Registered Nurse – Columbia, MO

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Assists physician and staff in coordinating patient care. Functions as primary liaison between patients, staff, and physicians.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides telephone medical support to quickly and efficiently handle telephone inquires from patients needing assistance.
• Works to ensure the efficient delivery of medical care in an office-based setting providing physician support in carrying out the plan of care for each patient served.
• Rounds with the physician in the hospital.
• Implements and documents a teaching plan specific to each patient/family based upon assessment of patient’s needs, which includes evidence of patient/family understanding.
• Works closely with the medical secretary to ensure all orders are completed and followed up on to include communication with the patient.
• Schedules invasive procedures closely coordinating the physicians schedule with the care team.
• Rotates weekend call/holiday call duties with the practice nurses and mid-levels to provide support on Saturday and Sunday and occasional holidays for the primary call physician. (Approximately 6 weekends per year.) Weekend and holiday work is compensated in addition to salary pay.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

LICENSE/ EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/ EXPERIENCE

• State RN license required.
• Minimum of one-year professional nursing experience; clinic or ICU experience preferred.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS

Requires standing and walking, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Requires working under stressful conditions or working some irregular hours.

WORK SCHEDULE

Workdays are Monday through Friday with occasional weekends (approximately one in every six weekends– short days) and rare holidays, to be determined by call schedule.

 

RN- Cardiology Device Technician – Columbia, MO

JOB DUTIES

Serves as primary resource for pacemaker and defibrillator programming and tracking. Provides direct patient care, general assessment, selective procedures and database administration to assure high quality care and service to patients with implanted Electrophysiology (EP) devices under the direction of an EP physician. Performs statistical, clerical and quality assurance duties under the supervision of the Director of Clinical Services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri OR previous experience in Device Management
• Three years clinical experience required
• CPR and ACLS certification

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Two years of cardiology experience
• Strong EKG/arrhythmia interpretation skills
• Skill in performing device checks and reprogramming

WORK SCHEDULE

This is a full-time position and will work days, Monday through Friday, no weekends, no holidays. There is an option to rotate from working 5 days a week to four 10-hour days approximately once a month.