Education and/or Equivalent Experience:

Licenses or Certifications:

This position will be responsible for the following:

The AFD Worker’s Compensation Nurse Senior works with Worker’s Compensation HR staff to process claims of AFD employees injured on the job.

The Nurse Senior also acts as a liaison to and advocate for the injured employee.

They communicate with the employee’s chain of command, medical provider, the City of Austin’s Third Party Administrator, AFD’s Wellness Center, Payroll, and Human Resources.

In addition to medical knowledge, the Nurse Senior should exhibit excellent skills in the area of customer service, in both oral and written communications, and record keeping.

Employment Application:
Please make sure your application is complete. This includes: previous job title, work experience, job begin and end dates. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Travel:
If you are selected for this position, and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

Credentials & Education:
If you are selected as a Top Candidate for this position, verification of your credentials and education will take place. This includes Education and required Licenses, and Certifications.

Additional Information:

Preferred Experience:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Interview patients and review records to ascertain medical history, current physical condition, symptoms of illness, etc

• Obtain routine information such as height, weight, temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and provide basic physical assessment.

• Assess physical condition of patient using observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion.

• Assess the physical, social, and emotional needs of patients and families in clinics or in their homes.

• Develop a health care plan in cooperation with the patient/family, significant others, and members of the health care team.

• Formulate, direct and/or execute plan of care and any needed interventions.

• Provide nursing care, which may include immunizations, phlebotomy, collecting urine, hemotocrit tests, routine tests, specialized tests, vital signs, pregnancy tests, dipstick urinalysis, and prepare other specimens.

• Counsel client and family concerning health assessment and care.

• Teach and counsel patients, families, and groups on the prevention of disease, disability, hygiene, and health maintenance.

• Refer patients and families to other services or for follow-up treatment based on assessment of health care needs.

• Maintain complete and accurate records, logs, and statistics of patient status and care provided.

• Monitor work to ensure quality assurance or other standards are met.

• Prioritize the workload and referrals made to other co-workers/services.

• Work in collaboration with management to develop and implement protocols, policies, and procedures

• May identify patients/groups with potential high risk of physical and emotional illness through analysis of statistical records.

• May conduct investigations and provide instructions in preventive measure of communicable diseases, immunization programs and casework.

• May coordinate daily clerical activities including setting patient appointments and scheduling providers.

• May maintain patient follow-up procedures, including broken appointment and abnormal lab follow-up procedures, immunization tickler/tracking system, abnormal laboratory results, and maintains patient tickler file.

• May assist in developing and implementing a nursing quality improvement component to monitor the deliver of nursing triage services

• May perform triage activities by telephone or in person by making referrals and providing appropriate medical advice and assistance as required

Responsibilities – Supervision and/or Leadership Exercised:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.