(Archived) Clinic Registered Nurse

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Required Education and Experience:

Associate’s degree in nursing Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation
Current State issued Registered Nurses License required.
Current CPR certification or the ability to obtain CPR certification is required.

Work Experience and Qualifications
A minimum of one year working with the frail or elderly is required.

Preferred Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation
Certification as a Gerontological Nurse
Three years of health care experience with emphasis in geriatrics

Job Title: Clinic Registered Nurse

FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt State/Business Line Specific: PACE - VA

Reports to: Homecare & Clinical Services Manager

Job Summary

The Clinic Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing care in accordance with InnovAge policies and all applicable regulations to participants and performs related administrative tasks for InnovAge.

Essential Functions and Work Responsibilities

Functional Category: Participant Nursing

Estimated Percent of time Spent – 100%

• Triages participant and staff phone calls to s to determine priority of care and routes accordingly.

• Schedules outside appointments for participants when necessary.

• Assists in the examination, testing and treatment of participants.

• Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries

• Implements orders written by primary care physician(s).

• Instructs participants and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.

• Schedules specialist and other appointments for participants and assists in hospital admissions.

• Performs general nursing care on participants including administering prescribed medications and treatments.

• Documents all necessary information and maintains participant medical record(s) and fulfills agency charting and reporting requirements.

• Administers medications, provides training in self-administration of all non-scheduled medications and monitors medication compliance.

• Provides health counseling to participants and their families on an individual or group basis.

• Assists in the examination, assessment, evaluation testing and treatment of participants.

• Observes, records, and reports participant’s condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians

• Provide clinical teaching and clinical supervision of CNA Day Center staff.

• Perform rounds at the ADHC for the purpose of triaging and administering to the concerns of participants and Day Center staff. Documents, charts and communicates results from rounds thoroughly.

• Oversee appointment bookings and ensures preferences are given to participants in emergency situations.

• Develops, implements, and maintains a current nursing care plan in cooperation with the Clinic Nurse Manager.

• Supervises L.P.N.’s and clinic assistants in addition to evaluating the overall effectiveness of the clinic in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager.

• Ensure that exam rooms and/or triage area is stocked for necessary supplies and materials and that a list of medical supplies is maintained by appropriate staff.

• Effectively communicates in interdisciplinary team meetings, family meetings, and clinic meetings.

• Participates within the interdisciplinary team in the formulation of Plans of Care for InnovAge PACE program participants, as well as in other interdisciplinary team settings that plan, coordinate and monitor the care of InnovAge PACE program participants.

• Additional work functions and duties may be assigned.