Nurse (Clinical/Ambulatory) - Defense Health Agency
5 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Nurse (Ambulatory) to join our team at Joint Base San Antonio. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will provide high-quality patient care and education in a fast-paced ambulatory setting.
Responsibilities- Performs independent, comprehensive telephone and clinical triaging, and facilitates care coordination through a multidisciplinary approach.
- Establishes priorities for patient care and evaluates patients' progress toward high-level wellness.
- Provides patient education as an integral part of the services offered.
- Acts as relief nurse, triages and screens walk-in patients to assess the severity of the patient's condition and the need for provider intervention.
- Communicates with providers regarding determinations and situations, documents events appropriately.
- Screens patient charts to assess the medical history and determine health care needs.
- Makes psychosocial assessment of patients to identify significant cultural practices, the ability to understand and cooperate, and expectations of care and coping mechanisms.
- Executes or ensures the completion of orders from health care providers.
- Recognizes and reports abnormal test results, changes in symptoms and the need for follow-up.
- Records data on patient charts.
- Assists health care providers with examinations and procedures.
- Incumbent will be responsible for educating patients for high risk, painful or stressful procedures with education and support.
- Monitors or ensures the monitoring of patients pre, during and post-procedure per established protocols and SOPs.
- Assesses post-procedure patients prior to their release from the clinic.
- Ensures complete, thorough documentation for all procedures.
- Prepares and administers oral, subcutaneous, intra-muscular and intravenous medications.
- Independently instructs and demonstrates to patients how to provide self-care.
- Instructs patient in self medication of prescribed pharmaceutical agents.
- Reinforces health care provider instructions and encourages patient in the maintenance of health and self care.
- Responds to emergency situations.
- US Citizenship required.
- Employee must have a current, active, unrestricted, valid Registered Nurse license in at least one US state or province/territory of the United States.
- Employee must have a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is highly desirable.
- Position is Designated Testing Position (DTP) for drugs.
- Position requires the incumbent to have passed a Child Background Check (works with Adolescent patient).
- Position may require incumbent to work alternate shifts.
This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is therefore subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations.
Applicants tentatively selected for appointment to this position will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations.
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