PROVIDES A SAFE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT
- Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees
- Utilizes proper posture, sound body mechanics and principles for safe patient handling
- Considers the needs of patients, employees, medical staff, volunteers, vendors and members of the community in an informative, courteous and compassionate manner
- Maintains general good physical and mental health and self-care in order not to jeopardize the health and safety of self and others in the hospital / clinical setting
PROFESSIONALISM
- Maintains current knowledge of professional practice responsibilities and relevant national and state laws and issues which affect their practice
- Models ethical appropriate behavior, professional standards, compliance, and personal integrity
- Identifies and pursues continuing education opportunities; applies and shares new knowledge
- Participates in departmental staff meetings and in-service education programs
- Takes responsibility for special projects and assignments, and additional caseload when needed
- Displays mature, empathetic and effective professional relationships by exhibiting compassion, integrity and concern for others
- Conducts oneself in an ethical and legal manner, upholding the APTA Code of Ethics, OHSU, federal privacy policies, and state statues / OAR's specific to discipline.
- Adapts to changing and demanding environments
SERVICE
- Demonstrates excellent customer service and communication skills in all interactions with patients and family, including both telephone and face-to-face situations
- Uses I CARE for introduction and closing
- Demonstrates active listening skills and supportive, professional/behavior at all times, to patients, families and staff
- Addresses complaints and problems promptly and courteously, involving management when indicated
- Communicates with patients/families, other health care team members, in a time and cost efficient, courteous manner
PROVIDES SKILLED REHABILITATION TREATMENT
- Prioritizes care needs given medical necessity, discharge plan, medical stability and appropriateness to participate in rehabilitation
- Performs and documents skilled patient care activities, including direct treatment and caregiver/patient/family education
- Monitors and adjusts treatment plan specific to patient progress
- Facilitates routine patient activity plans with nursing and other caregivers
- Updates recommendations to team regarding continuing rehabilitation needs and plan as patient’s condition and situation warrant
- Directs, supports and provides supervision as required for PTA’s, Aides and volunteers
- Develops and enhances patient care program and patient outcomes in specialty area
- Documents treatment and other patient contacts in patient's medical record in compliance with DNV, OHSU, OAR’s and third-party payer criteria
CARE COORDINATION
- Collaborates with the patient, family and medical team in multi-disciplinary patient rounds, ensuring a common level of understanding of the patient’s rehabilitation needs, and providing recommendations for rehabilitation after discharge
- Requests patient /family conferences as appropriate, and participates in conferences representing department, heightens awareness of and advocates for rehab needs of patient
- Enhances patient safety both during and after hospitalization by assisting the team in problem-solving, including but not limited to fall risk reduction, prevention of contracture, implementation of structured activity for patients with cognitive impairments
- Provides feedback and educates physicians, fellows, residents, and other health care providers about rehabilitation (including but not limited to medical necessity for skilled rehabilitation services and appropriate referrals, and expectations for rehabilitation outcome and rehabilitation service intensity at various levels of care)
CLINICAL EDUCATION
- Provides evidenced-based clinical instruction experiences and supervision for physical therapy students and physical therapist assistant students, typically in a backup role to full time CI’s
- Ensure student completion of weekly goals; identifies and facilitates achievement of affiliation objectives
- Provides regular feedback, completes CPI on schedule
- Participates in the supervision and training for students from other disciplines
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Maintains current knowledge of, and complies with hospital and department policies and procedures, union contracts, etc.
- Ensures baseline skills for patient management in all inpatient areas and maintains proficiency through regular exposure and patient care activity, mentoring with other staff, and formal or informal peer review
- Participates in ongoing professional development, mentoring and competency assessment for self and other staff. Includes but is not limited to: attends educational classes appropriate to a job development, communicates additional training needs to direct supervisor, attends staff meetings and orients new staff, cross-trains for position in assigned or other areas
- Assists in department quality improvement. Independently maintains an organized schedule, solves schedule conflicts through peer collaboration and informs supervisor when adequate patient coverage is not available
DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
- Maintains a clean, safe and orderly environment for the patients, family and staff. Includes, but is not limited to: maintaining supplies, equipment and forms, notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning and repair of equipment is needed following infection control policies
- Ensures return of equipment after patient use to designated place (whether unit-owned or department-owned)
- Ensures and supports the delivery of individualized, high quality, current and evidenced based patient instructional materials; appropriate for patient condition and learning preferences
- Ensures scheduler / manager has ongoing, current availability for scheduling.
- Responds in a timely manner to scheduling requests; both for pre-scheduling requests for work opportunity response, and same day-notice unscheduled requests.
- Meets or exceeds departmental efficiency expectations
This posting is for our Accelerated Hiring Event on Saturday April 6th. If you apply, your resume will be reviewed and if you meet the minimum qualifications you will be called for a phone screening to discuss the position. If selected for a final interview, you will be scheduled for an in person interview at OHSU on Saturday April 6th.
Up to $12,000 Hiring Bonus DOE.
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN's care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
This position also comes with great benefits! Some highlights include:
- Comprehensive health care plans. Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents.
- $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
- Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
- Vacation - Up to 192 to 288 hours per year depending on length of service
- Sick Leave - Up to 96 hours per year
- Holidays - up to 64 holiday hours per calendar year (employees accrue .0308 holiday hours for each hour paid)
- Substantial public transportation discounts (Tri-met and C-Tran)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including extensive wellness resources
Patient Care
- Observes all infection prevention guidelines.
- Assists with admitting and discharge patients.
- Obtains accurate vital signs and patient weights.
- Gathers and secures patient valuables.
- Completes all unit specific ED tech documentation in the patient’s medical record.
- Performs 12-lead EKG per standard.
- Performs wound preparations and applies simple dressings as directed by the RN or LIP.
- Performs ortho splinting as directed by RN or LIP.
- Provides safe patient mobilization using aids, as directed, for safety and notifies the nurse of additional needs.
- Performs or assists with proper and safe patient lifts, transfers, turns and positioning.
- Provides for safety; bed in low position, side rails, items within reach, identified hazards and assistance.
- Assures patient maintains good body alignment, comfort, range of motion (ROM), and support.
- Responds to call lights. Assures that call lights are within reach at all times.
- Collects and tests specimens as directed (blood, urine, stool, other).
- Assists the patient with toileting and hygiene needs.
- Records I&Os.
- Provides emotional support as needed.
- Provides and maintains needed comfort measures e.g. blankets, pillows, etc.
- Performs post mortem care per policy.
- Greets visitors and family members and provides information within unit defined standards.
- Provides and obtains shift reports as needed or as directed.
- Escorts/transports patient via wheelchair/stretcher to various locations within the hospital.
- Assists with monitoring of equipment alarms. Notifies nurse appropriately.
- Rounds/observes patients at least hourly, responding to all patient needs, and reports observations as needed or directed.
- Performs all duties necessary to assure delivery of prescribed diet and meets all dietary needs.
- Provides safe and proper application, observation, and documentation of restraints/seclusion. Observes disoriented/confused patients per division guidelines or as directed.
- Assists RNs, physicians, and other health care team members as needed.
- Performs phlebotomy for obtaining blood specimen.
Indirect care:
- Maintains the patient care area.
- Cleans equipment and area in conjunction with environmental services.
- Keeps dirty utility rooms clean and free of debris and excess supplies.
- Distributes linen and supplies.
- Transports specimens, equipment and medications.
- Maintains awareness of equipment operation and reports broken or missing equipment per OHSU standards.
- Orders supplies as necessary.
- Stocks patient rooms and carts as needed or as directed.
- Resus rooms
- IV carts
- GYN, ENT, Lac carts
- Disinfect or discard equipment/supplies appropriately
- Supports administrative operations
- Facilitates unit communications
- Receives, screens, transfers, and places phone calls: coordinates post-discharge concerns and paperwork appropriately
- Facilitates faxes and assists with paging
- Schedules hospital transport requests
- Coordinates other patient transports, including trip tickets
- Scans and assembles medical records
- Maintains the work station, supplies, resource materials
- Sends/receives materials in P-tube
- Reconciles EPIC downtime entries
- Copies materials as requested
Quality
- Assists Departmental Leadership in their efforts to monitor and evaluate applicable standards.
- Maintains quality assurance around Point of Care Testing.
- Maintains current knowledge of departmental benchmarks and initiatives; works toward continuous process and system improvement.
- Provides an environment conducive to safety for patients, visitors, and staff.
Patient Care
- Observes all infection prevention guidelines.
- Assists with admitting and discharge patients.
- Obtains accurate vital signs and patient weights.
- Gathers and secures patient valuables.
- Completes all unit specific ED tech documentation in the patient’s medical record.
- Performs 12-lead EKG per standard.
- Performs wound preparations and applies simple dressings as directed by the RN or LIP.
- Performs ortho splinting as directed by RN or LIP.
- Provides safe patient mobilization using aids, as directed, for safety and notifies the nurse of additional needs.
- Performs or assists with proper and safe patient lifts, transfers, turns and positioning.
- Provides for safety; bed in low position, side rails, items within reach, identified hazards and assistance.
- Assures patient maintains good body alignment, comfort, range of motion (ROM), and support.
- Responds to call lights. Assures that call lights are within reach at all times.
- Collects and tests specimens as directed (blood, urine, stool, other).
- Assists the patient with toileting and hygiene needs.
- Records I&Os.
- Provides emotional support as needed.
- Provides and maintains needed comfort measures e.g. blankets, pillows, etc.
- Performs post mortem care per policy.
- Greets visitors and family members and provides information within unit defined standards.
- Provides and obtains shift reports as needed or as directed.
- Escorts/transports patient via wheelchair/stretcher to various locations within the hospital.
- Assists with monitoring of equipment alarms. Notifies nurse appropriately.
- Rounds/observes patients at least hourly, responding to all patient needs, and reports observations as needed or directed.
- Performs all duties necessary to assure delivery of prescribed diet and meets all dietary needs.
- Provides safe and proper application, observation, and documentation of restraints/seclusion. Observes disoriented/confused patients per division guidelines or as directed.
- Assists RNs, physicians, and other health care team members as needed.
- Performs phlebotomy for obtaining blood specimen.
Indirect care:
- Maintains the patient care area.
- Cleans equipment and area in conjunction with environmental services.
- Keeps dirty utility rooms clean and free of debris and excess supplies.
- Distributes linen and supplies.
- Transports specimens, equipment and medications.
- Maintains awareness of equipment operation and reports broken or missing equipment per OHSU standards.
- Orders supplies as necessary.
- Stocks patient rooms and carts as needed or as directed.
- Resus rooms
- IV carts
- GYN, ENT, Lac carts
- Disinfect or discard equipment/supplies appropriately
- Supports administrative operations
- Facilitates unit communications
- Receives, screens, transfers, and places phone calls: coordinates post-discharge concerns and paperwork appropriately
- Facilitates faxes and assists with paging
- Schedules hospital transport requests
- Coordinates other patient transports, including trip tickets
- Scans and assembles medical records
- Maintains the work station, supplies, resource materials
- Sends/receives materials in P-tube
- Reconciles EPIC downtime entries
- Copies materials as requested
Quality
- Assists Departmental Leadership in their efforts to monitor and evaluate applicable standards.
- Maintains quality assurance around Point of Care Testing.
- Maintains current knowledge of departmental benchmarks and initiatives; works toward continuous process and system improvement.
- Provides an environment conducive to safety for patients, visitors, and staff.
Patient Care
- Observes all infection prevention guidelines.
- Assists with admitting and discharge patients.
- Obtains accurate vital signs and patient weights.
- Gathers and secures patient valuables.
- Completes all unit specific ED tech documentation in the patient’s medical record.
- Performs 12-lead EKG per standard.
- Performs wound preparations and applies simple dressings as directed by the RN or LIP.
- Performs ortho splinting as directed by RN or LIP.
- Provides safe patient mobilization using aids, as directed, for safety and notifies the nurse of additional needs.
- Performs or assists with proper and safe patient lifts, transfers, turns and positioning.
- Provides for safety; bed in low position, side rails, items within reach, identified hazards and assistance.
- Assures patient maintains good body alignment, comfort, range of motion (ROM), and support.
- Responds to call lights. Assures that call lights are within reach at all times.
- Collects and tests specimens as directed (blood, urine, stool, other).
- Assists the patient with toileting and hygiene needs.
- Records I&Os.
- Provides emotional support as needed.
- Provides and maintains needed comfort measures e.g. blankets, pillows, etc.
- Performs post mortem care per policy.
- Greets visitors and family members and provides information within unit defined standards.
- Provides and obtains shift reports as needed or as directed.
- Escorts/transports patient via wheelchair/stretcher to various locations within the hospital.
- Assists with monitoring of equipment alarms. Notifies nurse appropriately.
- Rounds/observes patients at least hourly, responding to all patient needs, and reports observations as needed or directed.
- Performs all duties necessary to assure delivery of prescribed diet and meets all dietary needs.
- Provides safe and proper application, observation, and documentation of restraints/seclusion. Observes disoriented/confused patients per division guidelines or as directed.
- Assists RNs, physicians, and other health care team members as needed.
- Performs phlebotomy for obtaining blood specimen.
Indirect care:
- Maintains the patient care area.
- Cleans equipment and area in conjunction with environmental services.
- Keeps dirty utility rooms clean and free of debris and excess supplies.
- Distributes linen and supplies.
- Transports specimens, equipment and medications.
- Maintains awareness of equipment operation and reports broken or missing equipment per OHSU standards.
- Orders supplies as necessary.
- Stocks patient rooms and carts as needed or as directed.
- Resus rooms
- IV carts
- GYN, ENT, Lac carts
- Disinfect or discard equipment/supplies appropriately
- Supports administrative operations
- Facilitates unit communications
- Receives, screens, transfers, and places phone calls: coordinates post-discharge concerns and paperwork appropriately
- Facilitates faxes and assists with paging
- Schedules hospital transport requests
- Coordinates other patient transports, including trip tickets
- Scans and assembles medical records
- Maintains the work station, supplies, resource materials
- Sends/receives materials in P-tube
- Reconciles EPIC downtime entries
- Copies materials as requested
Quality
- Assists Departmental Leadership in their efforts to monitor and evaluate applicable standards.
- Maintains quality assurance around Point of Care Testing.
- Maintains current knowledge of departmental benchmarks and initiatives; works toward continuous process and system improvement.
- Provides an environment conducive to safety for patients, visitors, and staff.
PROVIDES A SAFE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT
- Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees
- Utilizes proper posture, sound body mechanics and principles for safe patient handling
- Considers the needs of patients, employees, medical staff, volunteers, vendors and members of the community in an informative, courteous and compassionate manner
- Maintains general good physical and mental health and self-care in order not to jeopardize the health and safety of self and others in the hospital / clinical setting
PROFESSIONALISM
- Maintains current knowledge of professional practice responsibilities and relevant national and state laws and issues which affect their practice
- Models ethical appropriate behavior, professional standards, compliance, and personal integrity
- Identifies and pursues continuing education opportunities; applies and shares new knowledge
- Participates in departmental staff meetings and in-service education programs
- Takes responsibility for special projects and assignments, and additional caseload when needed
- Displays mature, empathetic and effective professional relationships by exhibiting compassion, integrity and concern for others
- Conducts oneself in an ethical and legal manner, upholding the APTA Code of Ethics, OHSU, federal privacy policies, and state statues / OAR's specific to discipline.
- Adapts to changing and demanding environments
SERVICE
- Demonstrates excellent customer service and communication skills in all interactions with patients and family, including both telephone and face-to-face situations
- Uses I CARE for introduction and closing
- Demonstrates active listening skills and supportive, professional/behavior at all times, to patients, families and staff
- Addresses complaints and problems promptly and courteously, involving management when indicated
- Communicates with patients/families, other health care team members, in a time and cost efficient, courteous manner
PROVIDES SKILLED REHABILITATION TREATMENT
- Prioritizes care needs given medical necessity, discharge plan, medical stability and appropriateness to participate in rehabilitation
- Performs and documents skilled patient care activities, including direct treatment and caregiver/patient/family education
- Monitors and adjusts treatment plan specific to patient progress
- Facilitates routine patient activity plans with nursing and other caregivers
- Updates recommendations to team regarding continuing rehabilitation needs and plan as patient’s condition and situation warrant
- Directs, supports and provides supervision as required for PTA’s, Aides and volunteers
- Develops and enhances patient care program and patient outcomes in specialty area
- Documents treatment and other patient contacts in patient's medical record in compliance with DNV, OHSU, OAR’s and third-party payer criteria
CARE COORDINATION
- Collaborates with the patient, family and medical team in multi-disciplinary patient rounds, ensuring a common level of understanding of the patient’s rehabilitation needs, and providing recommendations for rehabilitation after discharge
- Requests patient /family conferences as appropriate, and participates in conferences representing department, heightens awareness of and advocates for rehab needs of patient
- Enhances patient safety both during and after hospitalization by assisting the team in problem-solving, including but not limited to fall risk reduction, prevention of contracture, implementation of structured activity for patients with cognitive impairments
- Provides feedback and educates physicians, fellows, residents, and other health care providers about rehabilitation (including but not limited to medical necessity for skilled rehabilitation services and appropriate referrals, and expectations for rehabilitation outcome and rehabilitation service intensity at various levels of care)
CLINICAL EDUCATION
- Provides evidenced-based clinical instruction experiences and supervision for physical therapy students and physical therapist assistant students, typically in a backup role to full time CI’s
- Ensure student completion of weekly goals; identifies and facilitates achievement of affiliation objectives
- Provides regular feedback, completes CPI on schedule
- Participates in the supervision and training for students from other disciplines
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Maintains current knowledge of, and complies with hospital and department policies and procedures, union contracts, etc.
- Ensures baseline skills for patient management in all inpatient areas and maintains proficiency through regular exposure and patient care activity, mentoring with other staff, and formal or informal peer review
- Participates in ongoing professional development, mentoring and competency assessment for self and other staff. Includes but is not limited to: attends educational classes appropriate to a job development, communicates additional training needs to direct supervisor, attends staff meetings and orients new staff, cross-trains for position in assigned or other areas
- Assists in department quality improvement. Independently maintains an organized schedule, solves schedule conflicts through peer collaboration and informs supervisor when adequate patient coverage is not available
DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
- Maintains a clean, safe and orderly environment for the patients, family and staff. Includes, but is not limited to: maintaining supplies, equipment and forms, notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning and repair of equipment is needed following infection control policies
- Ensures return of equipment after patient use to designated place (whether unit-owned or department-owned)
- Ensures and supports the delivery of individualized, high quality, current and evidenced based patient instructional materials; appropriate for patient condition and learning preferences
- Ensures scheduler / manager has ongoing, current availability for scheduling.
- Responds in a timely manner to scheduling requests; both for pre-scheduling requests for work opportunity response, and same day-notice unscheduled requests.
- Meets or exceeds departmental efficiency expectations
Strategic and Leadership:
• Reports to VP Women’s & Children’s to provide strategic alignment and
operational excellence
• Participates in system level leadership to develop programs/relationships
with both internal and external partners inclusive of work under nondisclosure agreements including exploring partnership opportunities with
other institutions outside of OHSU.
• Conducts business program analysis including program evaluation and
financial assessment
• Develops new facilities planning and operational readiness
• Primary DCH liaison for OHSU/DCH Foundation; organize all VIP events,
donations and activities at DCH.
• Analyzes data to determine performance initiative priorities that improve
care delivery modes for Women’s & Children’s
• Leads the formulation of goals, objectives, and specific strategies related to
division level priorities
• Develops strategies to communicate, implement, and evaluate the
division’s and OHSU’s overall strategic plan
Operational Leadership:
• Directs business operations for Women’s & Children’s, in partnership with
the VP of Professional and Support services, in the inpatient and outpatient
care environment including pharmacy, lab, radiology, respiratory therapy,
physical therapy/occupational therapy, environmental services, clinical
technology services, and others
• Administrative Leader for Cardiac program
• Administrative Leader for Pediatric Behavioral Health program bringingtogether psychology, acute care, critical care, nursing, public safety,
facilities, psychiatry, social work, quality management in both the inpatient
and outpatient environment
• Administrative Leader for Pediatric Dental Program
• Administrative Leader for the Cleft and Craniofacial Program
• Administrative Leader for NICH Program
• Administrative Leader for NICH LAUNCH Program
• Administrative Leader for PAT Program
• Administrative Liaison for Shriner’s Hospital
• Facilitates monitoring and controlling of operational performance related
to quality, safety, patient experience, financial accountability, process
improvement for all care sites
• Develops and expands the team’s intellectual capacity through mentorship
on project management best practices to ensure productivity and results,
collaborates with DCH Strategy Project Manager
• Collaborates with the interprofessional team to promote the continuity of
operations across timelines with documented key performance indicators
and success criteria
• Balances the value of relationships and the need to achieve organizational
goals and objectives
• Promotes a climate of open communication and the free exchange of ideas
from all levels in the origination, including leveraging huddles for real time
improvement for front line staff
Financial Management:
• Partner with Hospital Financial Services in the development of business
plans including pro formas defining project revenue, expenses and overall
and ongoing project ROI
• Supports VP and Finance Manager on Action OI and cost benchmarks for all
care sites
• Mentors leaders in the analysis of financial data and effective resource
utilization
• Identifies opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies related to
improved product, service and process standardization and utilization by
appropriately assisting in the evaluation, analysis, selection, monitoring,
and implementation of cost-effective products, services, and processes in
the healthcare system
• Develops systems to monitor and measure affordability outcomes within
areas of control
• Provides oversight in the budgeting process by supporting the planning,
acquisition and allocation of resources
• Identifies, writes, and leads grant-writing efforts that benefit Doernbecher
missions and programs within the Director of Operations portfolio. Ensures
timely completion of affiliated reports for awarded grants and works
closely with OPAM and the OHSU Foundation as needed.
Special Projects:
• Participation and completion of projects as assigned by the VP of Women’s
& Children’s Services
• Baby Steps anticipatory guidance platform resulting in an average of
10K+ interactions/week with over 5,000 patients represented in
pediatrics and adult healthcare
• Doernbecher Outreach Vehicle Program
• Operational grant writing to fund DCH projects
• Staff Appreciation events
• Other ad hoc projects
Hiring Bonus up to $10,000 DOE and Relocation Package Available. Must begin work by July 1, 2024 to qualify
The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a registered nurse (RN) who is responsible for upholding excellence in the provision of nursing care through the implementation of the Profession Practice Model. The ANM, in association with the Nurse Manager, is responsible for the managerial and leadership functions within a patient environment. The ANM functions primarily on evening and nightshift hours to provide operational oversight, consistency and continuity. The ANM partners with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure the delivery of safe, quality patient care and compliance with regulatory standards, and administrative and clinical policies and procedures. The ANM performs managerial activities, and demonstrates effective leadership behaviors including performing evaluations, employee mentoring, coaching, and performance management. The ANM implements quality and safety initiatives, engages in process improvement, ensures adherence to bargaining unit agreements and human resource management. The ANM creates and sustains a patient care environment that supports a safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, productive, and engaged staff.
The ANM’s decisions and actions are based on ethical principles as outlined by the American Nurses Association. The ANM practices in adherence with the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice for Nurse Administrators, the ANA Code of Ethics, the Oregon State Board Nurse Practice Act, and within the context of the Nurse Executive Competencies developed by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). The ANM exemplifies the principles of the OHSU Culture of Safety Position Statement by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Benefits
OHSU offers competitive, affordable benefits that include health care, income protection and more. See highlights below or learn more about OHSU benefits.
- Comprehensive health care plans. Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents for .9 FTE and higher.
- $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
- Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
- Paid time off- 208 hours per year (full-time), prorated for part-time
- Extended illness bank- 64 hours per year, prorated for part-time
- 9 paid holidays per year
- Three weeks of paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance program (up to 5k)
- Substantial Tri-met and C-Tran discounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Hiring Bonus up to $12,000 DOE and Relocation Package Available. Must begin work by July 1, 2024 to qualify.
$49.16-$78.18 per hour, based on RN Degree and level of experience
Full-time
You will bring your nursing skills and expertise to our team of specialists working together to provide the best possible care. You will enjoy unmatched opportunities to learn and be inspired at Oregon’s only public academic health center.
You will be part of our professional culture of safety, collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning and teamwork. As an OHSU RN, your care delivery will be consistent with:
- The Oregon Nurse Practice Act
- The ANA Scope and Standards of Practice
- The ANA Code of Ethics
- The Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™
Benefits
OHSU offers competitive, affordable benefits that include health care, income protection and more. See highlights below or learn more about OHSU benefits.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage at low or no cost to employees
- Access to retirement plans
- Up to 200 hours (equal to 25 full days) a year of paid time off
- 96 hours of sick leave a year (prorated for part-time employees)
- Eight paid holidays a year
- Commuter subsidies
- Tuition reimbursement
- Access to group life insurance, disability insurance and other supplemental benefits
- Discounts just for OHSU members
Hiring Bonus and Relocation Package Available. Must begin work by March 31, 2024 to qualify.
$49.16-$78.18 per hour, based on RN Degree and level of experience. ADN and MSN rates also available.
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN’s care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, practitioner, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN’s engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Department Specific Responsibilities
1. The RN Coordinator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit. S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.
2. The RN Coordinator collaborates with the Nurse Navigators, Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business-related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration has taken place.
3. The RN Coordinator collaborates with multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate care is provided to patients and their families.
4. The RN Coordinator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.
5. The RN Coordinator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.
6. The RN Coordinator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed. S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed. S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.
7. The RN Coordinator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period. The RN Coordinator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.
General Clinical/Patient Care
1. Identifies the needs of patients through observations of disease symptoms, emotional state, cultural and socioeconomic background and response to medical regimen and treatment. Uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Incorporates assessment of pain, nutritional and functional need.
2. Triages and responds or refers inquiries appropriately. Recognizes and reports specific physical and emotional conditions/needs/concerns of the patients to appropriate members of the health care team. Alerts Providers to unusual observations of patients to facilitate immediate attention e.g. respiratory distress.
3. Plans as appropriate for the needs of patients and uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Collaborates with Providers and other members of the clinical support team in planning for the needs of the patients.
4. Provides individualized nursing care that responds to the needs of patients and demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment required by patients.
5. Responds to the emotional needs of patients by demonstrating sensitivity to the emotional state of patients. By developing a therapeutic relationship, the RNC will communicate to patients in an appropriate manner, utilizing assessment and professional problem solving to resolve conflict or barriers experience by the patient. Refers to appropriate members of the health team indicated.
6. Assesses patient/family learning needs; including barriers to learning and the most effective teaching methods. Implements patient teaching utilizing all available resources.
Inpatient Clinical Care
1. RN Coordinator will coordinator appointments and order planned admissions and communicate the plan to the inpatient staff to ensure optimal clinical outcomes.
2. RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and the service chief in development of protocol and pathway driven care for most common malignancies treated on the Hem/Onc service as well as key measures of quality of care for the Med Onc Service, including adherence to pathways.
3. RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and Clinical Director to periodically review key quality indicators. On the basis of these reviews, RN Coordinator will assist the Nursing Manager and the Clinical Director in developing or modifying relevant processes of care to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Outpatient Clinical Care
1. Assesses patient/family status and needs both actual and potential according to established standards
2. Educates patient/family on chemotherapy and plan of treatment as established by the Physician.
3. Coordinates and implements initiation of treatment plan of care.
4. Monitors, maintains and modifies the plan of care based on patient/family response to interventions.
5. Collaborates with call center staff and triage nurses to triages all patient calls; triages Provider calls and assists with communication when necessary. Uses standing orders to manage patient care when appropriate triage.
6. Recognizes and effectively responds to emergencies. Speaks with Providers directly in all emergency situations.
7. Assists with appropriate program placement if needed.
8. Acts as a patient advocate, preserving basic patients and family rights. Provides support to patients and families.
9. Demonstrates knowledge of practice specific standards of care in actual performance.
10. Clarifies and accurately executes provider orders, per established protocol.
11. Recognizes ethical issues and takes appropriate action in the provision of care.
12. Maintains current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administration.
13. Collaborates with the support services based on patient and family needs (genetic counseling, social work, nutrition, ect.)
PROVIDES A SAFE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT
- Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees
- Utilizes proper posture, sound body mechanics and principles for safe patient handling
- Considers the needs of patients, employees, medical staff, volunteers, vendors and members of the community in an informative, courteous and compassionate manner
- Maintains general good physical and mental health and self-care in order not to jeopardize the health and safety of self and others in the hospital / clinical setting
PROFESSIONALISM
- Maintains current knowledge of professional practice responsibilities and relevant national and state laws and issues which affect their practice
- Models ethical appropriate behavior, professional standards, compliance, and personal integrity
- Identifies and pursues continuing education opportunities; applies and shares new knowledge
- Participates in departmental staff meetings and in-service education programs
- Takes responsibility for special projects and assignments, and additional caseload when needed
- Displays mature, empathetic and effective professional relationships by exhibiting compassion, integrity and concern for others
- Conducts oneself in an ethical and legal manner, upholding the APTA Code of Ethics, OHSU, federal privacy policies, and state statues / OAR's specific to discipline.
- Adapts to changing and demanding environments
SERVICE
- Demonstrates excellent customer service and communication skills in all interactions with patients and family, including both telephone and face-to-face situations
- Uses I CARE for introduction and closing
- Demonstrates active listening skills and supportive, professional/behavior at all times, to patients, families and staff
- Addresses complaints and problems promptly and courteously, involving management when indicated
- Communicates with patients/families, other health care team members, in a time and cost efficient, courteous manner
PROVIDES SKILLED REHABILITATION TREATMENT
- Prioritizes care needs given medical necessity, discharge plan, medical stability and appropriateness to participate in rehabilitation
- Performs and documents skilled patient care activities, including direct treatment and caregiver/patient/family education
- Monitors and adjusts treatment plan specific to patient progress
- Facilitates routine patient activity plans with nursing and other caregivers
- Updates recommendations to team regarding continuing rehabilitation needs and plan as patient’s condition and situation warrant
- Directs, supports and provides supervision as required for PTA’s, Aides and volunteers
- Develops and enhances patient care program and patient outcomes in specialty area
- Documents treatment and other patient contacts in patient's medical record in compliance with DNV, OHSU, OAR’s and third-party payer criteria
CARE COORDINATION
- Collaborates with the patient, family and medical team in multi-disciplinary patient rounds, ensuring a common level of understanding of the patient’s rehabilitation needs, and providing recommendations for rehabilitation after discharge
- Requests patient /family conferences as appropriate, and participates in conferences representing department, heightens awareness of and advocates for rehab needs of patient
- Enhances patient safety both during and after hospitalization by assisting the team in problem-solving, including but not limited to fall risk reduction, prevention of contracture, implementation of structured activity for patients with cognitive impairments
- Provides feedback and educates physicians, fellows, residents, and other health care providers about rehabilitation (including but not limited to medical necessity for skilled rehabilitation services and appropriate referrals, and expectations for rehabilitation outcome and rehabilitation service intensity at various levels of care)
CLINICAL EDUCATION
- Provides evidenced-based clinical instruction experiences and supervision for physical therapy students and physical therapist assistant students, typically in a backup role to full time CI’s
- Ensure student completion of weekly goals; identifies and facilitates achievement of affiliation objectives
- Provides regular feedback, completes CPI on schedule
- Participates in the supervision and training for students from other disciplines
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Maintains current knowledge of, and complies with hospital and department policies and procedures, union contracts, etc.
- Ensures baseline skills for patient management in all inpatient areas and maintains proficiency through regular exposure and patient care activity, mentoring with other staff, and formal or informal peer review
- Participates in ongoing professional development, mentoring and competency assessment for self and other staff. Includes but is not limited to: attends educational classes appropriate to a job development, communicates additional training needs to direct supervisor, attends staff meetings and orients new staff, cross-trains for position in assigned or other areas
- Assists in department quality improvement. Independently maintains an organized schedule, solves schedule conflicts through peer collaboration and informs supervisor when adequate patient coverage is not available
DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
- Maintains a clean, safe and orderly environment for the patients, family and staff. Includes, but is not limited to: maintaining supplies, equipment and forms, notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning and repair of equipment is needed following infection control policies
- Ensures return of equipment after patient use to designated place (whether unit-owned or department-owned)
- Ensures and supports the delivery of individualized, high quality, current and evidenced based patient instructional materials; appropriate for patient condition and learning preferences
- Ensures scheduler / manager has ongoing, current availability for scheduling.
- Responds in a timely manner to scheduling requests; both for pre-scheduling requests for work opportunity response, and same day-notice unscheduled requests.
- Meets or exceeds departmental efficiency expectations
- Provides therapeutic interventions including but not limited to: airway management, therapeutic gases and ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Performs diagnostic procedures including but not limited to: sampling of arterial blood, bedside spirometry, spontaneous ventilatory parameters, point of care testing.
- Therapeutic modalities and communication approached with reference to age specific needs of the patient, including Doernbecher Children's Hospital Family Centered Care Program.
- Assists other Respiratory Care Practitioners and health professionals to provide quality patient care in the spirit of teamwork. Trains new Respiratory Therapists, students and other healthcare team members.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by a manager, supervisor or lead worker.
- Seeks assistance in managing workload as needed.
- Recognizes the need for guidance and uses expertise of others when appropriate.
- Utilizes appropriate chain-of-command and committee process to effect change.
- Charts and charges all services provided per policy.
Hiring Bonus up to $10,000 DOE and Relocation Package Available.
Must begin work by July 1, 2024 to qualify.
$49.16-$78.18 per hour, based on RN Degree and level of experience
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN's care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Department Specific Responsibilities
- The RN Coordinator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit. S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.
- The RN Coordinator collaborates with the Nurse Navigators, Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business-related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration has taken place.
- The RN Coordinator collaborates with multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate care is provided to patients and their families. (Cellular Therapy program, Intervention Radiology, Apheresis, Research etc.)
- The RN Coordinator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.
- The RN Coordinator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.
- The RN Coordinator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed. S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed. S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.
- The RN Coordinator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period. The RN Coordinator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.
General Clinical/Patient Care
- Identifies the needs of patients through observations of disease symptoms, emotional state, cultural and socioeconomic background and response to medical regimen and treatment. Uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Incorporates assessment of pain, nutritional and functional need.
- Triages and responds or refers inquiries appropriately. Recognizes and reports specific physical and emotional conditions/needs/concerns of the patients to appropriate members of the health care team. Alerts Providers to unusual observations of patients to facilitate immediate attention e.g. respiratory distress.
- Plans as appropriate for the needs of patients and uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Collaborates with Providers and other members of the clinical support team in planning for the needs of the patients.
- Provides individualized nursing care that responds to the needs of patients and demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment required by patients.
- Responds to the emotional needs of patients by demonstrating sensitivity to the emotional state of patients. By developing a therapeutic relationship, the RNC will communicate to patients in an appropriate manner, utilizing assessment and professional problem solving to resolve conflict or barriers experience by the patient. Refers to appropriate members of the health team indicated.
- Assesses patient/family learning needs; including barriers to learning and the most effective teaching methods. Implements patient teaching utilizing all available resources.
Inpatient Clinical Care
- RN Coordinator will coordinator appointments and order planned admissions and communicate the plan to the inpatient staff to ensure optimal clinical outcomes.
- RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and the service chief in development of protocol and pathway driven care for most common malignancies treated on the Hem/Onc service as well as key measures of quality of care for the Med Onc Service, including adherence to pathways.
- RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and Clinical Director to periodically review key quality indicators. On the basis of these reviews, RN Coordinator will assist the Nursing Manager and the Clinical Director in developing or modifying relevant processes of care to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Outpatient Clinical Care
- Assesses patient/family status and needs both actual and potential according to established standards
- Educates patient/family on chemotherapy and plan of treatment as established by the Physician.
- Coordinates and implements initiation of treatment plan of care.
- Monitors, maintains and modifies the plan of care based on patient/family response to interventions.
- Collaborates with call center staff and triage nurses to triages all patient calls; triages Provider calls and assists with communication when necessary. Uses standing orders to manage patient care when appropriate triage.
- Recognizes and effectively responds to emergencies. Speaks with Providers directly in all emergency situations.
- Assists with appropriate program placement if needed.
- Acts as a patient advocate, preserving basic patients and family rights. Provides support to patients and families.
- Demonstrates knowledge of practice specific standards of care in actual performance.
- Clarifies and accurately executes provider orders, per established protocol.
- Recognizes ethical issues and takes appropriate action in the provision of care.
- Maintains current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administration.
- Collaborates with support services based on patient and family needs (genetic counseling, social worker, nutrition, etc.)
Hiring Bonus up to $12,000 DOE and Relocation Package Available. Must begin work by July 1, 2024 to qualify.
$49.16-$78.18 per hour, based on RN Degree and level of experience
Full-time
You will bring your nursing skills and expertise to our team of specialists working together to provide the best possible care. You will enjoy unmatched opportunities to learn and be inspired at Oregon’s only public academic health center.
You will be part of our professional culture of safety, collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning and teamwork. As an OHSU RN, your care delivery will be consistent with:
- The Oregon Nurse Practice Act
- The ANA Scope and Standards of Practice
- The ANA Code of Ethics
- The Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™
Benefits
OHSU offers competitive, affordable benefits that include health care, income protection and more. See highlights below or learn more about OHSU benefits.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage at low or no cost to employees
- Access to retirement plans
- Up to 200 hours (equal to 25 full days) a year of paid time off
- 96 hours of sick leave a year (prorated for part-time employees)
- Eight paid holidays a year
- Commuter subsidies
- Tuition reimbursement
- Access to group life insurance, disability insurance and other supplemental benefits
- Discounts just for OHSU members
Hiring Bonus up to $10,000 DOE and Relocation Package Available. Must start by July 1, 2024 to qualify.$49.16-$78.18 per hour, based on RN Degree and level of experience
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN’s care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, practitioner, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN’s engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Department Specific Responsibilities
1. The RN Coordinator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit. S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.
2. The RN Coordinator collaborates with the Nurse Navigators, Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business-related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration has taken place.
3. The RN Coordinator collaborates with multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate care is provided to patients and their families.
4. The RN Coordinator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.
5. The RN Coordinator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.
6. The RN Coordinator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed. S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed. S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.
7. The RN Coordinator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period. The RN Coordinator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.
General Clinical/Patient Care
1. Identifies the needs of patients through observations of disease symptoms, emotional state, cultural and socioeconomic background and response to medical regimen and treatment. Uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Incorporates assessment of pain, nutritional and functional need.
2. Triages and responds or refers inquiries appropriately. Recognizes and reports specific physical and emotional conditions/needs/concerns of the patients to appropriate members of the health care team. Alerts Providers to unusual observations of patients to facilitate immediate attention e.g. respiratory distress.
3. Plans as appropriate for the needs of patients and uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Collaborates with Providers and other members of the clinical support team in planning for the needs of the patients.
4. Provides individualized nursing care that responds to the needs of patients and demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment required by patients.
5. Responds to the emotional needs of patients by demonstrating sensitivity to the emotional state of patients. By developing a therapeutic relationship, the RNC will communicate to patients in an appropriate manner, utilizing assessment and professional problem solving to resolve conflict or barriers experience by the patient. Refers to appropriate members of the health team indicated.
6. Assesses patient/family learning needs; including barriers to learning and the most effective teaching methods. Implements patient teaching utilizing all available resources.
Inpatient Clinical Care
1. RN Coordinator will coordinate appointments and order planned admissions and communicate the plan to the inpatient staff to ensure optimal clinical outcomes.
2. RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and the service chief in development of protocol and pathway driven care for most common malignancies treated on the Hem/Onc service as well as key measures of quality of care for the Med Onc Service, including adherence to pathways.
3. RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and Clinical Director to periodically review key quality indicators. On the basis of these reviews, RN Coordinator will assist the Nursing Manager and the Clinical Director in developing or modifying relevant processes of care to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Outpatient Clinical Care
1. Assesses patient/family status and needs both actual and potential according to established standards
2. Educates patient/family on chemotherapy and plan of treatment as established by the Physician.
3. Coordinates and implements initiation of treatment plan of care.
4. Monitors, maintains and modifies the plan of care based on patient/family response to interventions.
5. Collaborates with call center staff and triage nurses to triages all patient calls; triages Provider calls and assists with communication when necessary. Uses standing orders to manage patient care when appropriate triage.
6. Recognizes and effectively responds to emergencies. Speaks with Providers directly in all emergency situations.
7. Assists with appropriate program placement if needed.
8. Acts as a patient advocate, preserving basic patients and family rights. Provides support to patients and families.
9. Demonstrates knowledge of practice specific standards of care in actual performance.
10. Clarifies and accurately executes provider orders, per established protocol.
11. Recognizes ethical issues and takes appropriate action in the provision of care.
12. Maintains current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administration.
13. Collaborates with the support services based on patient and family needs (genetic counseling, social work, nutrition, ect.)
- Provides therapeutic interventions including but not limited to: airway management, therapeutic gases and ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Performs diagnostic procedures including but not limited to: sampling of arterial blood, bedside spirometry, spontaneous ventilatory parameters, point of care testing.
- Therapeutic modalities and communication approached with reference to age specific needs of the patient, including Doernbecher Children's Hospital Family Centered Care Program.
- Assists other Respiratory Care Practitioners and health professionals to provide quality patient care in the spirit of teamwork. Trains new Respiratory Therapists, students and other healthcare team members.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by a manager, supervisor or lead worker.
- Demonstrates an understanding of current and all new care modalities and equipment.
- Completes all competency testing, required in-services and activities. Takes personal responsibility for maintaining competency for equipment and modalities within the Respiratory Care Practitioner scope of practice.
***New-hires are eligible for hiring bonus & relocation assistance***
- Provides therapeutic interventions including but not limited to: airway management, therapeutic gases and ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Performs diagnostic procedures including but not limited to: sampling of arterial blood, bedside spirometry, spontaneous ventilatory parameters, point of care testing.
- Therapeutic modalities and communication approached with reference to age specific needs of the patient, including Doernbecher Children's Hospital Family Centered Care Program.
- Demonstrates an understanding of current and all new care modalities and equipment.
- Completes all competency testing, required in-services and activities. Takes personal responsibility for maintaining competency for equipment and modalities within the Respiratory Care Practitioner scope of practice.
- Seeks assistance in managing workload as needed.
- Recognizes the need for guidance and uses expertise of others when appropriate.
- Utilizes appropriate chain-of-command and committee process to effect change.
- Charts and charges all services provided per policy.
Multiple schedules available.
***New-hires are eligible for hiring bonus & relocation assistance***
- Provides therapeutic interventions including but not limited to: airway management, therapeutic gases and ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Performs diagnostic procedures including but not limited to: sampling of arterial blood, bedside spirometry, spontaneous ventilatory parameters, point of care testing.
- Therapeutic modalities and communication approached with reference to age specific needs of the patient, including Doernbecher Children's Hospital Family Centered Care Program.
- Demonstrates an understanding of current and all new care modalities and equipment.
- Completes all competency testing, required in-services and activities. Takes personal responsibility for maintaining competency for equipment and modalities within the Respiratory Care Practitioner scope of practice.
- Seeks assistance in managing workload as needed.
- Recognizes the need for guidance and uses expertise of others when appropriate.
- Utilizes appropriate chain-of-command and committee process to effect change.
- Charts and charges all services provided per policy.
Multiple schedules available.
Hiring Bonus and Relocation Package Available.
Must start by July 1, 2024 to qualify.
BSN rates $51.50-$78.36per hour, based on education and experience. ADN and MSN rates also available.
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN's care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Department Specific Responsibilities
- The RN Coordinator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit. S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.
- The RN Coordinator collaborates with the Nurse Navigators, Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business-related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration has taken place.
- The RN Coordinator collaborates with multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate care is provided to patients and their families. (Cellular Therapy program, Intervention Radiology, Apheresis, Research etc.)
- The RN Coordinator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.
- The RN Coordinator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.
- The RN Coordinator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed. S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed. S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.
- The RN Coordinator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period. The RN Coordinator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.
General Clinical/Patient Care
- Identifies the needs of patients through observations of disease symptoms, emotional state, cultural and socioeconomic background and response to medical regimen and treatment. Uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Incorporates assessment of pain, nutritional and functional need.
- Triages and responds or refers inquiries appropriately. Recognizes and reports specific physical and emotional conditions/needs/concerns of the patients to appropriate members of the health care team. Alerts Providers to unusual observations of patients to facilitate immediate attention e.g. respiratory distress.
- Plans as appropriate for the needs of patients and uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Collaborates with Providers and other members of the clinical support team in planning for the needs of the patients.
- Provides individualized nursing care that responds to the needs of patients and demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment required by patients.
- Responds to the emotional needs of patients by demonstrating sensitivity to the emotional state of patients. By developing a therapeutic relationship, the RNC will communicate to patients in an appropriate manner, utilizing assessment and professional problem solving to resolve conflict or barriers experience by the patient. Refers to appropriate members of the health team indicated.
- Assesses patient/family learning needs; including barriers to learning and the most effective teaching methods. Implements patient teaching utilizing all available resources.
Inpatient Clinical Care
- RN Coordinator will coordinator appointments and order planned admissions and communicate the plan to the inpatient staff to ensure optimal clinical outcomes.
- RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and the service chief in development of protocol and pathway driven care for most common malignancies treated on the Hem/Onc service as well as key measures of quality of care for the Med Onc Service, including adherence to pathways.
- RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and Clinical Director to periodically review key quality indicators. On the basis of these reviews, RN Coordinator will assist the Nursing Manager and the Clinical Director in developing or modifying relevant processes of care to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Outpatient Clinical Care
- Assesses patient/family status and needs both actual and potential according to established standards
- Educates patient/family on chemotherapy and plan of treatment as established by the Physician.
- Coordinates and implements initiation of treatment plan of care.
- Monitors, maintains and modifies the plan of care based on patient/family response to interventions.
- Collaborates with call center staff and triage nurses to triages all patient calls; triages Provider calls and assists with communication when necessary. Uses standing orders to manage patient care when appropriate triage.
- Recognizes and effectively responds to emergencies. Speaks with Providers directly in all emergency situations.
- Assists with appropriate program placement if needed.
- Acts as a patient advocate, preserving basic patients and family rights. Provides support to patients and families.
- Demonstrates knowledge of practice specific standards of care in actual performance.
- Clarifies and accurately executes provider orders, per established protocol.
- Recognizes ethical issues and takes appropriate action in the provision of care.
- Maintains current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administration.
- Collaborates with support services based on patient and family needs (genetic counseling, social worker, nutrition, etc.)
Hiring Bonus and Relocation Package Available. Must start by July 1, 2024 to qualify.
BSN rates $51.50-$78.36per hour, based on education and experience. ADN and MSN rates also available.
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN's care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Department Specific Responsibilities
1. The RN Coordinator works with the Providers to ensure that all baseline clinical information, both diagnostic and therapeutic, is gathered together in a systematic fashion prior to the patients visit. S/he works to ensure that new patients are prepared for the testing, evaluation and potential outcome of the visits ahead of time.
2.The RN Coordinator collaborates with the Nurse Navigators, Team Coordinators, Care Coordinators and Managed Care Coordinators to ensure that all appropriate business-related information is gathered prior to the visit, authorizations have been obtained and pre-registration has taken place.
3. The RN Coordinator collaborates with multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure timely and accurate care is provided to patients and their families. (Cellular Therapy program, Intervention Radiology, Apheresis, Research etc.)
4. The RN Coordinator may be called upon to assign tasks to team members after assessing patient needs, staff skills and resources.
5. The RN Coordinator collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that patient flow is expedited during clinical practice sessions.
6. The RN Coordinator ensures that Provider orders that result from the new patient visit are recorded and executed. S/he also works to ensure that laboratory and other diagnostic findings are available to clinicians in a timely fashion after tests are performed. S/he tracks the post visit flow information to ensure that plans of care are executed in a timely fashion.
7. The RN Coordinator ensures that when hospitalization is required; those patients and their family members understand prior to admission, what they can expect during the pre-hospitalization, hospital stay and post discharge period. The RN Coordinator is expected to troubleshoot any problems that patients and their families may encounter in preparing for or during their hospital stay.
General Clinical/Patient Care
1. Identifies the needs of patients through observations of disease symptoms, emotional state, cultural and socioeconomic background and response to medical regimen and treatment. Uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Incorporates assessment of pain, nutritional and functional need.
2. Triages and responds or refers inquiries appropriately. Recognizes and reports specific physical and emotional conditions/needs/concerns of the patients to appropriate members of the health care team. Alerts Providers to unusual observations of patients to facilitate immediate attention e.g. respiratory distress.
3. Plans as appropriate for the needs of patients and uses knowledge of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process. Collaborates with Providers and other members of the clinical support team in planning for the needs of the patients.
4. Provides individualized nursing care that responds to the needs of patients and demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment required by patients.
5. Responds to the emotional needs of patients by demonstrating sensitivity to the emotional state of patients. By developing a therapeutic relationship, the RNC will communicate to patients in an appropriate manner, utilizing assessment and professional problem solving to resolve conflict or barriers experience by the patient. Refers to appropriate members of the health team indicated.
6. Assesses patient/family learning needs; including barriers to learning and the most effective teaching methods. Implements patient teaching utilizing all available resources.
Inpatient Clinical Care
1. RN Coordinator will coordinator appointments and order planned admissions and communicate the plan to the inpatient staff to ensure optimal clinical outcomes.
2. RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and the service chief in development of protocol and pathway driven care for most common malignancies treated on the Hem/Onc service as well as key measures of quality of care for the Med Onc Service, including adherence to pathways.
3. RN Coordinator will work with the Nursing Manager and Clinical Director to periodically review key quality indicators. On the basis of these reviews, RN Coordinator will assist the Nursing Manager and the Clinical Director in developing or modifying relevant processes of care to ensure continuous quality improvement.
Outpatient Clinical Care
- Assesses patient/family status and needs both actual and potential according to established standards
- Educates patient/family on chemotherapy and plan of treatment as established by the Physician.
- Coordinates and implements initiation of treatment plan of care.
- Monitors, maintains and modifies the plan of care based on patient/family response to interventions.
- Collaborates with call center staff and triage nurses to triages all patient calls; triages Provider calls and assists with communication when necessary. Uses standing orders to manage patient care when appropriate triage.
- Recognizes and effectively responds to emergencies. Speaks with Providers directly in all emergency situations.
- Assists with appropriate program placement if needed.
- Acts as a patient advocate, preserving basic patients and family rights. Provides support to patients and families.
- Demonstrates knowledge of practice specific standards of care in actual performance.
- Clarifies and accurately executes provider orders, per established protocol.
- Recognizes ethical issues and takes appropriate action in the provision of care.
- Maintains current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administration.
- Collaborates with support services based on patient and family needs (genetic counseling, social worker, nutrition, etc.)