Company: WMCHealth
Location: Margaretville, NY
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board
Description
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care of patients in the ED. Promotes teamwork with physicians, mid-level practitioners and personnel of other departments. Is accountable for adhering to all standards of emergency nursing care and for managing supplies and equipment.
Responsibilities:
- Register patients, obtaining signatures for consent of treatment and assignment of insurance benefits when registration is unavailable.
- Obtain copies of insurance cards and ID when registration is unavailable.
- Complete all ED forms with handwriting that is legible and neat.
- Assist in ED record documentation as allowed by NYSDOH. Obtain vital signs, complaint and height/weight as needed, completion of history and medication reconciliation.
- Enter orders.
- Perform fingersticks for glucose testing.
- Assist with ambulance communication, pre hospital and hospital, from the ED.
- Xerox copies of medical records.
- Assures proper charge items are entered into electronic medical record.
- Orders supplies as needed. Keeps the ED clean and neat.
- Retrieves medical records from HIM when department is closed.
- Performs 12 lead EKGs, applies cardiac monitor, NIBP, and pulse oximeter.
- Proficient in IV venipuncture skills.
- Ensures collection, labeling and delivery of specimens.
- Transports and moves patients safely and appropriately.
- Assist MD/PA/NP with surgical or invasive procedures, i.e. suturing, insertion of chest tubes, etc.
- Maintains sterile/aseptic technique.
- Cleans instruments in proper solution for return to Central Supply.
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