Ambulatory Care Nurse

Job Title: Ambulatory Care Nurse

We are seeking a skilled Ambulatory Care Nurse to join our team at NYU Langone Health. The successful candidate will provide high-quality patient care and support the coordination, integration, communication, implementation, and evaluation of nursing practice and clinical policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform physical examinations and diagnostic tests.
• Collect patient health history.
• Record information in electronic health records.
• Provide information, counsel, and education to patients and families regarding test results and treatment plans.
• Administer medications, provide comprehensive wound care, and perform phone and in-person patient triage for clinical concerns.
• Assess and monitor patient responses to various treatments, procedures, and anesthesia.
• Assess and interpret patient information, making treatment decisions as appropriate.
• Consult with clinical supervisors and licensed providers to determine best treatment plans for patients.
• Direct, supervise, and delegate to licensed practical nurses, medical assistants, and technicians as needed to support patient flow and efficiency.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Support the coordination, integration, communication, implementation, and performance evaluation of nursing practice and clinical policies and procedures.
• Ensure clinical compliance with Patient Safety initiatives and reporting.
• Support key quality initiatives to impact clinical outcome measures.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the NYULH Service Standards and incorporate into the performance of responsibilities.
• Participate in designated activities related to NYULH clinical standards and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
• Support the missions, philosophy, standards, goals, and objectives of NYULH, Departments of Nursing, and FGP.
• Participate in coordination of on-site activities to provide patient care in a healing, humane, and caring environment.
• Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team and promote collegial relationships.
• Serve as a support and resource for nursing, other clinical staff, and providers.
• Participate in clinical inquiry and activities to foster evidence-based practice.
• Embrace fundamental values and obligations beyond that of a private citizen, including ethical obligations and a recognition of patients' rights to confidentiality.
• Provide emergency care in accordance with organizational policy.
• Function as a respectful member of the healthcare team.
• Delegate and oversee specific nursing interventions to implement patient care plans to members of the healthcare team as deemed appropriate by job description and license/certification.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Engage in self-assessment and participate in activities to promote own professional growth and development.
• Seek, acquire, and maintain current nursing knowledge and competence to fulfill responsibilities as FGP Ambulatory Nurse.
• Procure and apply new knowledge related to medical treatment and technology.
• Utilize resources to meet individual learning needs and promote professional development in clinical practice.
• Maintain awareness of current patient-centered, evidence-based practice and consider applicable research data to patient care delivery.
• Act as a mentor to peers and colleagues.
• Fulfill obligation to identify and report professional misconduct appropriately.

Implementation/Provision of Care:

• Execute medical regimens as prescribed by licensed providers.

Assessment:

Assess patients, identify unmet patient needs, and plan comprehensive care to meet those needs in relation to the patient's illness, condition, or disability.

Case Finding:

• Identify unidentified co-morbidities or emergent complications and report to the provider so that an intervention may be ordered.

Coordination:

• Integrate care with other healthcare providers.
• Provide direct care services, including administration of treatments and medication, acting as a sentinel for untoward events or symptoms, disease prevention guidance, rehabilitation care, public health care, and supportive care for symptom relief, including health teaching and health counseling.

Task/Procedure:

• Collect and document patient clinical historical and assessment data.
• Perform onsite testing, including POC lab testing, EKG, specimen collection, auditory and visual testing, psychiatric and physical risk screening, fetal monitoring, and spirometry.
• Perform medical and nursing treatments in accordance with plan of care, provider orders, and NYSBON scope of practice.
• Apply and remove dressings and perform wound care.
• Assist with minor and major procedures.
• Perform patient monitoring, including pre, intra, and post-procedure testing, medication administration, medical/surgical treatment, and/or sedation.

Medication Administration:

Administer medications, including IV therapy, as per provider orders or protocols to patients in practice, following nursing rights of medication administration and organizational policies.

IV Therapy:

Administer IV therapy, including blood, blood products, IV fluids, chemotherapy, and IV medications via peripheral or central venous devices.

Communication and Message Management:

• Ensure clinical in-baskets are managed and encounters closed in a timely manner.
• Receive, document, and report critical lab values as indicated.
• Relay normal and abnormal clinical results, follow-up, and explanation to patients, as directed by provider.
• Perform preliminary review of results for prioritization of urgent findings, then notify provider for final verification.
• Perform in-person and phone triage for patient clinical concerns with appropriate escalation; provide clinical advice as within RN scope and/or direction from provider.
• Perform care/case management of a defined population via multi-disciplinary plan to coordinate/facilitate patient care as needed.

Health Promotion and Education:

• Identify, through case-finding and critical analysis, patient, family, and/or community deviations from health and wellbeing; advocate for, initiate, and/or recommend appropriate actions, including the establishment of safe environments.
• Collect patient healthcare data systematically and continuously, using appropriate assessment techniques and instruments.
• Analyze assessment data to determine health status and nursing diagnoses.
• Report deviations requiring medical diagnosis and/or treatment to provider.
• Escalate urgent/emergent deviations to medical provider and/or emergency care.
• Identify expected outcomes and anticipate unexpected or adverse outcomes as individualized to the patient.
• Consider needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care activities.
• Assess patient's ability to adapt to new situations and circumstances created by changes in health status and/or environment.
• Identify barriers to optimal care, e.g., physical, cognitive, language, literacy, socioeconomic, cultural, and/or behavioral.
• Assess and identify learning needs; document and update accordingly.
• Develop patient-centered plans of care that prescribe interventions to attain expected outcomes, and partner with patients to set individualized goals.
• Educate patients and families to facilitate and promote healthy adjustment to new or changed health patterns.
• Implement interventions identified in the plan of care.
• Evaluate patient progress toward attainment of expected outcomes.

Patient Experience:

Serve as NYU Langone Health Faculty Group Practice Brand Ambassador by upholding the NYULH Mission, vision, and values and promoting excellence in the patient experience, during every encounter.

• Drive consistency in every patient and colleague encounter by embodying the core principles of our FGP Service Strategy CARES (Connect, Align, Respond, Ensure, and Sign-Off).
• Greet patients warmly and professionally, stating name and role, and clearly communicate each step of the care/interaction as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and site management to ensure a positive experience and timely resolution for all patient interactions and inquiries, whether in person, by phone, or via electronic messaging.
• Proactively anticipate patient needs and participate in service recovery by applying the LEARN model (Listen, Empathize, Apologize, Resolve, Notify), and escalate to leadership as appropriate.
• Share ideas or any observed areas of opportunity to improve patient experience and patient access with appropriate leadership.
• Partner with Patient Access Center and Central Billing Office team members to support collaboration and promote a positive patient experience.
• Take a proactive approach in ensuring that practice staff are fully versed in the Access Agreement gold standard principles.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify, you must have a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, which is highly preferred. A Diploma or Associates Degree in Nursing requires a minimum of one year of experience in conjunction with plans to earn a baccalaureate degree.

Current Registered Professional Nurse in New York, Bachelor's degree in Nursing required, Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association, and Fluent written and spoken English language skills.

Required Licenses:

Registered Nurse License-NYS, Basic Life Support Certification

Preferred Qualifications:

ACLS certification, Membership in pertinent professional organizations

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

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The salary range for the role is $105,000.00 - $132,500.00 Annually.

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