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Elevance Health Registered Nurse (RN)- Infectious Disease Office in PLANO, Texas
Registered Nurse (RN)- Infectious Disease Office
A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Paragon Healthcare brings over 20 years in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through our specialty pharmacies, our infusion centers, and the home setting.
Location : Dr. Claire Brenner’s office at 2241 Peggy Ln. Garland, TX 75042
Work Hours: 8am – 5pm, Monday - Friday; Weekday Call & 2 weekends of on-call a month (Fri-Monday)
The Registered Nurse Specialty is responsible for the administration of all ordered therapies. Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:
Performs duties within the Nurse’s scope of practice, the facility’s policies/procedures, INS Standards of practice, and approved facility protocols.
Administers ordered therapies according to prescriber order, facility protocols, INS standards and company policy and procedures.
Completes admission process as directed by the Physician.
Performs physical assessment on each patient as warranted and for new consults as warranted by the patient diagnosis.
Documents all pertinent data in the patient’s medical record.
Reports all significant changes or observations to the Physician and is responsible for the follow up on any problem which is identified.
Evaluates the patient’s response to therapy and documents this finding in the medical record.
Educates patients and/or family members regarding therapy plan.
Ensures that all medication orders are complete, appropriate, accurate and up to date prior to treatment.
Understands and adheres to all applicable state, local and Federal laws and / or regulations including maintaining patient confidentiality through abiding by HIPAA laws/regulations.
Optional additional pay for phone coverage for weekends on-call
Minimum Requirements:
ASN or ADN and a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Requires a current unrestricted RN license in the state of Texas required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prefer 5+ years of experience with IV.
BSN preferred.
Home infusion and infectious disease experience preferred.
PICC line/ Mediport experience
Satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position and Hepatitis B vaccine or signed waiver.