Registered Nurse (Experienced/ New Grad RN) - 1E Hematology&2N Sickle Cell Clinic-Day Shifts-Durham

Company: Duke Health
Location: Efland
Posted on: September 24, 2022

Job Description:

Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 957 inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 51 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; an Ambulatory Surgery Center with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. In fiscal year 2018, Duke University Hospital admitted 42,916 patients and had 1,085,740 outpatient visits in fiscal year 2017. - U.S News & World Report named Duke University Hospital #1 in North Carolina and #1 in the Raleigh-Durham area in 2018-19. - Duke University Hospital is ranked in the top 20 nationally for seven adult specialties, including cardiology and heart surgery, nephrology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology. - In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers. - Duke Nursing Highlights: -

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet-- - organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina--------s Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance! -Duke Health seeks to hire -Reistered Nurses -who will embrace our mission of -Advancing Health Together. - -Job Summary -Hematology & Sickle Cell Clinic Position: -Our team is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time. Ideal applicants would have excellent computer and phone skills and be able to communicate effectively with a multidisciplinary team. We are looking for someone with the ability to establish a strong rapport with patients and families by phone, to coordinate services, and to provide education and nursing care to patients and families in the clinic setting. -This position will be working closely with both Hematology and Sickle Cell clinics. -Working knowledge -of procedures and techniques involved in administering routine and special treatments to patients including (but not limited to):
  • Peripheral IV insertion
  • Accessing/De-accessing Traditional Implanted Ports
  • Specimen collection
  • Administration of PO, IM, and IV medications including continuous IV fluids and Patient
  • Controlled Analgesia (PCA) set-up and maintenance
  • Working knowledge of infection control procedures and safety precautions
  • Working knowledge and completion of appropriate JCAHO and other regulatory requirements -Preferred Experience: -
    • At least 2 years' experience in Ambulatory or Med-Surg
    • Experience working with accessing and care of central lines, specifically Traditional Implanted Ports, VasCaths, PICC lines, and/or Vortex ports
    • Experience working in EPIC
    • Organized
    • Able to develop with a good rapport with colleagues, patients, and patients' family members
    • Experience with Sickle Cell patients would be a plus -Work Schedule:Monday to Friday - Day Shifts - No Weekends. - -Knowledge of scope of the Registered Nurse: -
      • Knowledge of and appropriate application of the nursing process
      • Knowledge of professional theory, practice and procedure -Ability to assess nursing needs of acute and chronically ill patients and their families -Ability to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively -Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
      • Ability to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership and others
      • Ability to teach patients and families in accordance with the nursing plan of care
      • Ability to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritize information, treatment, and follow-up
      • Ability to use fine motor skills
      • Competent in BLS and/or other specialized life support requirements designated by work area
      • Ability to record activities, document assessments, plan of care, interventions, evaluation and re-evaluation of patient status
      • Ability to use computer and computer software applications including but not limited to) EPIC, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, etc.
      • Able to document and communicate pertinent information using computer and/or paper documentation tools
      • Ability to navigate the entity to provide clinical care for patients
      • Ability to withstand prolonged standing and walking. - - - - - - -
      • Ability to remain focused and organized. - - Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. - Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values. - Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department. -

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