Ambulatory Specialty RN Clinic
About The Position
The Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) delivers professional nursing care to clinic patients and contributes to a collaborative patient care team. The role includes comprehensive screenings, risk assessments, preventative health education, care coordination, and patient guidance, using technology to support care processes. The RN independently triages nursing situations according to standing orders and protocols, and addresses complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated by other clinic staff. The RN performs diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within their training and scope of licensure, including patient assessment tests, wound care, tube and catheter procedures, and application of splints or braces. The position also involves educating patients and families about sample collection, test instructions, follow-up, and referrals; communicating lab results; calling prescriptions into pharmacies; and returning practitioners’ phone messages.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
- Registered Nurse license in Washington State.
- 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 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, in accordance with protocols.
- Conduct independent wound assessments and provide complex wound care and dressing changes, including placing or changing wound vacs.
- Remove sutures or staples after a provider has assessed the wound.
- Insert or remove tubes, drains, and urinary catheters, including removing PICCs; apply splints or braces.
- Instruct patients in sample collection and other tests, and ensure patients or families understand follow-up and referral information.
- Inform patients of lab results, call prescriptions into pharmacies, and return practitioners’ phone messages.
- Collaborate on patient screenings, risk assessments, preventative health education, and care coordination.
- Guide patients through instructions and address their concerns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
