Registered Nurse (RN)-Telehealth/Virtual - Tampa Nursing Center
Banyan Medical Systems – Tampa, FL 33614
Need a break from hospital life?
We have several office based Virtual RN positions available!
This is NOT a work from home job, you must be able to commute to our office located at: 3101 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Tampa, FL 33614.
We are actively seeking registered nurses who not only possess a passion for using technology but also prioritize providing the highest level of care to patients. In our unique set up, you will have the opportunity to work from a comfortable business setting while supporting the bedside nurses in completing non-direct care activities through our virtual platform. We can connect with our patients directly through their in-room television sets, allowing for seamless communication and engagement.
Our team of virtual nurses provides valuable support to bedside nurses by assisting them with non-direct care activities, including admissions, discharges, patient education, and rounding. By taking on these tasks, our virtual nurses enable the bedside nurses to dedicate more time to direct patient care activities, ensuring that patients receive the highest level of care and attention. Come join our TEAM!
PREREQUISITE SKILLS:
- Must have the ability to read, write, and follow English verbal and written instructions, and have excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, conflict resolution, presentation, time management, and positive personal influence and negotiation skills.
- Leadership skills to delegate, functionally supervise, provide direction/guidance to staff and hold others accountable are required.
- Must have the ability to work independently with a minimum of direction, anticipate and organize workflow, prioritize and follow through on responsibilities.
- Must have strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills necessary to provide utilization review/discharge planning services appropriate to patients with complex medical, emotional and social needs.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy is required.
- Must have the ability to work in a high-volume case load environment and deal effectively with rapidly changing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to work constructively with a broad spectrum of health care professionals is required.
- Must be assertive and creative in problem solving, system planning and management.
- Proficient computer skills are required including use of Electronic Health Record and other IT applications.
- Must be effective as both a team member and a leader.
Assessment/Care Coordination/Discharge Planning
- Reviews initial hospital admission and gathers additional medical, psychosocial and financial data from needs assessment, client/family, physicians, and other health care providers.
- Collaborates with physicians to facilitate timely resolution of situations such as client concerns, need for referrals and discharge barriers to expedite the discharge plan.
- Effectively deals with resistance and conflict in working with member of the patient care team, physicians, clients, and families.
- Mobilizes resources to effect rapid and timely movement of the patient through the system to achieve targeted discharge times established by organizational policy and procedure.
Department Operations and Professional Development
- Actively participates in department meetings and operations, including process development or improvement (e.g., department orientation, internal mentor/training programs and initiates, disease and population management strategies, appropriate measures for evaluation of outcomes) and establishment of department goals, objectives.
- Ensures all applicable department and regulatory targets for productivity and department performance process improvement are attained (e.g., hospital length of stay, average cost per discharge, and re-admission rates, HCAHPS, etc.).
- Complies with all reporting requirements for mandated, risk management, and other medical/legal situations consistent with confidentiality policies and department standards.
- Actively contributes to the development and maintenance of a care delivery system which is sensitive to individual patient needs, promotes effective resource utilization, while emphasizing coordination across the continuum.
- Positively contributes to team’s decision-making process, effectively collaborates with other team members on interdependent tasks, and actively supports implementation of plans to accomplish team objectives.
- Adheres to department and facility policies and procedures and supports philosophies and initiatives.
- Maintains accurate, current, and legible patient records using approved forms and format, according to department and entity standards, including patient assessments, plans, interventions, patient/family involvement, outside agency communications, and interdisciplinary contacts.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Education:Completion of a Registered Nurse program, preferred BSN program
- Experience:
- Three (3) or more years of nursing in an acute care hospital inpatient setting is REQUIRED, in medical-ssurgical/ PCCU/ED/ICU.
- Broad nursing clinical background strongly preferred.
- Experience working efficiently with multiple computer applications in a fast-paced work setting
- Experience with Epic and/or Cerner - REQUIRED
- Experience demonstrating leadership skills and inter-disciplinary collaboration preferred.
- License/Certifications: Must hold a valid RN unrestricted license.
- Florida Multi-State RN License (Required)
- BLS from the American Heart Association
- Hours of work:
- Shifts available
- Full Time – 36 hours per week
- Part Time
- Mid Shift
- Rotating Weekends and holidays
Salary range: $30/hr. to $35/hr. depending on experience
- Night and Weekend Shift Differential
- Nights -extra $1.75/hr.
- Weekend days extra $2.25/hr.
- Weekend nights extra $4.00/hr.
