Ambulatory RN Clinic
About The Position
The Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) is a central member of the patient care team, delivering compassionate care to diverse patient populations. The role includes comprehensive screenings, risk assessments, preventative health education, and care coordination, using technology to streamline processes. The RN guides patients through instructions, addresses concerns, and helps them feel informed and at ease. The RN provides professional nursing care to clinic patients, performs diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within their training and licensure scope, independently triages nursing situations using standing orders and protocols, and responds to complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated by clinic staff.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Washington Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification.
- Robust clinical knowledge and technological proficiency.
- Strong communication skills, genuine compassion, and an adaptable approach to learning and patient-centered care.
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 related 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, and address complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated from other clinic staff.
- Perform patient assessment and care tests, such as EKG, spirometry, vision and hearing screening, peak flow, and color blindness testing, according to established protocols.
- Conduct independent wound assessments and complex wound care, including dressing changes and 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 removal of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC); apply splints or braces.
- Instruct patients in collecting samples and completing other tests; ensure patients or families understand follow-up and referral information.
- Inform patients of lab results, call prescriptions in to pharmacies, and return practitioners’ phone messages.
- Collaborate on comprehensive screenings, risk assessments, preventative health education, and care coordination.
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Job Type
Full-time
