RN Sleep Wellness Center 1st shift

Purpose of this Position

To provide nursing care to patients and assist the provider in responding to the health needs of patients.

Blanchard Valley Medical Practices is a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, which provides a total continuum of care to more than 100,000 households in an eight-county area. The Blanchard Valley Health System mission is to provide “Caring for a lifetime.”

• Plans and develops interactions for health related services appropriate to skill level and based on current industry standards to ensure exceptional patient care.
• Identifies the unique physical and emotional needs of each patient.
• Manages clinical patient data.
• Assists the provider with patient care as required.
• Knows, understands and follows directions as given by the provider.
• Assists the provider with chart documentation.
• Educates patients regarding medical diagnoses and test results.
• Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate regulatory agencies and remains compliant.
• Collaborates with providers regarding patient condition, orders, treatment plan, and anticipated needs to ensure exceptional patient care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of department and management line of authority and follows proper line of communication.
• Maintains appropriate educational experiences for skill level.

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Positive, service-oriented interpersonal communication skills.
• This position may not be inclusive to the BVMP Practice that you are assigned at the time of hire and may require you to work at another BVMP Practice, as needed.
• Knowledge of office procedures and equipment.
• Experience with throat cultures, hemocues, hemoccults, glucometer, urinalysis, and urine pregnancy testing.
• Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served in the assigned unit/department.
• Ability to apply growth and development principles over the life span and assess data reflective of the patient status to identify age-specific needs and provide the care described in the area’s policies and procedures.

• Familiarity with medical office practices.
• Typing and medical terminology experience.
• EMR experience.

This position requires a full range of body motion with intermittent walking, lifting, bending, climbing, squatting, kneeling, twisting, sitting, and standing. The associate will be required to walk up to two hours a day, stand up to two hours a day and sit up to four hours. The individual must be able to lift fifty pounds and reach work above the shoulders.

The individual must have good eye-hand coordination and fine finger dexterity to operate machines. The individual must have excellent verbal communication skills to communicate with patients, physicians, and co-workers. The associate must have vision corrected and hearing in the normal range.

This position is classified at risk for possible occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens (HBV, HIV, etc.)