Job Details

PRIMARY FUNCTION: Responsible for coordinating care for a group of patients for a designated
period to achieve clinical, financial, and organizational outcomes. Provides direct patient care and
education based on the nursing process; mentors and manages others to promote quality and
excellence of care, supports physicians with clinical and laboratory procedures. Works
collaboratively with, and provides leadership for, a multidisciplinary health care team to optimize team
performance and patient outcomes. Promotes improvement in the practice, processes, and systems
to benefit patient care and achieve practice and organizational goals. Incorporates and
operationalizes goals and objectives of department at the site of patient care. Decision making within
the scope of nursing care and responsibilities.

Job Description

Assesses and documents patient’s weight, height, and vital signs.
 Updates patient’s record at each visit with medications, immunizations, medical or surgical procedures.
 Assesses patient’s health literacy, providing patient support with intake questionnaires and completion
of requisite medical record information, e.g. obtaining and maintaining current and accurate
histories.Prepares patients for examination
 Assists with procedures, specimen collection, and testing as needed
 Administers injections as directed by the physician.
 Reviews prescription renewal requests and responds to patient prescription questions. Telephones in
prescription renewals or orders as directed or requested by the physician.
 Provides patient education
 Knowledge of all medical procedures performed in the office.
 Educate patients concerning testing procedures and follow-up.
 Manages intake of all patient telephone calls into the department for prescription requests or inquiries
and medical concerns.
 Retrieves patient phone messages, manages and resolves phone messages for physicians, if possible,
and documents the patient’s call and the department’s response in patient chart. Triage patient
telephone calls to identify issues that require physician attention.
 Performs pre-certification of prescription medications.
 Communicates with pharmacists regarding prescriptions and renewals as directed by physicians
 Communicates with patients, families and other health care providers
 Calls patient with test results, as directed by the physicians
 Facilitates the department’s completion of patients’ forms from such outside sources as disability,
workers compensation, schools and DOT., /
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 Responsible for maintaining schedule of lumbar puncture procedures, ensuring that the appropriate
supplies and equipment are available for the procedure, and coordinating appointments.
 Act as a liaison between patient, families, MD, social work, and neurology fellows/residents as needed.
 Develops and updates clinical policies within the outpatient setting
 Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the core values of the University.
 

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Lansdale Hospital

Primary Location Address

100 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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