RN Health Coach- Bluffton Primary Care

Blanchard Valley Health System; Bluffton (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Blanchard Valley Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide nursing care to patients and assist providers in addressing health needs. The role involves coordinating patient data, chart documentation, and education on diagnoses and test results in a multi-clinic environment.

The RN must have excellent communication skills, be service-oriented, and able to work across BVMP Practices as needed. Clinic-based duties emphasize patient-centered care and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills.
• Positive, service-oriented interpersonal skills.
• May be required to work at another BVMP Practice as needed.
• Knowledge of office procedures and equipment.
• Experience with throat cultures, hemocues, hemoccults, glucometer, urinalysis and urine pregnancy testing.
• Must demonstrate knowledge to provide age-appropriate patient care and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plans and develops interactions for health-related services based on current industry standards to ensure patient care.
• Identify the unique physical and emotional needs of each patient.
• Manages clinical patient data.
• Assist Provider with patient care as required.
• Able to follow directions as given by the provider.
• Assist provider with chart documentation.
• Educate patients regarding medical diagnoses/test results.
• Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory agencies and compliance.
• Collaborates with Providers regarding patient condition, orders, treatment plan, and needs.
• Follows department's chain of command and communicates properly.
• Maintains ongoing educational experiences for skill development.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Service-oriented

Office procedures

Data interpretation

Adult patient care

Typing

Medical terminology

EMR experience

Education

RN license

Tools

Throat cultures

Hemocues

Hemoccults

Glucometer

Urinalysis

Urine pregnancy testing

Job description

PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION

To provider nursing care to patients and assist the provider in responding to the health needs of patients.

PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION

To provider nursing care to patients and assist the provider in responding to the health needs of patients.

Blanchard Valley Medical Practices is a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, which provides a total continuum of care to more than 100,000 households in an eight-county area. The Blanchard Valley Health System mission is to provide “Caring for a lifetime.”

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Duty 1: Plans and develops interactions for health related services appropriate to skill level and based on current industry standards to ensure exceptional patient care.
• Duty 2: Is able to identify the unique physical and emotional needs of each patient
• Duty 3: Manages clinical patient data
• Duty 4: Assist Provider with patient care as required
• Duty 5: Able to know, understand and follow directions as given by the provider
• Duty 6: Assist provider with chart documentation
• Duty 7: Educate patients in regards to medical diagnosis/test results
• Duty 8: Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate regulatory agencies and is compliant
• Duty 9: Collaborates with Providers regarding patient condition, orders, treatment plan, and anticipated needs to ensure exceptional patient care.
• Duty 10: Demonstrates knowledge of department and management line of authority and follows proper line of communication.
• Duty 11: Maintains appropriate educational experiences for skill level.

Required Qualifications

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and organizational skills required
• Positive, service-oriented, interpersonal communication skills required
• This position may not be inclusive to the BVMP Practice that you are assigned at the time of hire, which may require you to work at another BVMP Practice, as needed.
• Knowledge of office procedures and equipment
• Experience with throat cultures, hemocues, hemoccults, glucometer, urinalysis, urine pregnancy testing
• Positive service-oriented interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served on his/her assigned unit/department. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient status. Must be able to interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the area’s policies and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with medical office practices preferred
• Typing and medical terminology experience preferred
• EMR experience helpful

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position requires a full range of body motion with intermittent walking, lifting, bending, climbing, squatting, kneeling, twisting, sitting, and standing. The associate will be required to walk for up to two hours a day, stand for two hours a day and sit for four hours. The individual must be able to lift fifty pounds and reach work above the shoulders. The individual must have good eye-hand coordination and fine finger dexterity to operate machines. The individual must have excellent verbal communication skills to communicate with patients, physicians, and co-workers. The associate must have vision corrected and hearing in the normal range.

This position is classified “at risk” for possible occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens (HBV, HIV, etc.)