RN - Urology (Clinic)

<p> Compassionate, innovative, versatile, skilled are the traits of the Urology Registered Nurse (RN). Are you looking to join a team that embraces diversity and encourages collaboration to deliver exceptional patient care? </p><p>You can become an essential member of our highly skilled and cohesive Urology team by demonstrating a focus on patients, effective communication, professionalism and teamwork.  The Urology RN team is instrumental in providing patient education, triage, care coordination, and office-based procedural care and treatments, including cystoscopy, biopsy, and treatments for bladder cancer.</p><p>Urology offers a wide variety of opportunities not only for personal and professional growth, but for work-life balance as well through flexible scheduling options. Come join the Urology team at a Magnet designated facility, ranked as one of America’s 50 Best, where we utilize evidence-based practice in order to maintain the high quality standards of the Carle Health System. On this team, you are guaranteed to learn, grow, and feel welcome!</p><ul><li>Provides and facilitates competent health care of patients and families in area of practice. Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice.</li><li>Ensures documentation of care is complete and accurate.</li><li>Provides health and wellness education to individuals and groups.</li><li>Acts as preceptor and supports the development of other staff and healthcare students.</li><li>Provides leadership for initiatives designed to improve the quality of care or clinical outcomes.</li><li>Assists Nursing Supervisor/coordinator in the development of departmental standing orders.</li><li>Provides pre-operative education to surgical patients, including verbal instruction, appropriate printed education and documentation in the patient's medical record</li><li>Assist physicians with office-based procedures</li><li>Performs telephone triage of urology patients and collaborates with the medical team to determine and execute plan of care for patient</li><li>Collaboration with other departments and disciplines to direct care and interventions for urology patients</li><li>Proficient with urinary catheter insertion, changes and collects and process patient specimens accurately</li><li>Assessment of surgical wounds and appropriate dressing changes, including suture and/or staple removal</li></ul>