Registered Nurse, Ambulatory, Full Time - 8:30am - 4:30pm, Surgery, Morristown

Job Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Utilizes the nursing process effectively (assessing the patient and situation, identifying the problem, planning, implementing, and evaluating care through the health care continuum).
• Consistently demonstrates competent clinical skills. Coordinates and completes patient assessment and re-assessment to positively impact on quality outcomes.
• Assesses barriers to learning and functional status of patient. Coordinates, evaluates, and completes patient/family teaching.
• Consistently responds to patients/families in a courteous, positive, and timely manner.
• Consistently respects the patients right to privacy and dignity.
• Consistently respects the patients’ rights to confidentiality according to HIPAA guidelines.
• Fosters a positive and pleasant environment, which promotes our shared PRIDE values.
• Promotes better patient outcomes by reviewing open gaps of care and coordinating closure of care gaps.
• Interacts directly with patients and team members, documents in Epic as appropriate.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration• Responsible for in basket management.
• Assists with pharmacy contact, medication ordering and renewal.
• Reviews and appropriately disseminates labs based on acuity. Reviews and appropriately responds to patient messages, in collaboration with clinician(s).
• Recognizes emergency situations and acts appropriately. Clarifies physician orders as indicated.
• Maintains a safe environment for team members and patients/visitors: physical, psychological, and environmental. Utilizes the HRO safety principles.
• Reports all injuries (patient or staff) using event reporting system.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medication and vaccine administration according to policy, carries out physician orders in an accurate and timely manner.
• Monitors effects of medications and reports adverse effects in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates knowledge of policies and procedures, including but not limited to knowledge and skill of emergency equipment and procedures.
• Identifies and reports all risk management issues in a timely manner.
• Responsible for phone management of patients.
• Triages phone calls utilizing critical thinking and assessment skills to evaluate the chief complaint and urgency of the problem. Triages phone calls to determine acuity to assist in scheduling appointments.
• Provides comprehensive medical record documentation. Documents all communications and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Participates in and/or organizes regular practice huddles, communicates effectively with team members and physicians; actively listens and seeks feedback. Collaborates with team members to solve problems and resolve conflicts. Functions as a resource/mentor and provides support to team members to resolve patient care and team concerns/issues.
• Utilizes standard precautions including, appropriate isolation techniques. Consistently follows the Ambulatory Health Care National Patient Safety Goals.
• Through the model of Shared Governance, collaborates with all members of the health care team with a focus on promoting evidence-based care within a healing culture for the patient population served and their families.
• Demonstrates knowledge of documentation guidelines. Documents patient’s response to the ordered treatment protocol. Reports changes in a patient condition to the clinician immediately. Consistently collects and completes all required documentation.
  accuracy of order entry and transcription. 
• Maintains competency in use of all needed information systems. Able to communicate effectively verbally and electronically.
• Pursues and participates in formal and independent learning activities to enhance knowledge, clinical competency, and professional development.
• Monitors quality dashboards for assigned clinicians/practice.
• Performs other duties per operational needs of the assigned clinical practice area and within the scope of RN license.
• Supports the overall strategic goals of the clinical practice care area, AMG, the AHS hospital sites, Atlantic Visiting Nurse, and the system.
• Exemplifies and fosters the AHS P.R.I.D.E. values in their clinical practice: Purpose, Respect, Innovation, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Extraordinary Caring.

Education Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED; graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
  required
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred

Experience Requirements

• At least 2 years’ clinical practice, ambulatory practice preferred

Certificates Required

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) credential required

Licenses Required

• RN license, valid in the State of N.J.

Other Desired Skills

• Knowledge and command of electronic medical records systems. EPIC Ambulatory