Registered Nurse - Pediatrics

Description

Founded in 1975,
Child Health Associates, P.C. (CHA) has a long history of providing high-quality, compassionate medical care to children and families throughout the Detroit metropolitan area. Our board-certified pediatricians provide comprehensive pediatric care from our offices in Troy and Novi, Michigan
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At CHA, our Registered Nurses are an integral part of the care team. They work closely with physicians, fellow nurses, medical assistants, and administrative staff to provide safe, efficient, family-centered care to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

We are looking for a compassionate, dependable, organized, and team-oriented Registered Nurse who demonstrates strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to providing an exceptional experience for our patients and families.

Successful candidates will perform responsibilities including, but not limited to:

• Triage patient and parent/caregiver calls regarding illnesses, symptoms, behavioral concerns, medications, and other health concerns using established pediatric protocols and sound clinical judgment.
• Provide appropriate home-care recommendations, education, and guidance regarding illness management, symptom monitoring, prevention, and when additional medical evaluation is needed.
• Recognize changes in a patient's condition and appropriately elevate clinical concerns to a physician or other provider.
• Provide in-office patient and parent education, including topics such as Epi Pen use, inhaler and spacer use, medication administration, wound care, and other clinical needs.
• Administer medications, vaccines, and other treatments as appropriate and within the RN scope of practice.
• Perform venipuncture on patients in the office.
• Assist physicians and other clinical team members with patient care and procedures as needed.

• Educate patients and families regarding health maintenance, preventive care, immunizations, medications, and healthy development.
• Assist with identifying and tracking patients who are overdue for well-child visits, immunizations, or other recommended care.
• Send appropriate reminders and perform outreach regarding well visits, vaccines, follow-up care, and other preventive health needs.
• Assist with practice initiatives related to vaccine compliance and preventive care.

• Perform appropriate follow-up with patients and families after hospitalizations, Emergency Department visits, Urgent Care visits, or other significant medical events.
• Review and follow up on laboratory results, diagnostic reports, and other clinical information in collaboration with the patient's physician.
• Assist with scheduling laboratory testing, imaging, and specialist appointments when needed.
• Create referrals to Care Management and other services based on physician/provider recommendations.
• Coordinate orders and referrals for services such as PT, OT, Speech Therapy, ABA Therapy, home medical equipment, phototherapy/bilirubin blankets, and other services as appropriate.
• Communicate and coordinate care with specialists, hospitals, pharmacies, insurance companies, schools, and other healthcare or community organizations as appropriate.

• Review and process medication refill requests according to established practice protocols and physician guidance.
• Provide medication-related education to patients and caregivers.
• Complete and submit medication and treatment prior authorization requests to insurance companies as needed.
• Communicate medication-related questions or concerns to the appropriate physician/provider.

• Complete health appraisal forms, school/daycare/camp forms, medication authorization forms, sports forms, work/school excuses, FMLA paperwork, 504 documentation, and other health-related documentation as appropriate.
• Review and process incoming clinical faxes, patient portal messages, telephone encounters, and electronic health record tasks.
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