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JOB SUMMARY:
The Clinic Nurse performs basic to advanced ophthalmic nursing, administrative, and management functions to ensure a seamless patient experience. The role supports doctors and other eye care specialists to deliver high-quality patient care.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE:
Diagnostic Procedures
- Assist physicians with patient care and diagnostic procedures.
- Prepare patients for examinations, administer eye drops, and ensure accurate diagnostic result documentation.
- Perform basic diagnostic procedures under physician supervision.
- Assists the Diagnostics Team by performing basic diagnostic procedures such as corneal topography, aberrometry, biometry, visual field, optical coherence tomography, specular microscopy, etc.
- Ensures the correct administration of ordered medication by observing guidelines such as Time Out, Triple Check, and the 5Rs - Right Patient, Right Drug, Right Laterality, Right Dose, and Right Time and Frequency.
- Coordinate genetic testing with physicians, patients, and couriers.
2. Exam Room and Records Keeping Maintenance
- Prepare the exam rooms and check the completeness of tasks done by the Nursing Assistant.
- Assist the Patient Flow Center (PFC) and Diagnostics Team in receiving and discharging patients from the Diagnostics Area by accurate encoding in the monitoring database.
- Accomplish endorsement logbooks by verifying the recorded information to the current situation in the clinic.
- Verify that patient records for the next clinic day are complete by receiving the records and cross-checking them with the prepared list.
- Aid in the analysis of clinic-related data by generating and submitting reports promptly.
- Turn over exam rooms at the end of the clinic by securing and keeping lenses and other instruments.
3. Mentorship and Skill Development
- Train and mentor new Ophthalmic Nurses.
- Conduct performance evaluations and identify training needs.
- Provide administrative support to department leadership such as correspondence, tracking and reporting, performance monitoring and presentations, supplies management, and logistics.
4. Patient Coordination
- Optimize patient flow according to clinic procedures.
- Review patient medical records and communicate treatment plans.
- Provide patient estimates and coordinate insurance approvals.
- Guide patients through the clinic process
Qualifications:
- At least one (1) to two (2)+ years of experience as a nurse
- Completed at least a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Preferably with Basic and/or Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training
- Preferably Intravenous Therapy Training Certified
- Excellent customer service skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Analytical thinking skills