RN Cardiology - Kelsey Seybold Clinic: Memorial

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties.

Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

• Clinical Activities
  • Participates in patient care activities and adheres to requirement of a Registered Nurse when providing direct patient care. This is demonstrated by:
  • Makes sound nursing judgment based on nursing theory
  • Develops and maintains collaborative relationship with all members of the healthcare delivery system
  • Considers needs of the department, preplanning, and proactive, making adjustments as needed
  • Medical Record documentation is legible, concise and accurate, timely
  • Documentation of charges is accurate and complete on the SR and Patient Flow Sheet
  • Plans for special items
  • Communicates all-important facts to Director/ Administrator, Supervisor, and Manager
  • Assesses and individualize the needs of each client and respond appropriately, utilizing available patient resources
  • Ensures specific appropriate patient education. Completion of consents and admission requirements Assume responsibility for competency of practice and takes initiative for professional development and continuing education
  • Assesses and individualizes the needs of each patient and responds appropriately to patient needs
  • Directs all questions or concerns regarding medication, lab, etc. to the Nurse Supervisor/Clinic
• Quality Improvement Activities
  • These activities are everyone’s responsibility. Actively participates as evidenced by:
  • Understanding of the quality improvement process
  • Participates in Quality Improvement Team Projects as appropriate
  • Completes assigned monitors in a timely and accurate manner
• Customer Service
  • Maintains active professional relationships with doctors/co-workers and patients by assessing needs and levels of satisfaction with the Cardiology clinic and its diagnostic departments… Demonstrates a positive, friendly, and courteous manner. Identifies opportunities to enhance the services provided by the Cardiology Department as shown by:
  • Positive patient & physician satisfaction
  • Reports all inefficiencies, deficiencies, and unusual occurrences to Director/Administrator
  • Serves as a role model to other staff
    
    Maintains confidentiality on matters to which they are privileged
  • Demonstrates Kelsey-Seybold Vision, Mission, and Values
• Employee Management
  • Oversees coordination of patient services:
  • Responsible for physician schedules, Lab Office rotation, Cath 1 rotation, and interventional coverage rotation
  • Responsible for coordination of specific roles in patient care with Desk LVN team members
  • Explains policies, procedures, and methods to staff who do not understand
• Resource and Inventory Management
  • Ensures proper use of resources (time and supplies) as evidenced by:
  • Careful use of supplies and medicines to avoid waste. Reports to supervisor when supplies are low and need ordering. Documentation of charges accurate and complete
  • Keeps accurate time records
  • Stocks units with supplies/drugs as needed
  • Helps keep supplies neat & organized
  • Identifies opportunities to be more cost‑effective and efficient
• Regulatory Compliance
  • Complies with local, State and Federal rules and regulations and accreditation guidelines as evidenced by:
  • 100% of regulatory concerns or unusual occurrences are reported to supervisor nurse within 24 hours of occurrences
  • When patient injury or disaster occurs, administrator is notified immediately
  • RN license and ACLS and CPR certification kept current and kept on file at the Center

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you…