CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
Responsibilities
Specialty Clinic RN provides routine patient care under the supervision of a licensed clinician. Provides nursing services to patients in a community health setting. Assists in providing education to the patients/family as needed. Responsible for the flow of patients through the medical service areas, and exercises frequent independent judgment. Performs with minimal supervision.
• Monitor the patient flow throughout the clinic areas.
• Assist Practice Manager or Healthcare Provider with clinical staffing issue within department and/or related to other departments.
• Delegate tasks to clinical staff and create the clinical staff schedules as requested.
• Facilitate training and orientation to the clinical staff members.
• Assess and triage patients for appropriate department within the clinic.
• Accurately obtain health history and rectifies medications.
• Serve as Interpreter between the patient and provider as requested.
• Administer medications by oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal routes, IV.
• Follows nursing policies and procedures for Intravenous infusion.
• Perform phlebotomy and collects specimen for various tests.
• Educate patient and/or family on prescribed treatment regimens.
• Perform Clinical Competencies.
• Actively participates in quality improvement projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Preferred.
Required Licensure and Certifications
Must have a current/valid RN license from the state licensing board
May be required to have additional specialty certifications
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) required
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training
2 years related experience in specialty clinic (e.g. Oncology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) required.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to common inquiries or complaints from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Computer Skills: Must be proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, Internet navigation, database management, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, and graphic presentation packages.