Req : 180447
Summary Summary
Utilizing the standards of professional clinical practice, the PPG Ambulatory Care RN Lead provides high-quality, evidence-based care across the lifespan to enhance patient safety, reduce adverse events, and improve patient satisfaction. Also supports and promotes optimal health status and helps to manage cost of care within continually expanding, diverse, and complex patient populations. Interacts with patients during face-to-face encounters or through digital communication, establishing long-term relationships. Applies the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to their own professional practice. Supports the practice through participation in peer interviews, co-worker training, performance assessments, and serves as the primary clinical resource to other co-workers. Responsible for working collaboratively with leadership, providers, co-workers and members of the extended care team (Nurse Navigator, Licensed Clinical Therapist, and Pharmacist) to provide excellent service to our patients.
During each encounter, the PPG Ambulatory Care RN Lead focuses on the quality of nursing care by applying appropriate nursing interventions. Independently plans and provides professional nursing care for patients in accordance with physician orders or utilizing protocol-driven care. Performs procedures not limited to: EKG, Retina Scans, Suture Removal, BP Checks, Dressing Changes, UTI check, POCT.
Contacts patients, or delegates contact, regarding lab/test results. Identifies and clarifies patient needs. Educates patients and families on conditions, self-management and preventative care. Co-manages care team in-basket. Functions as a mentor and lead care team trainer. Assists with Quality Control for Point of Care Testing.
Education
Must be the graduate of a School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
Licensure/Certification
Must have current licensure as a Registered Nurse. CPR certification required.
Experience
Minimum two years' experience as a registered nurse, ambulatory experience preferred. Leadership skills and experience with autonomous critical thinking and working in a team-based care environment.
Other Qualifications
Medical terminology and pharmacology background needed. Essential computer skills and knowledge of electronic medical records recommended. Good verbal and written communication skills required.
Why Parkview?
We have everything you're looking for in a career; great compensation and benefits; skill development and career advancement programs and more. At Parkview, we are committed to providing excellent care to each patient within our clinics and medical practices. The success of this mission begins with careteam members like you.
Benefits: Health benefits, paid time off, employee assistance, community vendor discounts, payroll deduction options
Sign-on bonus: For certified and uncertifiedMedical Assistants, LPN's, and RN's hired in part-time and full-time positions.
Education: Clinical Orientation, tuition assistance, certification reimbursement
Growth: Parkview's Medical Assistant Advancement Pathway (MAAP)
Culture : World-class teamwork, Personalized health journeys for co-workers and family members
Proud to Bleed Green:
Be your best. Be a Parkview nurse.
You wanted to help others, so you chose a career in nursing. Now choose the health system that can help you be your best Parkview. We re the healthcare leader in northeast Indiana, with 10 hospitals, Magnet status and everything you need to launch or grow a great career in nursing. Our team, comprised of over 13,000 co-workers, is dedicated to improving the health and inspiring the well-being of individuals and families in communities throughout northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.
Great compensation and benefits.
At Parkview, we provide a Total Rewards program that includes great compensation and benefits, a work/life balance and learning opportunities to enhance your career and personal life.
- Compensation Great compensation package, sign-on bonus (Up to $40,000 for critical needs areas), relocation bonus
- Benefits Competitive benefit discounts and plan flexibility through Signature Care PPO network, Parkview Employee Assistance Program, Parkview Workplace Wellness
Tuition Assistance If you want to go back to school, whether for personal or professional reasons, Parkview wants to help. We offer tuition assistance to any eligible co-worker after just six months of continuous employment with Parkview.
Student Loan Payback Program Have large student loans to pay back? As a Parkview nurse, you re eligible to receive student loan payback dollars from Parkview.
Nursing Residency Program - At Parkview we offer an environment focused on personal and professional growth, while supporting our nurses as they transition from student to professional nurse. Our Nurse Residency Program is designed to give you the confidence and skills you need to grow a successful career, providing excellent care to every person, every day.
Creative employment opportunities.
Parkview Travel Program We understand there are many seasons in life, and your career should reflect your desire to grow when and where it s right for you. That s why our Travel RN program offers assignments lasting three to nine months, giving you the opportunity to expand your career while also providing the flexibility you desire.
Parkview RN Hotel Program We know the thought of relocating to a new community can be a hard decision. Parkview offers lodging assistance to RNs who live over 50 mile from their Parkview hospital location allowing you to see what it s like to be part of our team before relocating to northeast Indiana.
A culture that just feels right.
At Parkview, we are known for our quality of care, innovation and collaboration among all care team members. Our culture can be seen and felt when walking through our front door and continues into the clinical care areas and administrative offices. Our nurses and leadership display shared values, friendliness, genuine compassion and a dedication to providing excellent care to every person, every day. But this caring continues beyond our doors as well. As a mission-driven, not-for-profit health system, Parkview also gives back to the community. Each year, we sponsor numerous outreach initiatives to address the health priorities of our region. Because at Parkview, we believe in better not just for patients, but for the entire community.