RN - Patient Advisory Nurse Weekend Program (Clinic)
Company: CARLE
Location: Decatur
Posted on: October 25, 2024
Job Description:
***Potential to be remote after approximately 6 months***The
Patient Advisory team is the first point of contact for our
immediate and extended communities, PAN RN's are the key to making
sure our patients are cared for 24/7. By providing the ideal blend
of autonomy of practice and nursing judgement, while still offering
support and protections through outlined processes. The ideal
candidate will enhance our talented team by offering mastery in
chronic and acute process, strong verbal communication skills,
ability to critically think and thrive in a fast-paced environment,
while remaining patient centric.
- Assesses and triages patient concerns via
telephone/video/electronic methods using embedded adult and
pediatric protocols.
- Assesses health needs, develops plans of care, and coordinates
care for patients who are experiencing health concerns.
- Documents all telephone encounters received/initiated within
Epic and completes appropriate EMR documentation and follow
up.
- Provides medication management assistance by renewing,
refilling, cancelling, transcribing, and reconciling medication
orders as appropriate within departmental guidelines.
- Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of
practice.
- Provides education and counseling to patients, families, and
groups.
- Facilitates care coordination between patient and provider
during 24/7 operations.
- Communicates with outside facilities when appropriate.
- Assists with department tracking, auditing, and reporting
feedback for opportunities of improvement.
- Serves as a resource within the organization and/or community
by providing additional support to other Carle clinical team
members and patients when needed.
- Acts as a preceptor and supports the development and retention
of other staff.
- Recognizes and initiates change initiatives that improve
clinical outcomes utilizing evidence-based practices where
applicable.
- Provides leadership for initiatives designed to improve the
quality of care or clinical outcomes.
- Assists leadership team members with development and
implementation of departmental processes.
- Completes and maintains all required education pertaining to
licensures, competency, and compliance at department, system, and
state levels.
- Participation in department and system lead workgroups or
meetings upon request.
- Primarily providing telehealth triage for acute needs for Carle
Health, Health Alliance, and additional contracted health systems
through daytime and after-hours to facilitate and maintain patient
safety and care.
- Provides after-hour care of patient needs, supports critical
patient communications, and maintains working knowledge of
specialized processes including but not limited to: Receiving and
communicating critical lab value reporting, heart monitor alerts,
hospital discharges, AMS patients, patient and provider appointment
management, and other miscellaneous tasks as outlined within
onboarding and orientation.
- Performs essential Charge RN functions in rotation with other
team members that directly supports immediate team needs,
operational flows, and patient care support.
Keywords: CARLE, Decatur , RN - Patient Advisory Nurse Weekend Program (Clinic), Healthcare , Decatur, Illinois
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