Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Urology Clinic RN, you will provide professional nursing services, focusing on high-quality patient care consistent with our standards and regulatory requirements. Your expertise is vital in delivering specialized urological care.
Every day you will directly care for clinic patients, assessing, coordinating, triaging, evaluating, and delegating to the care team. You'll educate and consult with patients, families, and staff, implementing interventions for optimal care. You will apply critical thinking to patient care decisions (within scope), integrating resources and data, and utilizing staff efficiently. You'll competently manage patient needs in a provider's absence, accountable for care quality.
To be successful in this role, you will combine robust clinical knowledge and technological proficiency with genuine compassion, strong communication skills, and an adaptable approach to learning and patient-centered care.
- Clinical Patient Care & Procedures: Delivers professional nursing care, including performing diagnostic tests (EKG, POCT), managing complex wound care, performing catheterizations, and assisting providers with urological exams and procedures.
- Medication & Therapy Administration: Safely administers prescribed medications via various routes (oral, IM, subcutaneous, IV, and bladder instillation), manages medication inventory, and ensures controlled substances are tracked per facility policy.
- Triage & Clinical Decision Making: Independently triages nursing situations using established protocols, manages urgent or emergent escalations, and serves as the primary point of contact for patient inquiries, lab results, and pharmacy requests.
- Patient Education & Coordination: Instructs patients and families on diagnostic tests, follow-up requirements, and treatment plans; provides health education, interprets diagnoses, and ensures cultural competence in all patient interactions.
- Documentation & Workflow Management: Maintains accurate electronic medical records (EMR), documents daily storage temperatures, records vital signs, and manages patient flow to ensure efficient, high-quality clinic operations.
- Equipment & Environment Safety: Prepares exam rooms and maintains sterile instruments, including the specialized cleaning, leak testing, and disinfection of endoscopes and endocavity probes in accordance with infection control standards.
Job Requirements
Required
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, upon hire and
- Registered Nurse: WA, upon hire and
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Preferred
- One year RN work experience in a clinic setting OR two years of acute care RN work experience
