RN Clinic Job Description
RN clinic
provides the highest level of nursing assessment and integration of data collected related to the health status of the patient.
RN Clinic Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective RN clinic job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included RN clinic job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Accurately and promptly refill prescriptions as authorized by provider and/or practice policy
Instruct patient in collection of samples and tests
Consistently demonstrate correct handling of procedure specimens per physician orders, including appropriate identification, labeling, dating and disposition of the specimen
Maintain confidentiality of all information related to patients, medical staff, employees and as appropriate
Be the professional responsible for facilitating the patient care flow in the clinic while providing direct patient care for an assigned provider
Facilitate the workflow in the area by conducting nursing assessments and documentation
Assist with maintaining compliance to professional nursing standards and regulatory requirements and will support physicians in delivering quality healthcare to patients taking into account the patients' individual physical or age-related needs
Be required to rotate through a weekend shift
Utilizes the nursing process when assisting with the delivery of primary health care and patient care management in the clinic setting
Perform a wide variety of patient care activities including documentation within the medical record
RN Clinic Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for RN Clinic
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, ACLS, BLS
Education for RN Clinic
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the RN clinic job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Education, Patient Care, Teaching, Nursing Program, Graduate, Science, College of Nursing, School of Nursing, Management
Skills for RN Clinic
Desired skills for RN clinic include:
Analyze information
Current health status
Detect and anticipate early and subtle health status changes
Monitor
Physiology to perform an independent assessment
Instrumentation and post-surgical care
Surgical procedures
Organizational policies
Moderate analgesia and reversal agents
Medications specific to the management of the adult patient requiring procedural sedation
Desired experience for RN clinic includes:
One year clinic RN experience or 2 years of acute care experience preferred
Knowledge of medical practice strongly desired
Ability to insert, maintain, and discontinue Foley catheters, converts to leg bags
Ability to administer, maintain, and discontinue I.V
Ability to perform health history assessments
Ability to provide detailed phone assessment, documentation, and recommendation skills
RN Clinic Examples
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RN Clinic Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a RN clinic. 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 RN clinic
- Assess patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes
- Documents data and identified outcomes
- Evaluates care and the patient’s response to interventions and expected outcomes
- Organizational Expectations
- Coordinates staff orientation and training
- Be required to have a broad range of general nursing knowledge and expertise
- Be required to rotate through a weekend shift on occasion
- Drive once a week to patients homes
- Administers and controls narcotics and medications
- Assists all members of the health care team with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care
Qualifications for RN clinic
- 1 year full time school nursing experience within the last 2 years
- 1 year full time outpatient clinic nursing experience within the last 2 years
- Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing required
- Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree from an accredited school of nursing preferred
- Oncology Certified Nurse certification preferred
- Ability to administer, maintains, and discontinues I.V
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RN Clinic Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of RN clinic. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for RN clinic
- Educates patients and families regarding care, procedures, referrals, test results and medications and documents in the record
- Demonstrates ability to perform and utilize clinic and hospital-specific vascular procedures and equipment
- Tracks, identifies, and acts on trends regarding complications or variances
- Demonstrates medication knowledge, storage, documentation and administration per policy and procedure
- Able to schedule appointments and/or referrals and maintain the schedule to meet the needs of the vascular services and patient
- Maintains sufficient supplies and medications for smooth operation of the clinic
- Collaborates with members of the health care team in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in the clinic and hospital
- Primarily support our Lacey Clinic, with flexibility to support our other PMG clinics based in
- Primarily support our West Olympia Clinic, with flexibility to support our other PMG clinics based in
- Home clinic at the Uptown clinic but occasional will float to support other clinics in region (Hopkins, Plymouth, Minneapolis, Edina, Richfield, Bloomington)
Qualifications for RN clinic
- May be required to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, to interpret precedents, to adapt standard practices in differing situations, and to recommend alternative actions in unprecedented situations
- Graduate of accredited school of Registered Nursing approved by the WA State Board of Nursing required, BSN preferred
- Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification or must be certified within 30 days of hire date
- Must have patient assessment skills and critical thinking skills
- Must be patient centered, flexible and team spirited
- Must be able to speak, read, write, and follow instructions in English
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RN Clinic Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a RN clinic. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for RN clinic
- Assists in the delivery of primary health care of patients including maintenance of clinical record/documentation
- Practice focused on diabetic management and diabetic foot care
- Performs a wide variety of patient care activities and accommodative services for medical staff
- Makes decisions consistent with clinic policies
- Observes strict confidentiality of patient information
- Act as a primary resource for patients, collaborating with providers and functioning as part of a team to achieve patient outcomes based on diagnosis and prognosis within Urogynecology and OB/GYN specialty clinic
- The RN Clinic focuses on Urogyn and Women's Health OBGYN specialty care, and/or provides direct nursing support to physicians working in a 4-6 RN triage team
- 90% of time spent on phone triaging patients
- Will train at United Women's Health and move when program moves to permanent location Bandana Square
- The RN Clinic focuses on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) specialty care, and/or provides direct nursing support to physicians
Qualifications for RN clinic
- RN with one year cardiology experience preferred
- Minimum of 2 years nursing experience in an ambulatory care setting with specialty experience preferred
- Experience working with electronic medical records program strongly preferred
- Respond to various patient needs
- One year of recent hospital experience and/or previous nursing practice experience rquired
- Five or more years recent hospital experience and/or previous nursing practice experience preferred
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RN Clinic Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a RN clinic. 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 RN clinic
- Triage phone calls from patients
- Manage patient phone calls in phone pool related to surgery, procedure and referral questions
- Triage prescription requests
- Provide a variety of administrative functions such as calendar management, typing letters, documents and reports per surgeon/practice guidelines
- The RN Clinic focuses on Ob/Gyn & Midwifery care, and/or provides direct nursing support to physicians
- HCPs will screen all patients that enter the designated screening site
- Take the temperature reading of the individual who walks in and provide them with their results
- Hand out client requested questionnaires/forms to all patients
- Any handouts will not be from Maxim and would have to either be CDC guidelines or specific Client updates
- Touchless thermometer
Qualifications for RN clinic
- Knowledge and skills to provide patient care appropriate to the specific department
- Completion and graduation from an accredited nursing program
- Recent Ambulatory or Clinic RN experience
- Minimum of 2 years nursing experience in an ambulatory care setting with OB/GYN experience preferred
- 2 years of experience in a clinic setting
- Active NC or compact license
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RN Clinic Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a RN clinic. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for RN clinic
- Schedule appointments for patients requiring x-rays, lab work, hospitalization, physician appointment and other medical needs
- Access consistency of workflow and redistributes duties throughout the shift to ensure timely completion
- Collect and prioritize data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, family, other health care providers, and environment as appropriate
- Evaluate, interpret and coordinate information (lab and radiology results) required to make decisions and recommendations to other health care professionals regarding patient care and referrals
- Develop an individualized plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate (in conjunction with the patient, family, and others as appropriate)
- Establish a plan that provides for continuity of care
- Implement interventions in a safe, timely, appropriate manner (may include mixing and administering medications, assisting with procedures, assisting physician in procedure room)
- Coordinate implementation of the plan of care if appropriate
- Document interventions according to documentation guidelines
- Evaluate the patient’s/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care
Qualifications for RN clinic
- Associate’s Degree, Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
- Holds a valid Texas, or compact state, nursing license
- Holds and maintains a current BLS certification
- 2 + years nursing experience in a clinical setting
- Healthcare background working as an RN is preferred
- Background in healthcare working as an RN is preferred