Why Bronxcare Health System
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedProvides top-quality healthcare services to the Bronx community.
- The hospital center is the centerpiece of the Bronxcare Health System, which is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit Health care System serving the south and central bronx. The hospital center has 619 beds at two major hospital divisions; a major psychiatric…$872.3M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenOverview
Licensed Practical Nurse: Under the direct supervision of a physician and/ or Registered Nurse, participates in the application of the nursing process to an assigned group of patients. Interacts professionally, courteously, and appropriately with patients, visitors, and other BCHS employees.
Responsibilities
1. Describe responsibility: Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors, and other employees. Interacts professionally, courteously, and appropriately with patients, visitors and other employees. Behaves in a manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of BronxCare Health System. This includes introducing self by name and title to all patients. 2. Describe responsibility: Contributes to and participates in the Performance/Quality Improvement activities of the assigned department.
Contribution and participation may include data collection, analysis, implementation of and compliance with risk management and claims activities, support of and participation in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams, consistent adherence to the specific rules and regulations of BronxCare Clinics and to all Corporate compliance policies and procedures (a) Safety and Security Policies, (b) Risk Management: Incident and Occurrence Reporting, (c) Infection Control Policies and Procedures and (d) Patient and Customer Service, and (e) all Corporate Compliance policies and guidelines. 3.
Describe responsibility: Prepares the patient for the provider visit including proper identification (according to the NPSG), intake screening of patient, pre-visit planning (if applicable), review of medical record to determine visit requirements such as HEIDS measures that are missing, laboratory and other testing documentation/results . 4. Describe responsibility: Manages the flow of patients for the clinic in general. Monitors the progress of providers and empty rooms. Identifies the next patient scheduled to go into the room based on clinic policy and retrieves that patient from the waiting area using current technology and systems.
Introduces self and escorts patient to intake/screening area. 5. Describe responsibility: Patient preparation procedures:a. Cleans room prior to patient entry into roomb. Instructs patient to change into gown (as per providers’ preference and/or scheduled procedure)c. Utilizes two identifiers for patient identificationd. Completes intake questions and documents accordingly e. Sets up suture removal and supplies if necessary 6. Describe responsibility: Assists with patient examination, a. Chaperone as neededb. Assist practitioner in procedures c. Transferring onto and off the exam table 7. Describe responsibility: Assists or performs in the following procedures, when necessary:a.
Performs suture removal and Steri-Strips (only after training and skills verification) b. Perform minor dressing changesc. Removal of casts (After proper skills training and verification) d. Preparation of…
About Bronxcare Health System
From its Form 990- Budget $1.05B · Health Care
- Staff 4,532 · founded 1964
- Pays its leaders $324K–$2.3M (12 reported)
- Open jobs 157 · Jobs at Bronxcare Health System · Full 990 report