Position Summary

To provide proficient nursing care for an individual or group of patients with less predictable problems and to provide leadership in the implementation of high-quality nursing care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

1. The incumbent uses advanced nursing knowledge and the nursing process to:

• Assess factors of the patient’s past and present physical, psychosocial, and cultural baseline, health problems, and external support systems which may impact his/her ability to cope with the current health situation.

• Define a nursing problem list, based on an assessment of the patient, that reflects the consideration of the medical diagnosis and the patient’s problems.

• Define realistic measurable goals related to each problem.

• Develop a nursing plan which is directed toward the optimal resolution of nursing diagnoses and prevention of future problems.

• Evaluate and document a patient’s progress toward goals.

• Collaborates with the appropriate health care professionals in implementing a comprehensive plan of care.

• Provide an individualized plan of nursing care that assists the patient in maximizing participation in his/her care.

• Collaborate with the physician to revise the nursing plan of care and/ or goals as necessary.

• Implement appropriate patient education programs to meet individual health care needs.

• Assist physicians with day-to-day patient care

• Taking histories and assessing the reason for visit.

• Assist with procedures and treatments.

2. The incumbent demonstrates administrative and clinical leadership skills by:

• Supervising nursing staff in planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.

• Identifying and correcting situations not in accord with departmental policies and evaluating staffing requirements and patient needs when in charge of the unit during specified work period.
• Serving as a role model in the area of professional behavior.
• Precepting and orienting staff to policy, procedure and clinical situations under direction of nurse manager.

• Maintains accountability for delivery of nursing care and for aspects of care delegated to others.

• Adheres to ethical and legal standards of the hospital and the profession.

• Uses results of nursing research to support and/or change nursing practice.

Other Related Duties:

Telephone triage nurse

• Give advice to patients via telephone and in the office

• Assess the needs of patients via telephone

• Handle calls in order of priority

• Make appointments whenever necessary

• Assist with referrals from outside physicians

• Redirect calls when appropriate

• Work directly with other support staff to handle problems

Role-Related Notes:

• Nurses in this category shall not accept controlled drugs delivered to the nursing unit or participate in expanded practice procedures (e.g. draw arterial blood gases or defibrillate a patient in Critical Care, or administer intravenous narcotics)
• Nurses licensed out-of-state in a Clinical Nurse position are supervised by a nurse with a registered license in the District of Columbia.

Qualifications

Education

• Current D.C . Licensure as a registered nurse or evidence of application for licensure in D.C. and current out-of-state is necessary.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing- OR- Diploma or associate degree in nursing.

Experience

• A minimum of 1 year of experience clinical nurse is preferred or an equivalent combination of training and experience is necessary.