Registered Nurse - $2,000 sign-on bonus!

Martin’s Point Health Care•Scarborough, ME

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) works collaboratively with all members of the care team to provide world class service to both the patients and staff of Martin’s Point. The RN coordinates the delivery of primary and specialty care services to assure the highest quality of care while efficiently utilizing available services and resources. This position provides excellent customer service in a timely manner resulting in improved patient care, satisfaction, and provider efficiency (availability and appointment access). The RN performs independent assessments in person or on the phone (within scope of practice), provides patient education, and demonstrates initiative and creative problem solving to address patient concerns.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing
Minimum of 2 years’ experience; at least one year as nurse responsible for independent decisions (such as inpatient medical/surgical experience, triage nurse, home health nurse, clinical specialist, or other subspecialty)
Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure in Maine
BLS required
ACLS required for Cardiac Nurse

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred

Responsibilities

Coordinates with internal providers, external specialty providers, community-based health care resources, urgent care centers and/or hospitals to maintain continuity of patient care (e.g., care coordination, patient navigation).
Prioritizes and schedules specialty/primary care services to meet patient needs while maximizing available resources.
Performs independent patient assessment to determine the level and urgency of specialty/primary care services, including walk in visits and clinical triage utilizing standard protocols for disposition.
Maintains an adequate inventory of medical supplies, instruments and equipment that meet quality and infection control standards within their area of support.
Provides education regarding specialty diagnosis, lab results, procedures, medications, risk factor modifications, exercise prescription and follow up activities/care to patients and/or family members by phone, portal communication, or face to face.
Coordinates with the team on patients identified with gaps in care and strategizes on appropriate action to facilitate closure.
Partners collaboratively with providers, clinical support, patient service representatives, clinical quality specialist RN’s and the population health nurses to support and improve quality outcomes and care navigation and to address gaps in care.
Reviews upcoming scheduled appointments to identify chronic disease patients. Analyzes the patient record for gaps in care and takes appropriate action to facilitate closure of these gaps.
Participates in daily huddles and regular team meetings to improve workflows and contribute to improving patient population outcomes.
Receives day-to-day clinical direction from on-site RN Clinical Leads, Clinical Quality Specialist, Clinical Supervisors, or Clinical Manager.
Triages telephone calls, utilizing clear triage, apply standard protocols for disposition, i.e., schedule an appointment, refer to urgent/emergency room, or offer home advice (knowledge base/scope of practice to support the various types of patient population and services: OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Surgical, Cardiac).
Communicates with patients in person, via telephone, or portal to assess patient need using standard protocols in order to coordinate appropriate care and next steps.
Contributes to the health maintenance, wellness promotion, and disease management of our patient population and the community at large by aiding the providers in the collection and review of patient-level data and assuming leadership roles in flu clinics and similar clinic and community wellness initiatives.
Performs processing of documents (prescription refills, DME orders, forms, specialist/facility reports, lab results, telephone notes per protocol/guidelines) as advised by the provider.
Develops, implements, and follows up on nursing plan of care with reference to patient’s age, gender, culture, community and family resources, barriers, and readiness for adherence.
Conducts nursing care visits for the provisions of services such as injections, nebulizer treatments, chronic disease visits (e.g., diabetic care: insulin injection teaching, use of blood glucose monitor), coagulation therapy adherence, HIV risk reduction counseling, wound care, blood pressure monitoring, spirometry, peak flow testing, medication adherence counseling, and other procedures and interventions as appropriate.
Performs point of care testing such as rapid covid, flu, strep, RSV testing, POC blood glucose, urinalysis, A1C, pregnancy testing, urine drug screens, as well as random pill counts.
Utilizes appropriate PPE per protocol.