Job: Registered Nurse Specialty Clinic - Job #: 64974BR

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Job Title

Registered Nurse Specialty Clinic

Building Code

GH-Aurora Advanced Healthcare, Good Hope Clinic

Address

3003 West Good Hope Rd

City

Milwaukee

# Hours Per Pay Period (Bi-weekly)

80

Schedule

Monday thorugh Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Req # (optional)

64974BR

Explore a Career In

Orthopedics

Job Description

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*Providing ongoing care (assess, plan, intervention, and evaluation), according to the age specific and developmental needs of the patient. Assessing educational needs and provides teaching and counseling to the patient and their family. Integrating health promotion and preventive aspects of care. Assuming primary responsibility for caseloads consisting of patients in specialty area.

*Anticipating and recognizing changes in a patient's status and need for care. Determining priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs. Providing on-going assessment of patient's response to services and teaching and applies interventions as appropriate. Updating and revising care plan as needed. Communicating with physicians to confirm, correlate, and update patient's plan of care. Providing status update to physician on a regular basis.

*Maintaining and updating accurate clinical and patient records according to agency, state, and federal guidelines.

*Providing telephone consultation/triage to patient, family, and/or significant others according to protocol and established guidelines.

*Participating in community education programs and continuous quality improvement activities.

*Assisting in development and implementation of staff orientation and educational activities.

*Following published agency policies and procedures and regularly monitors changes or additions to them.

*Continually striving to advance knowledge and practice of clinical skills in specialty area including certification as warranted.

*Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. 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's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

General Qualifications

*Current Registered Nurse (RN) license granted by the State of Wisconsin.

*Knowledge of nursing equivalent to that which would be acquired by completing a regionally accredited associate's degree program.

*Knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform this job are typically acquired through two years of progressively responsible experience in acute care nursing that includes experiences in an applicable clinical specialty (such as: cardiology, urology or orthopedics).

*Ability to work independently and make sound judgments.

*Exceptional organization and communication skills (oral and written).

*Ability to multi-task with frequent interruptions.

Desired Qualifications

Orthopaedic and hospital experience a bonus.
*Must sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, crawl, kneel, climb, and reach above shoulders throughout the workday.

*Must be able to:
-lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist.
-lift up to 20 lbs over the head.
-carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance.
-push/pull with 30 lbs of force.
-perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs with a second person present.

*May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.

*Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

This position is open due to a military leave:

No

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