Registered Nurse - Care Team

Midwest Spine & Brain Institute is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our care team. In this specialized role, you will serve as the essential point of contact for patients navigating complex spine and brain conditions. If you are someone who wants to play a pivotal role in improving our patients' quality of life, we invite you to apply.

Summary/Objective:

• Provide clinical triage, assessment, and guidance to patients via phone, patient portal, and in-person encounters.
• Deliver patient education regarding conditions, procedures, and recovery plans while ensuring a positive patient experience.
• Coordinate care with providers, advanced practice providers (APPs), interdisciplinary teams, and external facilities to support safe, timely, and high-quality patient care.
• Conduct postoperative follow-up phone calls to patients within a few days after discharge. Including but not limited to symptom monitoring, wound assessments, pain assessments. Reporting concerns to providers as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and thorough documentation in the electronic health record.
• Demonstrate flexibility with work assignments and assist other members of the Care Team as appropriate.
• Maintain professional licensure and certifications in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Respond to patient inquiries via phone, portal, email, and in-person encounters. Ensuring timely, courteous, and clinically appropriate guidance.
• Perform clinical assessments. Including triage, symptom evaluation, and identifying urgent or emergent situations. Escalating to providers as appropriate.
• Conduct postoperative patient care and follow-up. This may include evaluating recovery progress and providing education on self-care.
• Implement orders based on standing protocols and provider guidance.
• Coordinate care with internal teams, providers, and external facilities. Including prior authorizations, referrals, and medication requests.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, including protocol and workflow development.
• Support immunization and other preventive care initiatives as assigned.
• Assist in compliance with regulatory requirements (OSHA, Department of Health, DEA, etc.) and ensure accurate clinical documentation.
• Utilize EHR and other essential technology to perform daily patient care and documentation tasks.

Additional responsibilities:

• Assist providers with compliance to opioid prescribing policies and programs.
• Participate in departmental meetings, projects, and interdepartmental initiatives as assigned.