Job Description
Posting Description
We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' "True North" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.
Nursing Care:
- Provide comprehensive nursing care
- Documentation of clinical findings and nursing interventions to patients
Consultant: - Provide clinical expertise to patients and nursing personnel on Hematology Oncology issues
- Serves as an expert in developing standards of care and practice for Hematology Oncology
- Reviews/assures nursing documentation for accuracy
Leadership/Supervision: - Effectively lead nursing staff , carrying out patient’s plan of care by direct patient care and case conferencing
- Coordinate/communicate with all areas of department to deliver seamless patient care
- Develop and implement quality performance improvement opportunities
- Provide leadership in the development and correct use of electronic medical records (internal and external)
Education: - Educate clinical staff; orients new employees to clinic
- Educates patients, families, and community based identified needs (health promotion, early detection, disease prevention)
Liaison: - Facilitates communication and appropriate follow-up between Hematology Oncology and all other providers of care as needed, such as: Social Services, Home Health, Hospice, Dietary, Lymphedema Program, and other points of care
- Provide quality care to both patients and their families
- Participates on interdisciplinary teams
- Enlists services to meet patient’s special needs, e.g. DME, speech therapy, etc.
- Responsible for daily reconciliation of appropriate clinical charges and ensuring accurate/complete charges and procedures are captured as related to nursing care
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North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS) is a diversified regional health care organization serving 24 counties in north Mississippi and northwest Alabama and is one of the largest employers in Mississippi with over 6,900 employees. NMHS covers a broad range of acute diagnostic and therapeutic services offered through North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) in Tupelo, Community Hospital System, and North Mississippi Medical Clinics. NMHS strives to improve the health for people in this region by providing conveniently accessible and cost-effective healthcare of the highest quality.
