RN Urology - Kesley-Seybold Clinic - NW Campus

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

15% Clerical  Review doctor's schedule, abstract as needed,  print PVS for each patient and request other relevant information needed for patient's visit that day Prepares and submits patient documents for scanning Monitor assigned in basket and complete work as needed-Overdue Results/Letters Schedule appointments and assist patient with specialty referrals and radiology testing Provide AVS and or pre-printed patient educational material as directed by provider Proper disposal of confidential patient information - daily Follows HIPAA policy and procedures regarding patient confidentiality

Develop patient teaching plans Identify basic health related learning needs of patient Prepare and submit UR and other referrals as directed by the physician Call in prescriptions as directed by the physician 20% Patient Care Utilize the nursing process.  Act as an advocate to promote quality patient care.  Critically analyze and integrate subjective and objective data regarding concerns and conditions both in direct encounters, computer, or telephone

Medication administration using the 7 rights, document, monitor, and report response

Monitor in basket for orders placed by physician and perform  tasks that need to be completed; reports and accurately documents patient response.  Manage workload in assigned departmental in basket to include: result notes, Rx requests, Rx response, orders, patient calls, over due results, canceled orders, expiring orders and patient advice requests

Telephone management: collect pertinent patient information to help identify health care needs and document in the medical record.  Report information to physician for direction of care or provide care advice as appropriate to the situation

Perform CPR as needed and actively participates in management of emergency response (includes code blue and code orange teams)
Document observations related to health status and report findings

Transport patient within facility as needed depending on acuity of patient Rooms patients, performs testing, and assist physician as patient acuity warrants on arrival as rooms become available
10% Departmental Maintenance Monitor supplies, medications and forms and notifies appropriate staff when reorder needed Remove and tag broken equipment and notifies coordinator, supervisor, or manager Cleans assigned exam rooms daily and documents on log  Monitors supplies for expiration date and restock to par levels Perform sterilization of instruments and complete logs (assignment based on completion of sterilization class and delegation by appropriate nursing staff) Attends staff meetings Maintain a clean and organized work area with a minimum of personal items 10% QA-Regulatory  Uses frequent hand washing or hand sanitizer (up to 10 times before have to wash hands with soap and water, unless hands visibly soiled) to prevent and control the spread of disease within the clinical setting Complete daily logs as assigned by nursing supervisor or coordinator:
Waived testing (ie  glucometer, urine dipstick and urine pregnancy  logs) CLIA standards Refrigerator and room temperature logs Eye wash station Sterilizer log Crash cart log Narcotic log Other QA logs  Performs accurate, legal, & ethical documentation Maintain patient confidentiality Practice OSHA safety standards with proper disposal of biohazard waste Uses gloves and PPE as needed Uses aseptic or  sterile technique as needed Verify equipment has a current PM label before use Identifies and reports potential barriers for the safe provision of patient care and maintains a safe patient environment.

Responsible for personal growth and career development. Demonstrates competency during annual skills, Reports unsafe practices. Participates in continuing nursing education programs and professional nursing organization
15% Customer Service Works with patients to…