Registered Nurse - OBGYN

Registered Nurse - OBGYN at Optum summary:
A Registered Nurse specializing in obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) providing direct patient care, clinical procedures, and patient education in a collaborative healthcare environment. This role involves coordinating with care teams to implement evidence-based practices, performing authorized technical procedures, and supporting patient self-management and health promotion. The position is based in a clinical setting at Optum NY, offering comprehensive benefits, professional development, and opportunities to improve community health outcomes.
$5,000 Sign on Bonus for External Candidates
We offer excellent compensation, benefits within 30 days that include generous PTO, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, along with opportunities for continued career progression!
Optum NY, (formerly Optum Tri-State NY) is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team in Mount Kisco, NY. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.
As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.
At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and erience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country.

Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients via direct and/or telephone contact, following established standards and practices. S/he coordinates with other members of the care team to ensure seamless care delivery, maximal coordination of efforts, and active patient participation in planning and care. Assists physician or other provider with clinical procedures, performs telephone triage as needed, and participates in patient teaching.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates clinical competence in the direct care of patients/significant others in established area of practice, considering developmental differences among patients

• Demonstrates basic knowledge of common disease processes and treatments, including pertinent diagnostic/laboratory testing and medical/nursing interventions; familiar with preventative health measures related to population served

• Demonstrates a proactive approach to patient care, focusing on addressing each patient's individual and family needs at the time of service; communicates identified needs in a timely manner

• Utilizes evidence-based approaches with patients/families/caregivers to support self-management, self-efficacy, and health-promoting behavior change

• Collaborates with patients/significant others and other members of the healthcare team to establish goals and priorities to meet patients' immediate and future needs;
Actively participates in the care team to ensure that patient needs and preferences are incorporated into the comprehensive plan of care

• Using population-specific knowledge and clinical expertise, contributes to the continual assessment and effective management of the health needs of assigned patient populations

• Performs telephone triage with particular emphasis on assessment, problem/priority identification, and decision-making

• Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and technical ability in medication/treatment administration; administers prescribed medications correctly, with knowledge of proper dosage, route, site, and possible side effects

• Provides accurate, up-to-date clinical information to patients consistent with professional nursing scope of practice and accepted practice standards, policies, and protocols

• Performs…