Registered Nurse; RN

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Full Time Professional Specialty Services, Oyate Health Center, Rapid City, SD, US

This position is responsible for providing direct patient care providing the highest quality nursing care to Oyate Health Center (OHC) patients in the outpatient or urgent care setting. This position promotes the efficient and effective use of a variety of health care resources by focusing on the whole patient to provide a seamless continuum of care and care management.

Essential Functions:

The following functions are fundamental to the position and are required of all incumbents, with or without reasonable accommodation. These functions define the role and are not an exhaustive list of all duties.

• Understands key concepts including same-day access, continuity of care, empanelment, and integrated care.
• Works effectively in a rapidly changing and innovative health care system.
• Responsible for direct care and active management of patients throughout the age continuum.
• Prepares for patient appointments by performing pre-visit planning in accordance with established procedures.
• Performs comprehensive and/or focused assessment and/or screenings on patients as indicated for physical, mental, and psychosocial needs to develop a comprehensive care management plan that will address patient needs.
• Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of the patient; explains procedures and treatments to the patient to gain cooperation, understanding, and allay apprehension.
• Operates and monitors medical equipment in accordance with established procedures and scope of practice.
• Administers prescribed medications according to scope of practice;
  Assesses a patient prior to and following medication administration or oxygen administration and documents this assessment appropriately;
  Uses a systematic process to determine the efficacy of medication administration and determines the appropriate action to take when medication administered are ineffective or have limited effectiveness.
• Assists medical providers during treatment and examination of patient as needed.
• Maintains accountability for delivery of quality nursing care;
  Communicates with medical providers and supervisor to obtain diagnostic and therapeutic assistance and coordination of needs.
• Record accurate, timely, and appropriate information in the patient’s electronic health record:
  Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures administered and status of coordinated activities between nursing staff and other professional disciplines.
• Develops and implements patient education plans by providing age-appropriate instructions to patients in accordance with established clinic guidelines.
• Collaborates proactively with all interdisciplinary team members and with a patient focus to facilitate and maximize patient health outcomes.
• Utilizes client-based tracking system or clinical databases to track, monitor, and assure the appropriate followup of clients.
• Coordinates with other service lines as needed.
• Utilizes skills in prioritizing needs, problem solving, and decision-making in a clinical setting.
• Efficiently and effectively manages multiple responsibilities.
• Responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies, code procedures, and established protocol. Participate in quality improvement activities such as GPRA, PI, IPC, nursing audits/peer review, infection control, case management, and nursing care conferences.
• Utilizes best practice model to identify, incorporate or develop best practices for patient management.
• Collaborates with other teams to share and establish best…