Registered Nurse-Admissions

REGISTERED NURSE-ADMISSIONS (240 Day)

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) Registered Nurse (Career Service) Position Number  Department:
Health Care Center (240 Day Position)

How you will make an impact The incumbent of this position is responsible for providing age/special needs appropriate nursing care to school age student patients ranging from preschool to 22 years of age, including assessment of student patient needs specific to their age. Nursing care is planned, interventions are performed to assure those needs are met and evaluated for effectiveness of nursing care.

Health care services are provided according to physician orders, nursing clinical guidelines, FSDB and HCC policies and procedure. Coordinate the admissions process, including conducting interviews and collecting required applicant information and documentation. Request, obtain, and review medical records as part of the admissions evaluation process. Maintain regular communication with parents/guardians, providing updates regarding admission status and required documentation. Complete file reviews and comprehensive assessments of medical records for all prospective admissions.

Collaborate closely with admissions team members to ensure a seamless and efficient admissions process. Update and maintain applicant status in the electronic tracking system, documenting communications, record requests, and record receipt status. Enter new student information into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and verify data accuracy. Ensure all eligibility requirements and admission criteria are met prior to student enrollment.

Monitor compliance with organizational, regulatory, and documentation standards throughout the admissions process. Facilitate timely processing of admissions to support successful student onboarding and enrollment. Serves as a health care liaison among the student, nurse, physician, family, academic and residential staff to provide a continuum of care for the student. Promotes student's personal and social integration. Reinforces healthy behaviors and interaction patterns and helps modify or discontinue unhealthy ones.

Integrates patient teaching into every student encounter. Communicates in a timely manner with family, academic and residential staff following all student encounters and prior to initiation of all medical treatments and interventions. Collects patient health data as an RN ACU/TCU provider. Prioritizes and collects data based on the patient's immediate health care need or medical condition. Completes a comprehensive history of personal and health factors, medical treatment, and prior treatment.

Involves the student, parents, and interdisciplinary team members in the assessment process and data analysis. Assures that the assessment process is systematic and ongoing. Bases data collection on clinical judgment. Documents the database in synthesized, prioritized, and retrievable form. Enters all contact and history information into EHR in a SOAP note format. Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and develops nursing diagnosis and problem statements from data.

Discusses and verifies nursing diagnoses and risk factors with patient and parents. Assures that the nursing diagnoses and clinical impressions are documented in a manner that facilitates the identification of patient outcomes and their use in the plan of care. Communicates with parents, staff, and stakeholders regarding student medical issues as needed. Collaborates with outside medical providers as needed for continuity of care purposes.

Other related duties.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Considerable knowledge of principles and practices of nursing for the school aged child and special needs child;
Ability to utilize the nursing process and to collaborate with other health care clinicians is required;
Ability to effectively communicate in English verbally and in writing and electronically;
Ability to learn to communicate effectively in sign language;
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others;
Skill and ability to provide professional, effective and confidential customer…