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Provides competent nursing service, demonstrates general nursing knowledge by utilization of the nursing process, assumes responsibility / accountability for the outcome of nursing care guides and supervised assigned personnel in delivery of patient care. Prior experience performing phlebotomy and EKG's. Responsible / accountable for ensuring that his / her clinical behavior is consistent with the Nursing guidelines of the state in which he / she practices and the mission, goals and standards of KDMC.

• DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties :

• Assesses daily clinical and clerical processes and implements method to optimize patient flow; assesses patient's complaints and health care needs, documents vital signs, height, weight, chief complaint, duration of complaint, and current medications on each visits to clinic; observes patient to detect symptoms outside of established normal limits. Read and understands medical record.
• Recognizes and documents the learning needs of individual patient / families and identifies factors influencing patient and / or family learning; recognizes and corrects potential risks, follows universal precautions, emergency procedures to ensure a safe environment for patients, visitors and team members safety; recognizes and responds appropriately to emergency situations : communicates emergency data immediately to appropriate individuals.
• Confers with physicians and other health care team members to obtain and send additional patient information, and medical records, as requested; utilizes Clinical View to obtain lab test results, reviews for abnormal values needing immediate attention; assists with telephoning prescription and / or refills to pharmacy as directed by provider.
• Demonstrates the initiative to meet the needs of the department by assisting co-workers when workload permits; inventories and orders clinical supplies; participate in the departmental work improvement team projects.
• Completes work and documentation with accuracy within the established time frame; demonstrates knowledge of policies and procedures applicable to own job position; adheres to KDMC and departmental policies and procedures; incorporates the information from formal and informal customer satisfaction surveys into daily practice.
• Demonstrates awareness of the budget and attempts to maintain within the limits, saving measures; provides information and assistance to co-workers and other customers; responds cooperatively to supervisory directions.
• Supervises / directs employees' and activities of the family care center / occupational medicine / specialty clinic he / she supervises; carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws; reviews and enters payroll data for his / her center; develops work scheduling for his / her center; conducts monthly meetings with team members to communicate information about department, KDMC, QI, customer satisfaction etc; completes annual validations and competencies on clinical and non clinical staff. Obtains and submits requested information as requested; supports and enforces compliance with regulatory standards to include but not limited JCAHO, State, Medicare, Medicaid, OSHA, insurance companies etc.
• EDUCATION / LICENSE / CERTIFICATION / OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirement :

Two years prior experience in nursing.

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.
• Maintains active RN license in the State of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
• Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Achieves and maintains ACLS
• Preferred qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

• Three to five years of nursing experience with demonstrated leadership / management ability.
• WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Constantly works near moving mechanical parts

• Constantly exposed toblood and / or body fluids andinfection.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).

• Frequently required to walk and move about.
• Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
• Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments / devices.
• Constantly required to lift and / or move items up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently required to lift and / or move items up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift and / or move items up to 100 pounds.
• Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.