Description:
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Utilizes assessment skills to evaluate patient needs and formulate a plan of care, as part of the multi-disciplinary care team. Revises outcomes and interventions based on results of ongoing evaluation, collaborating with both the patient and members of the care team.
Facilitates individual or group nursing visits with patients to address chronic illnesses, provides education about management and treatment of disease as needed.
Identifies patients at risk for poor outcomes and those who may require more intensive services; provides additional outreach and frequent follow up (by phone and in-person) to this population.
Provides Complex Case Management, including chronic disease case management, critical diagnosis care coordination, transition care management, high risk clinical tracking, complex medication management and system utilization to appropriate patients.
Provides medication reconciliation and adherence counseling, while assessing patient knowledge and barriers to adherence and self-care.
Triages patients during walk-in/same day clinic.
Teamwork
Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team to address both physical and psychological aspects of health to provide care for the whole patient.
Works along with the Transition of Care Team to ensure safe and effective transitions of care.
Collaborates with provider during appointments or in nursing visit for education on health promotion, disease prevention and/or management of disease.
Flexible in scheduling to work the demands of the clinic schedule.
Patient Focus
Assists patients in the development of self-management goals, evaluates ongoing status of goals along with other members of the interdisciplinary care team; coordinates follow-up as needed.
Accesses appropriate resources inside and outside the organization to meet the needs of the caller/patient.
Demonstrates awareness of cultural, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation and racial differences and their potential to impact patient outcomes.
Communication
Teaches patients skills to care for themselves, including medication administration (self-injections, nebulizers and inhalers), wound care and how to check blood sugars and blood pressures. Provides education on the importance of preventative health screening.
Delegates clerical and non-nursing clinical tasks to assistive personnel as appropriate.
Utilizes interpreter services for patient communication as necessary.
Attends nursing departmental, site staff meetings and participates in committee meetings as assigned.
Checking, Examining, and Recording
Documents both incoming and outgoing calls as they occur and communicates effectively with other team members to provide continuity of care to the patient.
Documents telecommunications that reflect care specific to the actual or potential health needs of the caller/patient.
Collects health status data relevant to the patient’s present problem in a continuous, systematic and complete manner.
Completes review of systems, physical assessment and correlates with patient’s health history to prepare patient for further examination or treatment as appropriate.
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Required: Graduate from an Accredited School of Nursing; Current Maryland Nursing License
Must hold active Maryland RN License & active CPR
4-5 years of experience who have worked in multiple specialties (OBGYN or Labor & Delivery)
Nice to have have : RN Care Management experience.
MUST: Someone with strong critical thinking skills
MUST: Someone who can work autonomously
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.
About Actalent
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