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• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range:

Position Summary

Under the general direction of the Clinical Nurse Manager, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for assisting in the management of the delivery of patient care primarily at the HIP Faculty practice site.  The clinical nurse will be expected to assist in primary responsibilities in all divisions within the department of dermatology.

Responsibilities 

I. Patient Care:

• Perform morning huddles and provide report to all divisions of Dermatology at HIP12.
• Ensure divisional patient census, procedures, and clinical support are appropriate for the day.
• Provide support to Medical Assistants with difficult patient cases as needed.
• Collaborate with general and complex dermatology practices including pediatrics, to perform phone triage, give direction and medical advice, and create patient care plan for dermatologic urgencies.
• Assess and safely manage patients within all age groups from infancy to geriatrics.
• Assess patients using all available physical and diagnostic data, incorporating medical history and evaluate patient status and progress with current plan of care.
• Provide patient counseling for complex medical/dermatology diagnoses for all divisions of Dermatology 
• Perform patient and family education including disease state, management of care plan, treatment and side effects of treatment, medications and side effects, and follow up for all divisions of dermatology
• Coordinate scheduled trainings for patients starting new injectable medications, i.e. self- injections of biologics
• Provide education, support and continuity of care for patients on complex medication regimens and treatment plans i.e. Accutane, xeljanx, all biologics.
• Prepare, dilute and draw up medication as needed in the faculty practice.
• Administer medications during procedures or as ordered by physicians, i.e. anesthetic injections during surgical excisions and topical medication application for photodynamic therapy, intralesional or intramuscular Kenalog injections
• Administer vaccines and PPDs
• Provide support for Dermatology procedures in all divisions of faculty practice, i.e. photodynamic therapy, laser procedures, cosmetic procedures, patch testing, wound care.
• Provide support to physicians and patients in the department cosmetic clinic

II. Surgical Nursing with all Divisions:

• First assist with scheduled excisions for all providers during their procedural sessions
• Follow up on test and lab results, answering pre- and post-operative and procedural questions, performing pre-operative and procedural telephone consultations, gathering data, and acting as a liaison.
• Anesthetizing by local injection, providing safe and care to patients during surgical procedures, perform diagnostic testing and analysis of results

III. Operations/Quality/Safety:

• Oversee site checks for clinical equipment and medical supplies.
• Ensure all site equipment have standard preventative maintenance in place.
• Facilitate the service of site equipment i.e. lasers, Blu light, Bovies
• Oversee all medication reconciliation including cosmetic supplies i.e. Facility practice
• Oversee laser safety
• Provide support as the laser safety point person in the Department of Dermatology
• Provide mentorship during orientation of new and junior staff
• Attend staff meetings, patient support meeting, and continuing education pertaining to specialty as appropriate
• Participate in all quality improvement/process improvement initiatives
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory agency standards (e.g., OSHA, JCAHO, DOH, HIPAA, billing compliance, etc.)
• Lead nurse during any medical emergencies on the clinical unit i.e. medical code

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience required, plus 3 years of related experience.
• Candidate must be a Registered Nurse, licensed to practice in New York State. Master's prepared candidates preferred. Dermatology and Mohs experience strongly preferred.  BCLS certification required.
• Knowledge of medical safety practices and ability to evaluate existing standards and implement new policies and procedures; knowledge of current clinical best practices and clinical state-of-the-art procedures; and knowledge of organizational policies, regulations and procedures to administer patient care.
• Excellent oral/written communication, interpersonal, organizational, and computer skills Epic electronic medical record, Microsoft Office).
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within diverse workgroups.
• Ability to identify problems, research and recommend solutions, develop and maintain quality systems, and exercise a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion and independent decision-making.

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