Nurses working in doctor's office

[Blackheartednurse]

Ok so I decided to apply to one of the local doctors office (they are in need for nurses) since none of the hospitals is willing to train me since I'm a newbie to nursing....I dont know if I will get hired in doctor office but I will give it a shot anyway (I have nothing to waste really).So my question is what does the RN who works in doctor's office generally is responsible for? What are her duties.How much they pay you.I'm on the verge of becoming desperate I'm even thinking to do home health for a while.Thanks.

[guest64485]

Really depends on what area of doctor's office you applied for. In general, an office RN will likely do phone triage, injections (immunizations, etc), insurance prior authorizations for tests and medications, teaching patients about their medications, assisting the doc with in-office procedures, collecting specimens and sending it to the lab, following up on test results, doing 12 lead EKGs, preparing the patient to see the doc and vice versa, authorizing or denying refill requests, etc. Pay is usually less than the hospital, ranging from almost equal to a big cut depending on the office, but you do get all holidays off and rotating Saturday shift which is usually just 8-12. Good luck to you!

[spunky1281]

I work for a pain management clinic and our RN's primarily work in pre/post-op. One of our RN's also floats to clinic and works phone triage and works with our insurances (pre-authorizations). I don't know what the RN's are paid but we have excellent benefits (paid med, dental, holidays). We get holidays off and don't work any weekends.

[*jojo*]

Here in the north east the starting pay for an RN in the local hospitals I have talked to is about $28.50 an hour for 1st shift weekdays. The starting pay for an Rn in a doctors office is about $18. Both with no experience. Also many of the md offices want you to have a BSN...

[PedsAtHeart, LPN]

Here where I am, mostly LPN's work in the Dr's offices as their nurse, then there is 1 RN who is the DON and is in charge of scheduling, certain procedures that RN's have to do, and coverage if needed.

But I would think that if they are hiring RNs to work alongside the docs, then you will be doing a wide range of things, depending on the area you work in.

At my last job I worked at a large multi specialty clinic, they had everything, peds, urology, internal med, ortho, OB/GYN....

The pay usually isnt as good as working a hospital, but its still OK. And you have set hours, no on call, good benefits.

For me though, I am an LPN and I work in a clinic making as much as what the hospital here would pay me plus I have GREAT benefits!