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Educational Events and Research: Nurses Needed for Camp Skylemar

Posted By Administration, Friday, October 13, 2023
Updated: Monday, October 9, 2023

This is an 8 week residential program in Naples, Maine. Camp Skylemar has been family owned and operated for 75 years. The mission of making a positive difference one boy at a time has been shown over and over in an environment where it’s “cool to care”. Skylemar is a boys camp with approximately 200 campers and 110 adult staff. 

Dates: July 12, 2024-August 10, 2024- meals and housing provided. 

Hours: Will vary based on day’s activities. Most days are 7:45 am- 10:00 pm. Infirmary staff creates rotational schedule with days off, on-call overnights, and daily breaks.

Salary: starting at $1000 per week dependent on experience and if you are using the scholarship benefit for staff children. Full scholarship for 8 week sessions available for staff children 7-15 years old. 

Responsibilities

 Reviewing all campers’ medical forms and medication lists on July 7th before their arrival.

Check, distribute and replenish first aid kits throughout camp with supplies as needed. Create medication packets for overnight staff and when campers are off property. 

Infirmary Based care includes:·       

  •    Administering camper medications

  •    Treating Illness and injuries 

  • Communicating with parents/guardians, staff, and health care   providers 

  •    Maintain accurate medical records 

Qualifications:

·      Registered nurse (RN) with a license as required by that state law.


·      Current CPR and First Aid certified

·      Experience in first aid and emergency management


·      Experience in both children and adult illness/injury care


 

How to apply

Please visit www.campskylemar.com for an introduction to Skylemar. For more information please contact the camp director, Arleen Shepherd at 270-698-6414 or arleen@campskylemar.com


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AzNA: Read the AZBN's Advisory on the Distribution of Nalaxone by RNs

Posted By Administration, Friday, October 13, 2023
Updated: Friday, October 6, 2023
Naloxone (commonly known as Narcan) is a life-saving medication that can rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Arizona continues to face a public health crisis from opiates, which is now being driven by illicit fentanyl. On average, 5 Arizonans die a day based on the rising opioid epidemic. The role of Registered Nurses (RNs) in distributing and administering this medication is pivotal. Read the full notice here.

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Educational Events and Research: Job Opening with Novartis

Posted By Administration, Friday, October 13, 2023
Updated: Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Novartis will be hiring Senior Patient Navigators with nurse educator experience for our brand new Tempe, AZ location! 

 

By 2023, Patient Specialty Services [PSS] is projected to support over 1.4 Million patients and impact nearly $4B of Novartis’s US Pharma revenue. PSS provides mission critical support to Novartis brands by helping patients prescribed Novartis products with assistance to address any access challenges and get on medications needed to improve their health. We have an incredible opportunity to formulate exciting new partnerships to deliver transformative patient services as we continue to build out our Patient Support Center (PSC). The PSS team is uniquely positioned to help support our goal of providing appropriate medications to twice as many patients twice as fast.

The PSC Reimbursement Team will support all franchises by providing omni-channel customer support and patient access. By leveraging workforce management, technology, and through staff retention and engagement, it will ensure strong appropriate alignment with PSS goals. The team is committed to helping customers by improving delivery of medication access information.

• If you are customer obsessed.
• If you are energized by leading teams of people through change.
• If you are motivated by measured outcomes.
You should consider joining the Novartis PSS Engagement Center as a Senior Patient Navigator!

The Patient Navigator provides education and reimbursement/case management support for healthcare providers and patients. From intake to outcome, Novartis Patient Support Patient Navigators are dedicated to supporting healthcare providers and patients throughout the reimbursement journey by providing ongoing education, support, solutions, and dedicated resources to help limit barriers that may hinder appropriate patient outcomes. Under the general supervision of the Novartis Patient Support Center Team Manager, the Patient Navigator is responsible for customer service, support, education, outreach, and case management. The Patient Navigator will work interactively with internal teams, patients, healthcare providers, pharmacies, and payers. The Patient Navigator team will also support various reimbursement and patient assistance functions. The Patient Navigator will respond to all patient and customer/provider account inquiries.

Minimum Requirements
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• Bachelor’s degree; active nursing degree (RN, NP, PA) licensure in AZ state
• 3+ years Oncology (breast cancer preferred) and/or Hematology experience-must include direct patient interaction
• 2+ years Nurse Educator experience
• 5+ years of experience with Complex Specialty products

Why consider Novartis?
769 million. That’s how many lives our products touch. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous, and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity, and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and
empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

 

Be on the lookout for this career opportunity in the 10/23 newsletter or join the Novartis talent pool with this link: https://www.novartis.com/us-en/careers/career-search/job-details/383963br/patient-navigator-tempe-az

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AzNA: Serve on Your Chapter's Board of Directors

Posted By Administration, Friday, October 6, 2023
Updated: Thursday, October 5, 2023
Want to get more involved with AzNA? Interested in getting connected to your local nursing community? Consider applying to serve on your chapter's board of directors! Open positions will be in your email. To submit, send a completed consent to serve form to info@aznurse.org before October 15th. If you have any questions, reach out to info@aznurse.org.

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Educational Events and Research: Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Prep Course

Posted By Madi Moyer, Friday, October 6, 2023
Updated: Thursday, October 5, 2023
Join the Arizona league for Nursing and AzNA Chapter 6 for a certified nurse educator prep course! The event will take place on Friday, October 13th from 9am to 5pm at Gateway Community College. The cost is $150 for AzLN/AzNA members, non-members is $200. CE credits, lunch, and breakfast will be provided. For more information and to register, visit the AzLN website

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