Registered Nurse needed for a prestigious Maternal Fetal Medicine practice located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Under general supervision, provides professional nursing services through education and patient care in the office setting. Follows established nursing process, including patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Assists providers and staff in coordinating patient care. Functions as a primary liaison between patients, staff, and providers.
Essential Functions:
Triages and responds to all patient phone calls in the practice.
Calls patient prescriptions into pharmacies as required.
Assures that results for all outgoing laboratory tests are received in the practice in a timely fashion.
Screens incoming lab results-reports abnormal values to physicians and confirms that they are responded to appropriately.
Assess the physical and psychosocial needs of patients and makes appropriate nursing interventions, assists physicians and health care practitioners with examinations, treatments, and other procedures.
Educates and counsels patients on procedures, medical care, and sensitive health issues, including need for follow-up; provides informational literature and makes referrals to mental health, social services, and other agencies as needed.
Requirements:
Possession of a NY license as a Registered Nurse.
Minimum of 2 years' experience in an OBGYN setting with Maternal Fetal Medicine experience a plus.
Knowledge of OBGYN nursing principles and practice.