RN, Urology

US-OR-Portland

Requisition :

Position Category: Nursing-RN

Job Type: ONA union represented

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Posting Department: Urology

Posting Salary Range: $55.24 - $92.02 per hour with offer based on experience, education and internal equity

Posting FTE: 1.00

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Schedule:

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri

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Hours:

7:30am-6:00pm

HR Mission: Healthcare

Drug Testable: Yes

The Department of Urology at OHSU is committed to providing the highest quality, state-of-the-art care for adult urology patients. Our physicians are recognized leaders in their fields, have advanced fellowship training in urological subspecialties, and are expert, high-volume surgeons. We consider it a privilege to be able to offer urologic care to our patients and continually strive to provide it with a personalized, patient-centered and compassionate focus.

This position is a float between the Adult Urology clinic at Adventist Health Portland and Adult Urology at CHH1 10th floor. Clinical assignment would be based on need.

The practice specializes in providing urologic care for adults. Services include catheterizations, specimen collections, prostate/testicular biopsies, cystoscopies, cystograms, lupograms, retro urethrograms, calypso beacon, gold seed placements, urodynamics, vasectomies, stent exchanges/removals/placements, voiding trials, medication administration (BCG, Lupron, Trimix, Xiaflex, testosterone pellets, Botox), Foley placement, catheter irrigations, and dilations.

A Registered Nurse (RN) working in the Department of Urology is a member of a multi-disciplinary team and has the primary responsibility for and provides direct and indirect professional nursing care for patients. This includes representing the practice both in-person and on the telephone, other OHSU departments, and non-OHSU facilities. The RN assesses patient and family needs, develops a plan of care, implements and evaluates the care delivered.

The Registered Nurse is expected to practice in accordance with professional standards, core values, and with a commitment to service excellence.

• Independent nursing practice
  • Direct and indirect patient care
  • Apply critical thinking skills and ability to independently, within your scope, perform initial assessment and interpretation of cardiac rhythms, manage patient assessment and planning, My Chart messages, phone calls and routed EPIC encounters
  • Assess status of patient both in person and virtually, troubleshooting issues as they arise, coordinating with care team as required.
  • Nurse visits with and without a provider for case management, triage and patient education
  • Return calls to patients about lab/test results, check on blood pressure logs, wound care, answer medication and device questions
  • Assess the physical, emotional, social and educational needs of patients who are calling or coming into the urology clinic in a comprehensive and systematic manner, including patient history
  • Take initiative to review patient charts before provider visits in preparation for patient assessment.
    • Work with medical assistants to set up labs and other tests prior to patient appointment
    • Follow up on ED, post-procedure and prior office visits
    • Meet with patients and present to provider
    • Be proactive and prepared
• Tend to most patient care needs in between visits with the provider (phone calls and My Chart messages, etc.)
  • Utilize critical thinking skills to assess patient situations, to the best of RN ability based on knowledge transfer within nursing scope
  • Use templates for documentation
• Be able to evaluate urological issues and understand the management goals and options
• Engage in transitions of care
  • Schedule inpatient admissions as needed
  • Conduct patient follow up calls…