Job Description
Job DescriptionRegistered Nurse
Type: direct hire
Schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8am-5pm - 32 HPW
Monday-Friday and every other Saturday 8am-5pm (possible evening clinic hours on Thursday) - 40 HPW
Responsibilities:
- Assess patient's need for treatment or advice via telephone call or personal encounter (walk-in).
- Consults with provider whenever necessary to advise patient of most appropriate action; reinforce provider plan of care.
- Determine, based on patient need, if patient needs to be seen by a provider and how quickly. Promote continuity of care within limits of staffing availability.
- Schedule urgent appointments appropriately.
- Respond to patient calls within a timely manner. Document all calls/visits; maintain accurate notes on telephone message and attach to progress note in patient's chart.
- All documentation in a patient's medical record must be complete and easily understood by anyone who may need to access the record.
- Prepare prescription refills (via pharmacy line; patient calls/visits) and necessary vouchers, when indicated. Chart all refills and updates as needed.
- Continually update personal, clinical and professional knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational experience. Comply with state continuing education laws.
- Maintain Nurse Visit schedule: responsible for attending to scheduled nurse visits and documenting care in Logician. Visit reasons may include Depo-Provera, B-12 or other injections, Medication Review, PT/INR dose changes, on-site assessment of acutely ill patients, weights for babies with failure to thrive, repeat BP checks, immunizations, or other reasons.
- Assist with non-scheduled nursing needs during/throughout the shift. These requests vary from assistance with ECG’s, meeting with patients who have walked in for a free pregnancy test, starting a patient on an NST machine, stabilizing an acutely ill patient until the ambulance arrives, administering a nebulizer treatment, starting an IV (if trained to do so)
- Assist with the processing of patient paperwork. The nurse should prepare as many components as possible before handing off to the provider. Samples of patient paperwork are disability forms, handicap sticker requests, authorizations for wheelchairs and other assistive devices, letters to return to work, PE and Immune report requests. This list is not all inclusive.
Requirements:
- Education/Training: RN or LPN with 3 years experience.
- Current NH RN or LPN license.
- Experience: Community health experience preferred
- American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Certification, required
. . . Pay Statement and Pay Transparency Laws: rate of pay listed is on a per hour basis. You will be entitled to health insurance once employed for 60 days and you must work 30 hours per week, on average, per month to enroll and maintain health insurance through Complete Staffing Solutions. Once both qualifiers are met you must complete the enrollment packet and your benefits will start on the first of the subsequent month. . . It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, national or ethnic origin or any other legally protected class. We are committed to a diverse workforce. We value all employees' talents and support an environment that is inclusive and respectful. We are strongly committed to this policy, and believe in the concept and spirit of the law. #ZIP