Registered Nurse (RN)

Heartland Community Health Center • Lawrence, KS

15h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides safe, effective, compassionate nursing care to support patient-centered care, access, continuity, and positive health outcomes. The RN performs nursing assessments, clinical triage, care coordination, patient education, and nursing interventions within the RN’s scope of practice. Working collaboratively with providers, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), certified medical assistants (CMAs), and other members of the interdisciplinary care team, the RN supports daily clinical operations, evidence-based care, quality improvement, and value-based care initiatives. The RN demonstrates sound clinical judgment, accountability, and commitment to Heartland Community Health Center’s mission to welcome all who need care.

The role supports nursing care and clinic operations, including assessments, triage, care planning, patient education, care coordination, authorized medications and procedures, documentation, follow-up, and clinical guidance to LPNs and CMAs. The RN also contributes to preventive care, chronic disease management, quality improvement, value-based care, compliance, and professional practice.

Work is primarily indoors in an environmentally controlled healthcare setting, with close contact with patients, coworkers, and visitors. The position is based at assigned Heartland clinic location(s), which may change based on organizational and patient-care needs. The schedule is 40 hours per week; shifts and workdays vary based on operational needs and may include occasional evening or Saturday coverage.

Requirements

• Current, unencumbered Kansas RN license or valid multistate privilege authorizing practice in Kansas.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Knowledge of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, ambulatory nursing standards, clinical assessment, triage, and documentation.
• Ability to serve pediatric, adolescent, and adult populations as appropriate to assignment.
• Must carry out essential functions safely, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Practice within applicable law, licensure, demonstrated competency, provider orders, and Heartland policies.

Nice To Haves

• Ambulatory care experience preferred.
• Demonstrated competence in required clinical procedures and electronic health record (EHR) use.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments, identify patient needs, use RN-level judgment to determine interventions and prioritize care, and escalate concerns.
• Conduct in-person and telephone nursing triage using approved protocols; recognize urgent or emergent symptoms and direct appropriate next steps within the RN scope of practice.
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise nursing plans of care with patients, providers, and the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide individualized patient and family education, evaluate understanding, and document education and outcomes.
• Coordinate care for patients with chronic or complex conditions, including follow-up, referrals, transitions of care, and behavioral health coordination as assigned.
• Administer authorized medications, treatments, and immunizations when permitted by law, policy, orders, and demonstrated competency; monitor and evaluate patient responses.
• Recognize clinical deterioration, initiate an appropriate emergency response, and promptly communicate significant changes.
• Provide clinical guidance to LPNs and CMAs within organizational policy and applicable scope of practice; formal personnel supervision is not assumed unless assigned.
• Collaborate with care-team members to support the organization’s mission and safe, timely patient flow.
• Support patient intake, rooming, check-out, procedures, patient messages, and follow-up as needed; maintain examination rooms, supplies, equipment, immunizations, and emergency readiness.
• Perform authorized clinical procedures, specimen collection, and point-of-care testing consistent with licensure, competency, orders, policy, and applicable law.
• Document nursing care, patient communications, provider orders, treatments, and follow-up accurately in the electronic health record.
• Provide flexible coverage based on operational needs and demonstrated competency; assist with day-to-day clinical operations and support medical assistants as appropriate.
• Support preventive care, screenings, immunizations, chronic disease management, timely follow-up, and the identification and resolution of assigned patient care gaps.
• Use evidence-based protocols and accurate documentation to support care quality, patient outcomes, and value-based care measures.
• Coordinate outreach, referrals, transitions of care, and follow-up to promote continuity and address identified barriers to treatment.
• Participate in quality audits, performance improvement initiatives, workflow improvements, pre-visit planning, and daily huddles.
• Maintain timely, accurate, complete clinical documentation and comply with nursing regulations, HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, infection prevention, confidentiality, and organizational safety requirements.
• Follow clinical protocols and organizational policies, recognize limits of scope or competency, and seek appropriate guidance or escalation.
• Maintain required licensure, certifications, and competencies; participate in continuing education, staff meetings, training, and orientation of new team members as assigned.
• Perform other related duties consistent with the position’s scope of practice, qualifications, and organizational needs.

Benefits

• Eligible qualifying Registered Nurses may be eligible for up to $75,000 or more in federal student loan repayment assistance through select NHSC programs in exchange for a service commitment; eligibility and award amounts vary by position, program requirements, and available funding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed