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Department:
77209750 Fulton Clinic
Job Description:
The Registered Nurse - Clinic at North Mississippi Health Services (NMMC-Tupelo) is responsible for providing high-quality patient care. They handle patient scheduling, medication administration, nursing procedures, and patient education. The role also involves acting as a liaison between physicians, patients, families, and other office staff, and triaging walk-in patients and telephone calls. The nurse must possess good communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and the capability to handle stressful situations while delivering quality care to patients of various age groups.
JOB FUNCTIONS
Patient Care:
- - Provide nursing care to facilitate high quality patient care; scheduling patients; calling in medication refills; administering medications; working up patients; providing skilled nursing procedures; screening lab/test results; assisting physician/nurse practitioner with patients.
Case Management:
- - Provide case management to patients seen at North MS Medical Clinics. Liaison: Act as a liaison between physician, patient, families and other office staff.
- - Actively promote a patient‑focused approach to care delivery.
Triage:
- - Triage walk‑in patients and telephone calls.
Documentation:
- - Responsible for maintaining written or computer record of patient care events performed by the incumbent (e.g.: medications, treatments, procedures).
Education:
- - Initiate, perform, and develop education materials.
- - Provide and document patient teaching.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- - Maintains and enhances knowledge and skills in current technology and practice to provide care to infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics
- - This position has primary accountability for planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the patient care process in the clinics. It serves as a role model of professional nursing practice.
- - The incumbent has contact with patients, family members, physicians, nurse practitioners, and various other clinic staff.
- - It is essential that the incumbent have good communication skills in order to reflect a knowledgeable, positive, caring attitude when asking or answering questions related to patient care procedures.
- - The incumbent also promotes teamwork by maintaining effective working relationships with staff members based on professional communication, mutual respect and support of corporate, departmental, and clinic goals.
Physical Demands
- - Standing. Constantly
- - Walking. Constantly
- - Sitting. occasionally
- - Lifting/Carrying. Frequently 50 lbs
- - Pushing/Pulling. Frequently
- - Climbing. occasionally
- - Balancing. occasionally
- - Stooping/Kneeling/Bending. occasionally
- - Reaching/Over Head Work. occasionally
- - Grasping. Frequently
- - Speaking. Constantly
- - Hearing. Constantly
- - Repetitive Motions. Constantly
- - Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations. Frequently
Salary Range:
$25.78 - $38.67
Education:
Associate's Degree | Nursing | Required
Bachelor's Degree | Nursing | Not Required
Certifications:
Registered Nurse (MS) - MS Board of Nursing