Job Summary
Position is responsible for providing nursing care to patients in a professional and courteous manner. Carries out Physician orders including but not limited to assisting with procedures, administering injections, performing phlebotomy, taking patient calls, cleaning and stocking exam rooms, calling in prescriptions, coordinating supply levels, pre-certifying patients medical services, and assisting the physician with all other patient care as requested.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent Minimum Years of Experience: None Substitutable Education & Experience: None
Required Certifications/Licensure
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of South Carolina; Current CPR certification.
Required Training
Basic first aid knowledge
Essential Functions
Maintains a positive attitude. Has contact by phone, correspondence, or personal meetings with persons in other departments or outside the practice; tact is required in these contacts and the employee assumes the responsibility for harmonious relationships.
Demonstrates the following:
• Appropriate communication of information to all ages. • Infant - Birth to 1 year • Child - 1 year through 12 years • Adolescent - 13 years through 17 years • Adult - 18 years through 65 years • Geriatric - Over 65 years
Responsiveness to all patients and office staff requests and needs. Performance of duties assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency, i.e., fire or disaster.
Communication
Provides/Performs Communication • Telephones (Answer, Transfer) • Orders/Messages • Phone Triage • Physician - Orders, Patient Issues, etc. • Patient - Concerns, treatment, etc. • Staff - Patient Care, Referrals, Precertification, etc.
Understands and agrees to seek compliance with appropriate health and safety regulatory agencies
Scheduling and Referrals
Scheduling • Referrals • Appointments • Ancillaries • Surgeries (Inpatient, Outpatient) • Hospital Admissions • Medical Records • Documentation • Forms - Chart Structure • Chart Maintenance • Chart Filing/Pulling (Diagnostic Reports, Transcription, Correspondence) • Image Files • Faxing • Copying • Mail In • Mail Out • Lab • Phlebotomy • Specimen Collection and Processing • Proficiency Testing • Results Reporting
Duties & Responsibilities
Medication Management • Intravenously (RN/LPN Only) • IV Push (RN Only) • Subcutaneously, Intramuscular • Intradermal • Orally, Topical, Suppository, Sublingual, Inhalants • Storage and Handling • Ordering/Maintaining Levels
Patient Care
• Exam Room - Preparation & Maintenance • Conducts Patient Interview • Chaperone - Assists patients as needed • Assisting/Performing minor procedures • Triage (By telephone or in person)
Implementation of Physician Orders
• Patient Education • Results Reporting • Clinical Documentation
Operation of and responsibility for equipment
• General Office Equipment (including, but not limited to, routine maintenance, ordering of supplies, log sheets and cleaning) • Patient Care Equipment (including, but not limited to, BP, Temperature, Scales, etc.) • Specialized Equipment (X-Ray, Bone Density, Ultrasound, Treadmill, Laboratory Equipment(Processing), Laser Equipment, Defibrillator, Holter Monitors, Cardiac Pacemakers, Other)
Competency
• Department Orientation • Annual Training • Log Sheets/ Audits • Samples, Pharmacy, Mayday Equipment, Oxygen, Equipment Instruments • Stock Appropriately - Maintain Levels • Cleaning / Sterilization • Knowledge of and usage Storage
Leadership
• Provides Support and Guidance for Clinical Policies and Procedures • Other Precertification/Authorization Coding • E & M / Basic Visits • Office Procedures/ Complex Visits • Surgeries • Hospital Services • Correspondence • Statistical Reports • Accounts Payable • Payroll • Performs all other duties as assigned.