Nurse; Ambulatory Care

About the Position: This position is located at Keesler Medical Group in Biloxi, Mississippi.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

• Provide professional nursing care through the delivery, management, and coordination of care and services in a clinic setting through face-to-face encounters or via telecommunications technology (telehealth/virtual nursing).
• Prioritize encounters based on the patient’s condition and preferences, cultural and age-specific considerations, education level and health literacy, and/or anticipated need for urgent and emergent care.
• Gather information and/or documentation required for continuation of care referral requests and lab and diagnostic test results (under credentialed provider or clinical support staff protocol guidance).
• Gather critical information for patient medication renewal requests.
• Perform assessment by systematically collecting focused data relating to the health needs and concerns of an individual patient, group, or population.
• Facilitate the development/continuous improvement of mechanisms for plans to be recorded, reviewed, evaluated, and updated.
• Ensure compliance with professional standards of care and practice.
• Document all nursing care and services in the patient’s electronic health record.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
• Selectees will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
• This position is a Testing Designated Position subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing. Selectees will be required to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
• A pre-placement medical examination is required.
• Moderate to heavy lifting up to 30 pounds may be required.
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association. Advanced certification (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS.
• Applicants must be able to fulfill non-privileged professional credential requirements.