Ambulatory RN Clinic
About The Position
The Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) delivers professional, compassionate nursing care to clinic patients and is a central member of the patient care team. The role includes comprehensive screenings, risk assessments, preventive health education, care coordination, and use of technology to support patient care. The RN guides patients through instructions, addresses concerns, and helps them feel informed and at ease. The RN performs diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within their training, scope of licensure, and established procedures. They independently triage nursing situations under standing orders and protocols, and respond to more complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated by other clinic staff.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Registered Nurse license in Washington State.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) certification.
Nice To Haves
- One year of RN work experience in a clinic setting, or two years of acute care RN work experience.
Responsibilities
- Deliver professional nursing care to clinic patients.
- Perform diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within the appropriate level of training, scope of licensure, and established procedures.
- Independently triage nursing situations in accordance with standing orders and protocols.
- Address complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated from other clinic staff.
- Perform patient assessment and care tests, including EKG, spirometry, vision and hearing screening, peak flow, and color blindness testing, according to established protocols.
- Conduct independent wound assessments and provide complex wound care and dressing changes, including placement or changing of wound vacs.
- Remove sutures or staples after a provider has assessed the wound.
- Insert or remove tubes, drains, and urinary catheters, including removing peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC).
- Apply splints and braces.
- Instruct patients in collecting samples and completing other tests.
- Ensure patients or family members understand follow-up and referral information.
- Inform patients of laboratory results, call prescriptions in to pharmacies, and return practitioners’ phone messages.
- Collaborate on comprehensive screenings, risk assessments, preventive health education, and care coordination for diverse patient populations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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