RN - Psychiatric Services
Company: CARLE
Location: Peoria
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
To provide high quality professional nursing are as a member of
the healthcare team to the patient population served by the
office.Implements departmental nursing procedures and demonstrates
nursing knowledge and skills by providing high quality
comprehensive patient care in an ambulatory setting, appropriate to
the age and needs of the patient served by the office.
- Coordinates and prioritizes patient care activities and flow of
patient data.
- Utilizes effective communication with office staff, providers,
patients and their family members, as well as other external
customers to ensure continuity of patient care.
- Maintains working knowledge of established policies and
procedures within the organization as well as office specific
policies and procedures.
- Works independently, effectively, and efficiently within
established guidelines.
- Conducts appropriate assessments, observations and collections
of data as well as evaluates, records and reports symptoms and
patients' progress.
- Assists and or performs prescribed procedures in compliance
with provider's orders.
- Conducts, performs, and labels appropriate laboratory
tests.
- Completes job responsibilities in a professional, timely
manner.
- Demonstrates technical knowledge of equipment and its
use.Coordinates patient care activities and the flow of patient
information by effective communication with other office staff,
providers, patients, families and a variety of healthcare agencies
and appropriate documentation to ensure continuity of care.
- Demonstrates critical thinking in prioritizing patient
care.
- Possesses ability to communicate effectively with providers,
staff and patients to assist in identifying and solving
problems.
- Assists with orientation of new staff.
- Conducts appropriate and timely documentation of patients'
concerns, problems and/or symptoms in medical record.
- Assists or performs prescribed treatments/procedures ordered by
the provider to help with patient's plan of care.
- Competent to perform all phases of procedural care.
- Assists in education and support of residents and
students.
- Scheduled and pre-authorizes proceduresProvides patient
education through application of teaching-learning principles
appropriate to the age and needs of the patient population served
by the office.
- Utilizes appropriate resources to instruct patient and
family.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills of age appropriate
care.
- Assures information and data is indicative of the patient's
learning capabilities.
- Interprets information relative to the age-specific needs of
the patients.Ensures maintenance of therapeutic and teaching
environment that promotes effective and cost efficient patient
care.
- Assists in education and support of resident
providers/fellows.
- Promotes a professional and congenial work environment.
- Conducts effective, efficient and timely telephone triage
calls.
- Maintains a clean and safe therapeutic work environment by
applying policies and principles related to care of environment,
safety and infection control.
- Assists in quality improvement.
- Participates in educational opportunities and meetings to
enhance job skills and increase knowledge.
- Assumes leadership role by acting as a clinical resource person
within the office setting
Keywords: CARLE, Peoria , RN - Psychiatric Services, Healthcare , Peoria, Illinois
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