Registered Nurse - Adult Medicine (5851)

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center•Brockton, MA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assists providers and works directly with patients in an adult medicine setting. The role includes triage, telephone calls, medication administration, nurse visits, skilled nursing assessments, and coordination of care with LPNs, medical assistants, and other ancillary staff. The nurse also performs administrative tasks and attends meetings in the Charge Nurse’s absence, while maintaining a professional, patient-centered environment and working within the scope of practice and applicable nursing regulations. The Registered Nurse is part of the patient care team within the Patient Centered Medical Home structure. The position supports patient flow and provider visits, oversees assigned nursing staff’s completion of patient-centered work, monitors reports for completion of care, participates in huddles and pre-visit planning, and may serve as Charge Nurse when the full-time Charge Nurse is absent. The role also contributes to quality improvement, policy and procedure review, teamwork, problem solving, and orientation or training of new staff and students. The position is based in a busy community health center in a downtown business district. Long hours are sometimes required. Physical demands include lifting equipment, boxes, and/or patients weighing up to 40 pounds, and mostly standing and walking.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Massachusetts state licensure to practice as a nurse.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.
Maintain licensure and certifications.
Knowledge of nursing principles, including disease processes, examinations, observations, laboratory studies, and application of these principles to patient care.
Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act and Code of Ethics, the nursing process, managed care, OSHA guidelines, infection-control guidelines, and emergency procedures.
Moderate computer skills.
Ability to meet physical demands that include lifting equipment, boxes, and/or patients weighing up to 40 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual ability.

Responsibilities

Assist providers and work directly with patients, including handling triage, phone calls, medication administration, and nurse visits.
Perform skilled nursing assessments and provide care within the scope of an RN and legal guidelines of the Nurse Practice Act.
Prepare patients for physicals, sick visits, follow-up visits, and gynecological exams.
Obtain and document vital signs, measurements, reason for visit, medication review, and allergy review.
Perform patient tests and treatments, including acuity testing, ear irrigation, EKGs, injections, IV therapy, medication administration, peak flow measurement, oxygen saturation checks, nebulizer treatments, oxygen administration, and CLIA-waived laboratory tests.
Handle Pap smears and assist with patient procedures, including wound and burn care, diabetic care, sterile-field maintenance, colposcopy, biopsies, and suture or staple removal.
Provide patient education, prescription refills, telephone and walk-in triage, referrals, appointments, nurse visits, documentation, and hospital-discharge follow-up.
Collaborate and coordinate care with LPNs, medical assistants, providers, and other ancillary staff.
Perform administrative tasks and attend meetings in the Charge Nurse’s absence; may be designated Charge Nurse when the full-time Charge Nurse is absent.
Properly handle, clean, store, and cold-sterilize equipment.
Oversee completion of patient-centered work by nursing staff assigned to the floor and monitor reports for completion of care.
Participate in daily huddles and pre-visit planning.
Participate in quality assurance and improvement studies and reviews, goal setting, and development or revision of policies, procedures, and protocols.
Promote teamwork, effective communication, problem solving, and appropriate conflict management.
Participate in orientation and training of new staff and/or students.
Maintain confidentiality, professional conduct, reliable attendance, punctuality, and appropriate chain of command.