Ambulatory Specialty RN Clinic
About The Position
The Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) is a central member of the patient care team, providing compassionate care and supporting patients through screenings, risk assessments, preventative health education, and care coordination. The RN uses technology to support efficient processes, explains instructions, addresses patient concerns, and adapts to meet patient-centered care needs. The role delivers professional nursing care to clinic patients and performs diagnostic testing and clinical procedures within the RN’s training, scope of licensure, and established procedures. The RN independently triages nursing situations under standing orders and protocols and responds to complex, urgent, or emergent situations escalated by other clinic staff.
Requirements
- Graduation 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 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.
- Perform 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 removing peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC).
- Apply splints and braces.
- Instruct patients in collecting samples and completing other tests.
- Ensure patients or families 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, preventative health education, and care coordination.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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