Clinical RN Job Description
Clinical RN
provides all clinical activities under the direction of the Corporate Medical Director (CMD) and the local supervising physician and in accordance with applicable laws governing state licensure and national certification.
Clinical RN Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Ensure compliance with federal requirements for center-wide QA plan and activities, provider peer review, and risk management oversight and training
Coordinate and provide administrative support for Medical Dental Advisory Committee (MDAC) quarterly meetings
Supervise the Health Information department, Care Model Coordinator, and Medical Administration staff
Act as a liaison with Managed Care department and MDAC on provider credentialing
Oversee and coordinate center-wide provider incentive plans and payment processes
Oversee the coordination and analysis of the health center’s patient experience process and results
Participate and provide leadership in center-wide committees, such as Quality Improvement, Meaningful Use, Health Information, Infection Control and Electronic Health Record committees
Provide clinical administrative direction
Maintain adequate inventory of all clinical supplies and linens, routinely remove any expired medical supplies/materials
Prepare and administer prescribed medication in accordance with standards
Clinical RN Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Clinical RN
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, PALS, ACLS
Education for Clinical RN
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the clinical RN job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Graduate, Nursing Program, Computer, Management, Communication, Science, School of Nursing, Associates, Education
Skills for Clinical RN
Desired skills for clinical RN include:
Professional nursing practice and theory
Federal and local laws
Responsibilities and applicable state
Ensures compliance with all clinical expectations of regulatory agency requirements
Medical Alert
Medical Emergency Systems
Use of and response to Facility Alert
ADA
FMLA
OSHA
Desired experience for clinical RN includes:
Coordinating and managing all services rendered to clients and families by professional nursing staff ensuring quality and regulatory compliance
Staff education and competency
Overseeing assignments of cases to staff
Maintaining staff productivity and determining when to call in additional staff
Providing direct care to clients as appropriate
Sharing responsibility for on-call supervision with other clinical management staff
Clinical RN Examples
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Clinical RN Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clinical RN. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for clinical RN
- Functions as the HIPPA and Red Flag Compliance Officer
- Supervising the day-to-day activities and workflow of all incoming advocacy calls/cases and implementing procedural best practices
- Administrative functions and supervision of the assigned team, which includes monitoring productivity, quality management, scheduling, and reporting as applicable
- Lead in-depth problem solving analysis and coordinate efforts with internal departments and subject matter experts to resolve issues as necessary
- Provides supervision and guidance to the Medical Assistant and Surgery/Procedure Scheduling staff of the St
- Coordinates and facilitates the growth and development of the St
- Responsible for orientation and training of new hires
- Responsible for the ongoing competency training of all clinical and surgery/procedure scheduling staff
- Facilitates development of protocols, updates care guidelines, clinical pathways and educational materials as appropriate through evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
- Improves the quality of care for the Orthopaedic patient population by facilitating process improvement plans to ensure compliance with clinical practice guidelines
Qualifications for clinical RN
- Ability to resolve issues/problems with minimum supervision
- Active RN license in the state of OH, IN or KY is required to practice
- Minimum of 2-5 years of clinical experience preferably in an acute care, skilled or rehabilitation clinical setting
- Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience as a registered nurse (RN)
- Must be a Registered Nurse in the State of Nevada and be a graduate of an approved school of professional nursing
- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of clinical RN. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for clinical RN
- Triages patient utilizing computerized protocols/algorithms
- Refers issues requiring physician interventions to physician in a timely manner
- Demonstrates effective verbal communications
- Good communication skills, able work well with physicians
- Serves as an Ex-officio member of the Medical Executive Committee for Centers
- Monitoring all aspects of infection control for staff and guests/residents and collaborating with clinical leadership to develop appropriate process to ensure effective infection control monitoring
- Analyzing, developing and implementing Quality Improvement measures for clinical indicators / benchmarking
- Provides excellence in customer service through communication with all members of health care team
- Collaborating with the physician to review patients for changes in condition, adverse events, concomitant medication use, protocol compliance, response to drug study and thoroughly documenting all findings
- Working directly with other research bases and/or sponsors
Qualifications for clinical RN
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or other related health care field required (Associate’s Degree from accredited nursing school with four or more years of additional clinical experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree)
- Minimum 3 years of clinical review experience, utilization management review experience, and/or health care claims auditing experience
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or other coding credential
- Experience with managed care systems preferred
- Must be able to travel based on client and business needs (approximately 10%
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or other related health care field required (Associate’s Degree from accredited nursing school with related experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree)
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of clinical RN. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for clinical RN
- Work collaboratively with Population Health Management leadership in the development of program success metrics and ongoing performance metrics
- Perform Clinical Chart Audits on an ongoing basis
- Perform Quality Audits on an ongoing basis
- Maintain compliance with AAPC coding standards and CMS Risk Adjustment guidelines
- Assists with orientation of new staff to the organization
- Develops and coordinates education plans related to initial and ongoing competency validation
- Supports staff development with educational activities (which include remediation, certification, mentoring, NCQA requirements, product roll-outs)
- Facilitates teambuilding and leadership development
- Under the general supervision of the Director, Educator is responsible for designing, implementing, facilitating, and evaluating new and continuing educational programs, in-service education, and orientation for nursing and allied health personnel within the Surgical Services Department
- Assists with life support training including teaching, evaluating, tracking and follow up with employees as needed
Qualifications for clinical RN
- One to Two years current Telemetry/Progressive Care or Emergency Department Clinical Nurse experience in an Acute Care setting
- Current PCCN certification
- Recent 1 year of endoscopy experience
- One year recent Acute Care Progressive Care Unit/Telemetry RN experience
- Two years recent acute care hospital RN experience with progressive responsibilities
- Ability to perform all baseline clinical nursing interventions
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a clinical RN. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clinical RN
- Routinely conducts inter-market performance improvement reviews of care coordination physician and patient engagement within the scope of care improvement
- Leads intra-market and participate in inter-market performance improvement initiatives
- Conducts in-market performance review of Clinical Coordinators using performance improvement audit tools
- Reviews both inter- and intra-market performance improvement audits with Executive Director
- Monitors staff performance through daily and weekly activity reports
- Attends sub-committee meetings
- Weekly report to the ED to provide Care Coordination update
- Attends weekly IIT/Dashboard meetings
- Attends Quarterly meeting with Practice Manager to review Care Coordination referral process
- Assists ED and PR to facilitate TOC process with hospital case managers
Qualifications for clinical RN
- One year current adult Emergency Room or Intensive Care RN experience in an Acute Care setting
- One year recent Medical Surgical or Oncology RN experience in an acute care setting
- ONS Chemotherapy/Biotherapy certification must be obtained within six (6) months of hire
- Two years recent Medical Surgical or Oncology RN experience in an acute care setting
- Graduate of a RN Nursing School/Program
- One year current Endoscopy experience in both the sedation and technical aspects
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a clinical RN. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clinical RN
- Medication reconciliation per discharge standard
- Pre and Post procedure patient teaching for wound and site care
- Accurate and complete recording of medication history in the out-patient setting
- Coordinates the clinical operations for the Observation Care Unit (OCU) with cardiovascular and critical care services
- Serves as liaison for the group with department administration
- Responsible for training of OCU RN and technician employees to the department
- Maintains POC competency records for staff working and floating to the OCU
- Completes employee evaluations with prescribed documentation and submits forms to human resources in timely manner
- Provides copies of evaluations and employee documentation as needed to service line director
- Coordinates communication of continuing education for OCU related topics, including community education and events
Qualifications for clinical RN
- Ability to work as a team with other interdisciplinary members
- Minimum two (2) years current experience in the ICU/ED or invasive cath lab (cardiac, radiology, endoscopy) strongly preferred
- One year of recent Home Health or Hospice experience
- One year recent Acute Care RN experience
- One year of labor and delivery experience in an acute, hospital setting
- One year of recent home health experience