Registered Nurse - Plastic Surgery, Highlands Ranch

Job description

Registered Nurse - Plastic Surgery, Highlands Ranch - 39106 University Staff Description University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Department: Community Practice: Job Title: Registered Nurse - Plastic Surgery, Highlands Ranch Position #:00845466 – Requisition #:39106: Job Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) provides high-quality support to physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) in meeting the operational needs of the practice and the medical needs of the patient. The RN assesses and evaluates patient conditions, and then plans, implements, provides, and documents patient care in a manner that follows professional nursing standards and outlined practices. Key Responsibilities: - Escorts patients to and from exam rooms and readies them for physicians. - Performs telephone triage, patient education, handling of physician phone calls, and pharmacy calls. - Takes vital signs, records medical history/symptoms, and ensures medical chart/lab test results are available and complete. - Administers immunizations and minor treatments as prescribed. - Respond to patient questions and concerns as a liaison between physician and patient. - Reports all test results to the patient as...