Summary

The Practice Infectious Disease RN provides specialty care and treatment, as directed by the provider, under the supervision of the practice manager, by evaluation and assessment skills specific to Infectious Disease nursing. Will cross over to assessment and care planning for in-patient, Emergency Room and Ambulatory Care Center patients, as well as case management of patients without resources and/or for the infectious disease and HIV population.

Education

Graduate from an accredited nursing program; Bachelor's degree desirable.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Certification required to obtain: Certification in Infection Control within 3 years of hire.

Licensure required: Registered Nurse licensure through the NH State Board of Nursing.

Experience

Minimum of two years experience in acute care or medical/surgical setting. Experience with IV/PICC placement and management required. Experience with Infectious disease desirable. Additional expertise or clinical functions will be required to be obtained within one year.

Responsibilities

• Bases care management actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make sound clinical judgment/decisions.

• Interfaces with patient, physicians, nurses, social workers, other hospital departments, community based facilities, services and financial institutions as necessary, to affect changes in the management of cases, monitoring delivery of services and/or to secure the necessary resources.

• Manages an independent caseload of patient office visits.

• Performs both physical and psychosocial assessments.

• Triages patient phone calls.

• Documents into the patient electronic medical record.

• Provides education to patients.

• Administers prescribed medications.

• Acts as a resource to all staff regarding clinical questions and decisions.

• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to hear, and speak. The employee is frequently required to bend, climb, do fine motor, kneel, reach, sit, squat, stand, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to do repetitive motion, and smell.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to bodily fluids. The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, and chemotherapeutic agents. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, moving mechanical parts, radiation, and toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.