Job Details
** Registered Nurse (RN) Procedure - Surgery - Medical Center Drive**
? Registered Nurse
Wilmington, NC ID: 2017-850 Full-Time/Regular
**About Wilmington Health**
Since 1971, Wilmington Health has been committed to the care and health of our community in Wilmington as well as all of Southeastern North Carolina. Wilmington Health is structured as a multi-specialty medical practice with primary care providers integrated into the system. In this way, Wilmington Health is able to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the care of all our patients. Wilmington Health is committed to using collaborative, evidence-based medicine in providing the highest quality of care to the patients we serve.
**Purpose:**
Administers nursing care for and treats patients in medical office, as directed by Physician, Advanced Clinical Provider, or supervising clinical manager, by performing the following duties
**Essential Duties/Responsibilities:**
* Maintains patient confidentiality
* Performs telephone triage as needed
* Taking complete, accurate messages from patients and relaying them to appropriate physician
* Schedules, coordinates and reschedules all patient appointments (includes office, outpatient procedures, hospitals, and other medical facilities)
* Utilizes nursing process effectively in assessing patient needs and planning appropriate follow-up/intervention
* Documents assessment and interventions thoroughly and concisely
* Develops patient education materials, triage protocols, and clinical guidelines in collaboration with physicians
* Uses computer system efficiently and accurately
* Provides patient/staff education
* Oversees LPN's and MA's
* Review Pre-op and Post-op instructions with patients
* Performs specialty procedures as trained and as needed, as well as assisting M.D. with patients in office, including but not limited to:
+ IV therapy
+ Breast biopsies
+ I&Ds
+ Anoscopies
+ Hemorrhoidal banding and wound care
* Performs other duties and projects as assigned
**Other Duties:**
Performs other duties and projects as assigned.
**Required Skills**
**RN Competencies**
**General**
- Customer Service
- Professionalism/Integrity/Responsibility
- Teamwork/Process Focus
- Dependability/Punctuality
- Interpersonal Relationships/Communication
- Judgment/Decision Making/Problem Solving
- Quality/Quantity
- Initiative
- Safety/Housekeeping
- Organizational Skills/Time Management
- Med/IV
- Computer Knowledge/Skills
- Procedures
- Triage Phone and Face to Face
- Specimen Collection
- Assessment Skills
- Documentation
- Equipment Maintenance
Wilmington Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are committed to treating everyone equally and with respect regardless of race, age, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veterans status, sexual preference, disability, genetic information or any other class protected under state or federal law
**ADA Physical Demands:**
Rarely (Less than .5 hrs/day) Occasionally (0.6 2.5 hrs/day) Frequently (2.6 5.5 hrs/day) Continuously (5.6 8.0 hrs/day)
**Physical Demand**
Standing
Continuously
Sitting
Frequently
Walking
Continuously
Kneeling/Crouching
Frequently
Lifting
Frequently
**Required Experience**
**Required**:
* North Carolina or Compact RN license
* Associate or Bachelors Degree in Nursing
Preferred:
* Surgery experience within a clinic or doctor's office
* Experience with general and breast surgery patients