Staff nurse

General Job Responsibilities as a Staff Nurse:

• Ensures efficient and coordinated clinic flow by coordinating and planning clinic activities; communicates patient’s needs; makes referrals; serves as a resource person of insurance information.
• Delivers direct patient care; assesses patients physical, psychological and/or emotional needs; provides patient and family teaching; triages patients and informs physician of patient status; responds to phone messages from patients and informs physicians as needed; orders supplies; stocks and maintains patient’s rooms; sterilizes instruments.
• Administers medications as assigned; serves as a resource person for knowledge of medication uses, side effects, and dosage; checks for proper medication order; documents medications; obtains required consent forms to administer immunizations; notifies pharmacies of physician approved prescriptions; reviews drug samples to insure they have not exceeded patients of medication administration.
• Performs any other related duties as may be assigned by his/her superior.

Qualifications:

• Must be a registered Nurse
• With at least 1 year of work exposure in hospital setting is preferred but not required
• New passers are welcome to apply
• A team player and possesses excellent communication skills