Registered Nurse Ambulatory (FT - Day, 40hrs / week) - O / P Physician Services / Lifetime Follow-Up Clinic - Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

The role of the RN in this setting provides both direct and indirect patient care following the standards of professional performance. The following are essential functions in this role :

• Diagnose and treat the patient's response to actual or potential health problems in a busy physician practice outpatient environment.
• An active member of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team and works collaboratively with physicians, patients, care givers, other interdisciplinary team members, and outside agencies to assist the patient to their highest level of independence.
• Ensures that the care is individualized and appropriate to the patient's needs and that the care is carried out comprehensively according to the plan.
• This role requires the ability to analyze, synthesize, triage, and evaluate the patient's status, concurrent care needs, and incoming calls to ensure that the highest level of safe and effective patient outcomes are achieved utilizing Epic.

In this outpatient physician practice clinic, the RN is responsible for supporting the physician practice including assisting with procedures, medication renewals, prior authorizations, telephone triage, and patient education. In addition, the nurse supports the Magee Lifetime Follow Up activities by providing consultation and guidance to the patients as needed and performing inpatient admissions from home.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

OUTPATIENT CLINIC - SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Qualifications

Conditions of Employment

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson's clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Conditions of Employment

Since this position will require the selected candidate to engage in regular contact with children in the form of care, guidance, supervision or training, you will be required to meet the requirements of the Child Protective Services Act, including the Pennsylvania State Police criminal background check, the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare child abuse criminal background clearance, and an FBI finger print based federal criminal records check. The selected candidate will not be allowed to commence working until all three (3) are completed satisfactorily.

Closing Statement

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic / programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.