Outpatient Nurse

Employee Type:

PRN

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Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!

Outpatient Nurse (RN)
Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview
The Outpatient Nurse (RN) is responsible for the provision of nursing care based on standards of care and professional nursing practice. The Outpatient Nurse is accountable for the outcomes of nursing care delivered in an outpatient setting that performs specialized procedures.

What you will do

• Accompany patients to exam rooms, preparing patients for exams, performing and documenting vital signs, assisting with office procedures, preparing and administering medications with physician’s authorization, and drawing blood.
• Provide patient education with regards to office policies, medications, and management of disease, home treatments, and special diets.
• Retrieval of lab and x-ray reports, calling in prescriptions, telephone triage, obtaining referrals and authorizations, completing medical forms.
• Order medical and office supplies, stocking exam rooms, cleaning rooms, cleaning instruments, disposing of biohazard waste according to OSHA standards.
• Perform accurate, legal, and ethical documentation and other front office duties as assigned.
• Coordination of pre-op workup including patient education.
• Contact patients prior to procedure to review pre-op checklist and documenting communications.
• Draw up medications.
• Assist with patient preparation including patient assessment / monitoring before, during, and after an outpatient procedure.
• Assist patient / family with post-procedure instructions.

Education Qualifications

• ADN Required
• BSN Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• General experience in a physician office setting Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work with patients, families, physicians and other health care providers with a high level of customer service orientation
• General proficient PC skills and computer knowledge
• Phlebotomy skills and experience
• Excellent communication skills and ability to multi-task

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Required
• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified - American Heart Association Preferred

Physical Demand
Light Physical Demand
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.