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Job Description:
The Ambulatory Specialty Nurse provides clinical support to the physicians, ensuring a highly efficient well trained clinical team that supports the optimal level of operations and patient satisfaction. Delegates, assesses, plans, coordinates to provide higher level of patient care activities where they utilize critical thinking skills to interpret complex information and guide patients to navigate the outpatient setting. Perform duties in the outpatient clinic setting supporting and/or assisting the physicians with in-office procedures and clinical administrative tasks. Triages and manages emergent and non-emergent patient phone calls and messages.Education:
Associate's Degree from an Accredited School of Nursing - Required
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing - Must be obtained within 4 years of hire if hired after 2015
Experience:
1 year Healthcare - Acute Care - Preferred
1 year ambulatory, triage or medical office experience - Preferred
Preferred candidates will have prior experience in cardiology
Certifications/Licensures:
RN Registered Nursing - California Board of Registered Nursing - Required
BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association - Required
Skills:
Must have clinical expertise in aiding physicians and staff in coordinating patient care and functions as primary liaison between patients, staff and physician.
Maintains professional and personal integrity.
Outstanding motivational and communication skills, especially the ability to communicate instructions and procedures for treatments, keeping the patients and giving them the desired level of comfort and confidence.
Leadership skills to delegate and provide direction/guidance to staff as part of the care team.
Must have strong sensitivity to the needs and anxieties of patients and the ability to motivate patients to undergo treatments and/or procedures.
Strong ethics and a high level of personal and professional integrity.
This is a phone/triage position. Candidates must be comfortable speaking with a variety of cardiac patients over the phone.
Work Shift:
08.0 - 08:30 - 17:00 No Waive (United States of America)Pay Range:
$69.59 - $93.95HourlyNote: Positions at JMH which are exempt (not eligible for overtime) under the level of Manager are listed as hourly for compensation purposes on this posting. The work shift will contain the word ‘exempt’ on it.
