Registered Nurse (Rn) - Anti-Coagulant Clinic

1.0 FTE - Day Shift

At Olmsted Medical Center, we value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. To keep up with the evolving trends, Olmsted Medical Center offers the following for employees who are employed at a 0.5 FTE or higher.

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employer Paid Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Adoption Assistance Plan

Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited professional nursing program
• Current Minnesota Registered Nurse License
• BLS certification
• One to three years nursing experience preferred

Job Responsibilities:

Practice of Professional Nursing includes but is not limited to:

• Required to work to the fullest scope of RN Licensure
• Works as a primary point of contact for healthcare providers regarding anticoagulation (Warfarin, Eliquis, Xarelto, Pradaxa, LMWH)
• Maintains high standards of professionalism in communication with clinicians and the staff
• Assumes primary management of medication therapy to include:
  • Does adjustments that require strong critical thinking skills and knowledge (assessing patients' medication, diet, health changes, etc.)
  • Ordering medication refills and labs
  • Initial and ongoing education related to HIGH-RISK medications to patients and families, either in-person or over the phone
  • Advice on adverse reactions such as bleeding or clotting
  • Strong knowledge base on multiple interactions to include:
    
    • Medications, Class A, B, C, and D interactions, health, diet, etc.
  • Provide recommendations in dosing to providers in certain circumstances (last minute procedures, dental procedures, no maintenance plan dosing, etc.)
• Coordinates with providers based off referrals.
  • Appropriate medication based on diagnosis, lab values, etc.
  • Goal range based on indication for anticoagulation
  • Duraction of therapy
• Provide pre and post procedure recommendations
  • Assess individual patient's clot risk, bleeding risk and procedure bleeding risk and carefully weigh benefit versus risk
  • Provides recommendations to hold warfarin and/or bridge with LMWH
  • Teach how to properly administer LMWH and advice on risk of bleeding
    • Dosing based on weight and labs
  • discuss and advise medication interruption with proceduralist at OMC and also other facilities
• Monitor patient compliance of high risk medication, including timeliness of lab monitoring
• Perform extensive chart review not only in Epic, but legacy chart as well
• Assist in policy and guideline revision and other duties assisted as necessary
• Attend various department meetings as the experts in Anticoagulation
• Provide shadow based training to pharmacy students and requesting providers
• Participate in transfer of care services
• Answer phone calls and advise patients, family members, providers, pharmacist, and outside facilities
• Send home testing referrals and continue ongoing management of warfarin
• Order supplied based on office needs
• Other duties as assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)