Registered Nurse

Job Description

Registered Nurse

Job purpose

Nurses provide patient care and leadership support to the Care Team by collaborating with

Team members and performing high quality, cost effective nursing care using the nursing process; assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.  Nurses strive to promote health maintenance and restoration of the patient’s health and wellbeing.  This is done in a collaborative approach with all Team members and is guided by Fair Haven Community Health Care (FHCHC) policies,  Standards of care and mission.

Duties and responsibilities

Major Areas of Responsibility:

• Independently carries out assignments; providing direct patient care in clinic or via telephone.
• Collaborate and Lead within the Patient Care Team.
• Provides supervision and collaborates with Licensed Practical Nurses in the development of the patient’s plan of care.
• Provides supervision of Medical Assistants within the care team.
• Delegates appropriate tasks to the LPN and Medical Assistant in the provision of patient care.
• Documents in patient’s EMR, processes forms & performs follow up phone calls related to the patient’s plan of care.
• Is a key participant in Care Coordination within the patient care team.
• Plans patient care using the nursing process (Assess/Plan/Implement & Evaluate).
• Conducts Patient Education and documents education and patient’s response to teaching in the patient record.
• Positively contributes to Fair Haven Community Health Care mission.