RN Pediatric Primary Care Clinic
Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Nurse NavigatorPart Time, 20 hours per weekDanis Pediatric
Center, located inside SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's
Hospital, combines the excellence and talents of Cardinal Glennon
Children s Hospital and Saint Louis University School of Medicine,
which includes SLUCare physicians, resident physicians and nurse
practitioners. Our innovative pediatrics practice is designed best
care and service available for your child in all aspects of
pediatrics (physical mental and emotional health) from infancy
through adolescence.Provides services as a patient navigator
throughout the continuum of care.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Functions as a liaison for management staff, administration,
physicians, managed care companies, community organizations, and
other customers.
- Collaborates with physicians and advanced practice providers to
ensure quality outcomes. Coordinates efforts for treatment and
promotes quality improvement and educational efforts.
- Compiles data, tracks outcomes, and makes recommendations for
process improvement.
- Provides referrals/support for follow-up care for patients who
are uninsured or underinsured.
- Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning,
intervention, and evaluation in all patient encounters.
- Assists medical provider with processing of diagnostic results
bringing significant values to the provider s attention. Exhibits
knowledge of tests and procedures and their significance as related
to patient care.
- Recognizes the implementation of dosages, interactions, side
effects, adverse effects, routes of administration of drugs as they
apply to individual patients. Uses knowledge of medications in
instructing patients about medication therapy.
- Establishes working relationships teaching protocols for
patient education, family counseling and general public
information.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursingEXPERIENCE
- Three years' registered nurse experiencePHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral
communication.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near
(20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and
distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication,
distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning
machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects
weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting,
gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional driving.
- Rare crawling and running. Associated topics: asn, care, ccu,
coronary, domiciliary, maternal, neonatal, nurse clinical,
surgical, tcu
Keywords: SSM Health, St. Louis , RN Pediatric Primary Care Clinic, Healthcare , Saint Louis, Missouri
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