Infusion Registered Nurse - Committed Weekender

Overview

Metro Infusion Center Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is seeking an Infusion Registered Nurse to work every other weekend at clinics located in Kansas City, MO;
Overland Park, KS; and Lee's Summit, MO. Candidate must be willing to work at all listed clinics.

• Access peripheral lines; teach infusion patients how to self-administer medications. Document in Medical Record
• Review and chart daily laboratory results, and communicate results to physicians and/or patients as needed
• E-prescribe new prescriptions and refills per doctor s order and communicate to pharmacies
• Receive and return patient and others  telephone calls
• Review EMR charts for next day s appointments, order lab results, consult reports or notes as necessary, and document all required fields in EMR to be eligible for meaningful use
• Respond to telephone calls, meet patients in the office on weekends, and schedule patients to come to the office as needed
• Participate in quality assurance and educational activities as requested
• Use clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs and establish priorities
• Monitor the safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment
• Facilitate good interpersonal communications with facility staff
• Arrange for daily coverage with co-worker
• Assist and consult with the physician in the ordering of procedures and diagnostic tests
• Order laboratory tests for patients per provider s order or standing order; follow up on abnormal labs and medication refills as instructed
• Maintain patient records, billing documentation and all other administrative records in the practice s EHR as required
• Administer immunizations, TB screening, medications and blood draws in line with current guidelines and established protocols
• Support professional practice by observing:
  1) Standards of Nursing Practice;
  2) JCAHO, state and local laws;
  3) MIDC policy
• Perform other duties as assigned by Practice Physicians and Practice Administrator

Every other weekend – 26 weekends a year that includes 2 holidays (plus the holiday weekend).

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Current RN license
• At least two years RN office practice experience, preferably in an infusion-related practice
• Infusion experience
• Chemo experience is preferred, but not required
• Proof of current vaccinations, including boosters commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19)

• $60/hour