Ambulatory RN, Urgent Care

Norton Healthcare; Kernersville (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare organization seeks a clinical leader for its urgent care facility in Kernersville. The role offers the opportunity to provide leadership in patient care, ensuring service excellence while collaborating with nursing and administrative teams. Candidates must be a graduate from an accredited nursing program with active RN licensure in North Carolina and possess acute care experience.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited nursing program.
• Two years' acute care nursing experience required.
• Current RN license in North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and administrative leadership for a specified clinic location.
• Accountability for patient centered care and quality improvement.
• Collaborate with nursing and leadership teams to enhance patient care.

Skills

Oral and written communication skills

Ability to organize and supervise clinical nursing care delivery

Negotiation and conflict resolution

Nursing research and Evidence-based practice

Systems for patient safety Technology/informatics skills

Ability to work effectively with the team

Education

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing

Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of North Carolina

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Shift Schedule: (FT ) 6am to 3pm 4days a week 36 hours, with one weekend shift per month.
Department: Urgent Care
Location: 111 Gateway Center Dr., Kernersville

JOB SUMMARY:

Provides clinical and administrative leadership for a specified clinic location or locations. Responsibilities include accountability for the quality of patient centered care, service excellence, and workplace experience fostering a patient centered professional work environment through the implementation of Caring Science, the nursing process, staff development and collaborative team interactions for the enhancement of the quality of patient care. Partners with the Nurse Manager, Clinic Manager and/or Director of Nursing (DON), Ambulatory Clinics to achieve goals and improve quality of care.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing with two years' acute care nursing experience required.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:

• Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of North Carolina required.
• BLS required

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides primary leadership in the coordination of nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and facilitates the integration of services across the continuum of care. Collaborates with PLAC and the rapid response team to facilitate appropriate and timely patient placement when necessary as applicable.
• Collaborates effectively by developing collegial relationships and communicating information effectively. Encourages communication and serves as a resource to staff and other departments.
• Promotes a culture of safety for patients, self, co-workers, and facility in conjunction with the Nurse Manager and/or RN Clinic Manager and other members of the leadership team. Facilitates the Care Delivery Model by monitoring the quality/safety outcomes, and implementing the performance improvement measures for identified metrics. Ensures compliance with organizational and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Ensures care is delivered with respect for patients rights and preferences. Maintains privacy, confidentiality, and security for patients and staff. Facilitates resolution of conflicts, collaborates with Service Excellence to promote service recovery, and empowers staff in decision-making through shared governance.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Manager and/or RN Clinic Manager and other members of the leadership team to monitor staffing and supplies. Assures nursing workload is measured and resources are allocated based on patient needs and visit volumes to optimize the provision of quality, cost effective care. Facilitates and monitors the appropriate utilization of staff based on credentialing, score of practice, education and experience.
• Ensures a biogenic environment that stimulates the ongoing professional development of staff in accordance with the principles of Shared Governance, Theory of Human Caring, and professional practice. Develops and fosters relationships that support the continuous enhancement of care delivery, and patient and staff satisfaction through a professional practice environment of mutual respect.
• Demonstrates value for professional nursing practice including the utilization of current standards, the nursing process and patient advocacy. In collaboration with the Nurse Manager and / or RN Clinic Manager and other members of the leadership team takes responsibility for continuing education, developing best practices and maintaining the highest level of patient care and staff development.
• Ensures/provides appropriate patient care in accordance with specific patient population. Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of the needs of the patient population specific to the defined clinical area. Maintains competency related to patient population and identifies strategies to meet related needs.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent and effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to organize and supervise clinical nursing care delivery
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Nursing research and Evidence-based practice
• Standards of clinical nursing practice
• Systems for patient safety Technology/informatics skills
• Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
• Ability to work effectively with the team

About Us

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.

About the Team

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care.

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence - always