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About the Role
The Pediatric Rheumatology division is seeking a dynamic RN to join the Bernard & Millie Duker Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center team, offering a friendly, team-oriented work environment focused on efficient and compassionate patient care.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care, patient triage (in-person and telephonic), assessment, planning, directing, and evaluating of a patient’s specific care plan and clinic visit.
- Obtain and accurately record patient’s vital signs; report abnormal values to the treating provider.
- Obtain and document a patient’s history (Medical, Surgical and Social) and focused physical assessment, related to the clinic visit and as dictated by clinic procedure.
- Administer medications and treatments to patients in clinic, under the direction of a physician or APP.
- Participate in in-office procedures, as related to clinic specialty, under the direction and supervision of a Physician or APP and document results in EHR.
- Perform review and triage of incoming test results, patient requests, and pharmacy renewals; facilitate call-backs to patients as necessary.
- Facilitate the utilization of resources to meet patient outcomes and contribute to Facility (AMC), New York State and National Quality data metrics.
- Delegate tasks deemed appropriate per licensure of LPN and/or MA.
- Adhere to AMC’s regulatory agency (The Joint Commission) and internal compliance policies.
- Provide orientation and education of newly hired staff.
- Complete continuous/annual education related to Clinic specialty to maintain knowledge base on current practices.
- Provide education to patients related to their visit and overall health and wellness.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree of a state accredited Registered Nursing program is required.
- NYS current RN licensure to practice professional nursing is required.
- Current CPR certification required- obtainable on hire.
- Certification in specialty, Ambulatory setting preferred.
- 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 preferred.
- Ability to give medications via all routes and ability to calculate medication doses.
- Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties.
- Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose.
- Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
Skills
- Patient care
- Patient triage
- Assessment
- Planning
- Directing
- Evaluating
- Vital signs recording
- Patient history documentation
- Medication administration
- Treatment administration
- Procedure participation
- Test result review
- Pharmacy renewal processing
- Resource utilization
- Task delegation
- Regulatory compliance
- Staff education
- Patient education
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Information presentation
- Computer software proficiency
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- Electronic health record experience
- Medication administration via all routes
- Medication dose calculation
Location
- Albany, NY
Work Type
- Day shift
- Monday - Friday
- No weekends or holidays
Education Level
- Associate’s degree in Registered Nursing
Salary/Compensations
- $85,280.00 - $132,184.00
About the Company
- Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.
- This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.