Advanced Urgent Care RN

About This Role

Provide comprehensive nursing care to a diverse patient population in an urgent care setting, adhering to established standards and coordinating with the healthcare team. This role requires quick prioritization and critical thinking skills to manage a wide variety of emergent and urgent conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing assessment of nursing care needs for defined patient groups using the nursing process and diagnose needs
• Develop and modify written care plans for patient care, collaborating with the healthcare team
• Determine priorities of patient care based on patient needs and available resources
• Provide safe and competent nursing interventions, informing patients and families prior to procedures
• Offer telephone consultation to patients and family members
• Evaluate patient responses to care, anticipating and recognizing changes in status
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care tailored to the needs of neonatal to geriatric populations, demonstrating effective communication skills
• Collaborate, communicate, and coordinate with other healthcare team members for planning and implementing care
• Assess needs for patients requiring hospitalization, initiating admission databases and discharge planning
• Communicate recognition of psychosocial, cultural, and emotional needs in nurse-patient interactions
• Orient patients and families to the role of healthcare professionals and available nursing services, reinforcing patient rights
• Identify patient educational needs and develop educational components for care plans, providing teaching and counseling congruent with needs
• Assess patient lifestyle risk factors and integrate health promotion/preventive aspects into care
• Promote patient self-care responsibility for health needs and adhere to documentation, safety, and infection control standards
• Participate in continued education programs, staff orientation, and student education activities
• Collaborate with managers on performance reviews and assure quality of care through professional nursing standards and QA activities

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Ability to prioritize quickly
• Critical thinking skills
• Clinical judgement to provide emergent and urgent care
• Ability to work collaboratively with providers and staff