Job Description

University of Utah Job Description

Job Summary

This position provides clinical expertise, coordination of care and services and the delivery of exceptional nursing care to patients. The care provided by this position is provided via the telephone and various computer systems utilized by the organization. This position requires strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, implement clinical nursing interventions, and to support the development and implementation of patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes. This position does not require the individual to be onsite to provide care; however, onsite training or work may be required depending upon clinic or business need.

Qualifications

Required

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Utah, or obtain one within 90 days of hire under the interstate compact if switching residency to State of Utah. Must maintain current Interstate Compact (multi-state) license if residency is not being changed to Utah.

Preferred

• 2 years previous outpatient/ ambulatory Registered Nurse experience.

This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated vaccination requirements, or be approved for an exemption, prior to the first day of work. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Essential Functions

• Assesses, communicates and addresses patient and family care needs.
• Acts as clinical resource and support for clinic staff to address patient needs.
• Updates and monitors nursing orders as needed based on care plan changes.
• Identifies, communicates, and gathers pertinent information from patient, family and care-givers in order to evaluate, triage and diagnose actual or potential patient health problems.
• Assesses, plans and implements interventions for solving patient care problems.
• Formulates care plans for specific patients and documents the nursing process in patient's record.
• Communicates with patients through MyChart and phone conversations to assess response to interventions and modify plan of care as needed to achieve health care goals.
• Initiates patient care meetings with the health care team to revise the plan of care as the patient's condition warrants.
• Provides guidance and direction to members of the health care team to ensure quality patient care.
• Keeps current on advances in nursing care by participating in educational programs.
• Utilizes knowledge of medications, procedures, infection control, and safety precaution; and initiates appropriate interventions in crisis situations.
• Participates in total quality management meeting to positively affect patient and system outcomes to improve care.

Comments

The staff member must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit.  The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development and the ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.