Hematology​/Oncology

Registered Nurse

In accordance with the American Nurses Associations Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice the registered staff nurse under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment diagnosis planning intervention evaluation and coordination of care for patients and their families across the health care continuum. The registered staff nurse is accountable for clinical educational quality and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and in accordance with established agency policies procedures protocols guidelines and standards of practice.

Nurse's primary responsibility is to administer ordered injections pump disconnects and vaccines triage telephone calls from patient families and community or referring office to make follow up calls to patients as instructed by the provider prescription refills home care referrals and work closely with providers and nursing in clinic. Using telephone interaction as the mode of delivery facilitates callers access to appropriate level of care by assessing needs offering clinical option referral to health care providers services and community resources.

Promotes welllness and informed decisions by providing health information home care advice anad prevention concepts. The nurse must be able to assess a client's health concerns without the advantage of visual inspection or face-to-face interaction. Must rely on their communication skills knowledge of disease processes and normal growth and development for all age groups in order to ascertain an accurate understanding of the client's symptoms.

Nurse will also take patient/pharmacy requests for prescription refills and enter information into the patient record for Provider review and approval. The nurse must have impeccable listening skills to notice the non-verbal clues the client is giving regarding pain anxiety fear and level of comprehension. The RN will also perform pre-visit review of patient EMR to ensure all required information is available during the visit as well as Visits and Post Visit functions in support of the Provider.

Position:
Registered Nurse

Department:
Hematology Oncology Triage/multi D

Schedule:

36 Hours (Days)

Essential Responsibilities / Duties:

The registered nurse adheres to the rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment diagnosis planning intervention evaluation and coordination of care for patients and their families across the health care continuum. The registered nurse is accountable for clinical educational quality and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and in accordance with established agency policies procedures protocols guidelines and standards of practice.

Consistently and effectively utilizes all steps of the nursing process in the provision of timely safe efficient and appropriate patient/centered care.

Responsibilities include administration of ordered injections pump disconnects and vaccines triage telephone calls from patient families and community or referring office follow up calls to patients as instructed by the provider prescription refills home care referrals and work closely with providers and nursing in clinic.

Meets and follows all standards of nursing practice care and standards of professional performance of a registered staff nurse.

Prioritize incoming calls based on clinical acuity. Determine the severity of the caller's complaint. Direct the caller to the appropriate emergency services if necessary recommend the suggested medical follow-up based on their assessments and established triage protocols and provide health information

Using the nursing process analyzes the assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses and facilitates access to the health care system and/or negotiates a satisfactory resolution to the issue.

Work closely with providers nurses and all other members of the medical center staff by demonstrating effective communication teaching and negotiating skills.

Accountable for quality assessment efficient managed care and patient satisfaction in collaboration with the health care team. Implements interventions identified in the nursing and medical plan of care.

Provides and guides patient teaching counseling and indicated medical recommendations while maintaining standards of professional nursing practice.

Document patient/pharmacy requests for prescription refills reviewing patient medical record and documenting recommended script in the patient medical record for provider review and approval.

Schedule appointments for the primary care physician group and specialists.

Review and triage the lab/x-ray results received in the office and notify the medical practitioner of critical values.

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