Registered Nurse Outpatient Job Description
Registered Nurse Outpatient Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective registered nurse outpatient job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included registered nurse outpatient job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Registered Nurse Outpatient Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Registered Nurse Outpatient
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPR, IV, ACLS, CDN, CNN
Education for Registered Nurse Outpatient
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the registered nurse outpatient job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education, Associates, Graduate, School of Nursing, Science, Nursing Program, Nursing Education, Department of Education, Healthcare
Skills for Registered Nurse Outpatient
Desired skills for registered nurse outpatient include:
Desired experience for registered nurse outpatient includes:
Registered Nurse Outpatient Examples
Registered Nurse Outpatient Job Description
- Assist with bedside procedure including gynecological exams, phlebotomy
- Maintaining participant safety while at the center
- Act as liaison between providers/family/pharmacy and will be an active member of interdisciplinary team and cross train to home care RN position
- Communication.Provides medical case management and communication with referral sources
- Evaluation & Documentation.Demonstrates effective assessment skills that identify common physiological and psychological needs, perception and expectations of patient in regards to immediate and long term care
- Performing health screenings to include blood draws, drug screens, pulmonary function testing, EKGs, and audio and vision testing
- Administering vaccinations within the clinic and outside of the facility and placing PPD shots
- Triaging workers’ compensation patients and preparing them to be seen by the provider
- Scanning and Indexing of patient records
- Answers telephone messages along with triaging patient calls under the direction of the provider
- Recent nursing practice experience or prior medical office experience preferred
- RN Licensure with Reciprocity in the state of Virginia
- BLS for the Healthcare Provider CPR
- Experience in oncology, IV therapy or medical nursing preferred
- One (1) year of dialysis experience is preferred
- Knowledge of patient care standards normally acquired through graduation of an accredited R.N
Registered Nurse Outpatient Job Description
- Works with the DME companies to provide patient equipment
- Assesses callers needs and assists them with issues related to patient care utilizing the nursing process
- Adapts communication style to persons representing diverse personal, professional, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds
- Ability to multi-task, simultaneously thinks, talks, and types
- Utilizes the computer database to assess, educate, and document all information in an accurate manner
- Refers calls requiring a provider’s response and triages as medically necessary
- Screens and responds to patient phone calls, directing to clinicians as needed
- Identifies actual and potential problems and communicates pertinent events to the Hospitalist or appropriate person
- Schedules the first post-discharge appointment for patients
- Acts as a liaison for patients and families between the Hospitalist, other Physicians, clinical staff and hospital to ensure excellent patient care
- Meets minimum established quality and productivity standards
- Advanced cardiac and basic life support
- Telemetry training and experience required
- Less than six months of Registered Nurse clinical experience required
- Must have current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island
- Less than six months of Registered Nurse clinical experience
Registered Nurse Outpatient Job Description
- Peds experience strongly preferred, UC and/or ER experience a plus
- Recent RN experience strongly preferred
- Hospital experience and/or UC and/or ER experience strongly preferred
- Peds experience strongly preferred
- Assist in navigating the patient from inpatient to the outpatient infusion room
- Provide infusions ranging from blood, chemo, electrolytes and some organ transplant care
- Use an integrated approach towards patient outcomes
- Answering patient questions pre and post-surgery
- Angiograms
- Fistulograms
- Current American Heart Association Certified BLS Instructor
- Strong instructional and communication skills
- Strong knowledge base or clinical experience in field of lactation
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to display a caring demeanor towards others
- Requires current state of Indiana license as Registered RN
- Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA
Registered Nurse Outpatient Job Description
- Other Outpatient Vascular Surgery procedures
- Hospital experience, Primary Care and/or UC and/or ER experience strongly preferred
- Implement and maintain established department, unit, administrative, and clinical policies/procedures for patient care, safety, and infection control
- Participate in improving organizational performance activities as assigned
- Provide direct patient care and consults with other specialists as indicated
- Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessment on all patients undergoing infusion therapy and performs patient care including monitoring of the patient’s vital signs
- Administer prescribed medications and treatments according to physician orders and/or hospital-approved protocols
- Develop and teach individualized patient focused care and education according to assessed learning needs
- Document in a clear, concise, and organized manner to ensure the accuracy of the electronic medical record
- Collaborate and communicate with other personnel to maintain good employee relations, meet interdepartmental objectives, and optimize patient care
- Knowledge of OSHA,CLIA, and ADA
- Two years experience in an ambulatory setting preferred
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology and general knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT coding
- Knowledge of procedures for performing the functions appropriate to the specific clinical area and familiarity with designated pieces of equipment and supplies
- Requires awareness and understanding of legal implications of patient care activities and performance as a Registered Nurse
- Basic working understanding of the concepts of infection control principles to prevent the spread of infection to patients, self and others
Registered Nurse Outpatient Job Description
- Demonstrate sensitivity to each patient's comfort, safety, and privacy needs
- Activate the chain of command, and follows through on complaints, incidents, ethical concerns, or unusual occurrences
- Participate in meetings, educational events, license/certification renewals, and professional associations as appropriate to nursing specialty
- Coordinating patient readiness and care throughout the clinic
- Chronic hemodialysis experience (preferred)
- Entry level for RNs with 2 years or more of nephrology nursing experience within the last two years or BSN plus 1 year of nephrology nursing experience within the last two years
- Knowledge of principles of growth/development across the life span
- Requires ability to cope with varying personalities of patients
- Requires ability to remain calm in emergency situations
- Requires ability to coordinate a number of functions for a group of patients in an effective timely manner
- Requires ability to assess patients without face-to-face interaction
- Requires ability to provide clinical reasoning