Practice Nurse Primary Care Franklin

Concord Hospital Health System • Franklin, NH

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About The Position

The Clinical Practice Nurse 1 reports to the Clinical Leader or Clinical Manager and works under the direction of practice providers. The role delivers high-quality patient care, including assessment, treatment, planning, and evaluation. The nurse applies knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan, assesses and interprets clinical information to identify patients’ age-specific needs, builds caring relationships with patients and their families and caregivers, collaborates with the healthcare team, and uses sound judgment when performing nursing interventions.

Requirements

• Associate degree or diploma in nursing from an accredited School of Nursing.
• New Hampshire Board of Nursing license.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification or Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers certification.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively and positively with multidisciplinary staff, patients, and others.

Responsibilities

• Organize daily activities, establish priorities, and maintain efficient patient flow.
• Triage patient phone calls according to established guidelines and prescribed formats to identify health problems or concerns and provide quality care.
• Administer prescribed medications.
• Educate patients in response to identified needs.
• Document health information, interventions, and outcomes in the patient electronic medical record.
• Delegate patient care activities using the five rights—task, person, direction, circumstance, and supervision—and ensure tasks are completed satisfactorily and documented; provide feedback to the delegatee and manager.
• Use purposeful, organized thinking based on the nursing process to make sound clinical judgments and decisions.
• Complete practice-specific clinical skill competencies annually.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree