actively participates in the survey process regarding accreditation.
• Utilizes scheduling system lookup to ensure appropriate follow-up has been scheduled.
• Locates regulations and policies and procedures online and knows how to apply them.
• Utilizes educational resources on Intranet for self-education and education of other staff and families.
• Delegates daily tasks to appropriate clinical staff and ensures completion of tasks.
• Collaborates with administrative staff and physicians on the Quality Improvement Team to address clinical and non-clinical issues within the division.
• Maintains compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Reviews and triages incoming test results as indicated within the division.
• Documents properly, giving age-appropriate care, gathering data correctly, and facilitating care in a customer-friendly manner.
• Maintains compliance with AMC standards for electronic system use.
• Maintains compliance with AMC Code of Conduct.
• Maintains a safe environment within the clinic and working office space.
• Recognizes their role in Environment of Care Surveys.

Requirements:

• An Associate's degree from a state-accredited Registered Nursing program is required.
• NYS current RN licensure to practice professional nursing is required.
• Current CPR certification is required.
• Certification in specialty, Ambulatory setting, is preferred.
• OB experience is preferred but not required.

Skills Required:

• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from physicians, patients, and their family members or other employees within the work setting.
• Familiar with computer software.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of MS Word and Excel.
• Experience with electronic health record is preferred.
• Ability to give medications via all routes and ability to calculate medication doses.
• Proficiency in the operation of standard office equipment (Adding Machine, Fax, Photocopier, Credit Card Machine) and clinical equipment (Sphygmomanometer, Electronic Vital Signs machine, pulse oximetry machine, infant scale, adult scale, and stadiometer).
• Must be a team player and multi-task within a fast-paced clinical environment.

About Albany Medical Center

Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes.