Senior Registered Nurse - Clinical Leader & Mentor

UT Health San Antonio; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Job summary

UT Health San Antonio, based in San Antonio, TX, is seeking a registered nurse to provide direct nursing care, assist physicians during treatment, and mentor junior staff in a fast-paced clinical setting. The role involves ensuring smooth clinic flow, triaging calls, coordinating referrals and tests, and educating patients and families.

The ideal candidate holds an Associate's Degree in Nursing and at least five years of professional nursing experience, with strong communication and analytical

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• Functions within the required nursing process as defined by the Texas Nurse Practice Act.
• Supports the mission, vision and patient promise throughout all interactions.
• Communicates effectively, written and verbally.
• Analytical thinking – this role requires analyzing information and using logic to coordinate work within schedule constraints and handle emergent requirements in a timely manner.
• Participates as an integral part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in providing the highest quality of care to the patient.
• Meets all training and competency requirements.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates advanced skills in the delivery of physical examinations of patients, performing complex medical testing and providing physician interpretations of results, consulting with physicians and implementing treatment plan; administers medications and injections as needed.
• Ensures the clinic flow runs smoothly; works closely with assigned scheduler to ensure referrals, follow-up appointments, diagnostic tests are scheduled accordingly.
• Triages patient calls and works closely with call center team members.
• Assists and arranges for hospital admissions as needed.
• Follows-up on diagnostic tests, labs and ensures they are reported to the medical provider.
• Refers patients as needed to appropriate specialist as ordered by physician, consults and collaborates with other members of the health care team, schedules follow-up appointments, weekly check appointments, and procedure appointments.
• Educates patients and family members.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills

Five years of nursing experience

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Job description

UT Health San Antonio, based in San Antonio, TX, is seeking a registered nurse to provide direct nursing care, assist physicians during treatment, and mentor junior staff in a fast-paced clinical setting. The role involves ensuring smooth clinic flow, triaging calls, coordinating referrals and tests, and educating patients and families.

The ideal candidate holds an Associate's Degree in Nursing and at least five years of professional nursing experience, with strong communication and analytical