Summary of Essential Duties:

• The Clinical Nurse II, a Registered Nurse, delivers direct care to assigned patients in an ambulatory setting. Nursing care is delivered using standards of care by following approved policies and procedures.
• Assesses appropriately patient care needs and learning needs in routine adult and geriatric populations. Demonstrates ability to apply new knowledge in routine and less complex patient situations.
• Demonstrates ability to document pertinent nursing assessment including physical and psycho-social findings on all assigned patients
• Prioritizes identified patient care problems within assigned patients and assumes responsibility for problem resolution, utilizing all resources as appropriate
• Plans patient care and education based on disease process, anticipated patient outcomes, complications of treatment, and psycho-social needs in collaboration with other healthcare team members
• Initiates and follows through with appropriate referrals to other interdisciplinary healthcare team members
• Demonstrates knowledge of principles of growth and development throughout the lifespan to competently provide care to adult and geriatric patients
• Utilizes effective time management to complete all assignments in a timely manner to ensure safety of patients
• Demonstrates competency in use of technical skills as required (i.e., IV therapy equipment utilization, universal precautions, body mechanics
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) monitoring to maintain or improve care of designated patient population