OP REGISTERED NURSE

Margaret Mary Health; Batesville (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Part time

Job summary

Margaret Mary Health is seeking a PRN nursing support role to provide care in physician office settings. The position involves patient interaction, accurate documentation in the EHR, and collaboration with physicians and care teams.

The role emphasizes patient safety, communication with patients and families, and adherence to clinical protocols. This is a flexible, as-needed posting within the primary care network.

Qualifications

• Provides nursing support and patient care in physician offices.
• Follows patient safety goals and uses approved abbreviations.
• Documents accurately in EHR and communicates with patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Uses approved abbreviations and reports to physicians as needed.
• Verifies patient identity using two identifiers before treatments.
• Documents medications and procedures accurately in the EHR.
• Communicates with patients, caregivers and family with respect and dignity.
• Assists physicians during procedures and with medication procurement and storage.
• Maintains equipment and supplies and supports triage protocols.

Skills

Strong customer service

Verbal & written communication

Medical equipment operation

Job description

Location/Department: All Primary Care Locations

PRN - as needed

Job Summary

Provides nursing support & nursing care to patients in the Physician Offices.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Duties/Responsibilities

• Uses only approved abbreviations.
• Understands patient safety goals & actions taken.
• Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, demonstrates process.
• Understands read back of verbal orders/critical lab values & can state process.
• Understands procedure to clarify physician orders.
• Uses standing orders when indicated.
• Accurately calls report to MD as warranted by condition; reports to other providers as needed.
• Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.
• Uses final verification before invasive procedures & can verbalize correct process & documents in EHR.
• Reassesses patient in response to changes in condition after intervention as needed & documents in EHR.
• Performs clinical skills for all ages served in a timely & appropriate manner & documents in EHR.
• Communicates with & provides education to patients, caregivers, & family members in a timely manner (using respect & dignity when dealing with death & dying) as directed by Provider & documents in EHR.
• Takes accurate & appropriate history.
• Performs appropriate physical assessment including pain assessment & use of a pain scale for all patients.
• Demonstrates knowledge of & uses equipment appropriately & safely.
• Accurately & timely documents medications given.
• Checks expiration on medications in a timely manner
• Demonstrates knowledge & appropriate use of high-risk medications.
• Performs & documents physical assessment in a timely & knowledgeable manner.
• Provides effective & timely communication & documentation in the patient’s health records.
• Assists physicians during procedures in a knowledgeable & professional manner.
• Demonstrates knowledge of process for procuring medications, storage, & ordering of medications from pharmacy.
• Demonstrates knowledge of isolation procedures.
• Cleans & maintains equipment.
• Maintains security systems as appropriate.
• Takes responsibility for ordering & maintaining supplies & equipment as requested.
• Assists in the development & revision of triage protocols & policies as requested.
• Maintains appropriate charges & statistics for patient care.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong customer service skills
• Effectively communicates both verbal and written
• Able to operate medical & basic office equipment