Registered Nurse

Nitelines Usa•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care and clinical services at a clinic in Atlanta, Georgia. The role evaluates patients and provides therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff, while performing nursing duties within the scope of current licensure and applicable legal, ethical, and institutional standards. The nurse collaborates with staff and consulting physicians to plan, implement, evaluate, and revise care programs, and may provide emergency services in the physician’s absence. The schedule is eight hours per day, five days per week, excluding federal holidays, between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Sunday through Saturday, for no more than 40 hours per week. The position requires at least three years of experience, authorization to practice medicine in a U.S. state or territory, CPR certification compliant with American Heart Association Basic Life Support, and documented graduation from an accredited school. Candidates must submit supporting education, licensure/status competency, and continuing medical education credentials, and pass background, drug, and credit checks (collections). Benefits include competitive hourly pay, accrued vacation and sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, a 401(k) opportunity, and a healthcare benefits contribution.

Requirements

Be certified to practice medicine in any state in the United States or a U.S. territory.
Have at least three years of experience.
Hold CPR certification in accordance with American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
Provide evidentiary documentation of graduation from an accredited school.
Provide supporting credentials for education, current licensure/status competency, and continuing medical education.
Pass a background check, drug screening, and credit check (collections).

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care through patient evaluation and therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff.
Perform nursing duties within the scope of current licensure.
Administer prescribed medications by mouth, intradermally, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly.
Assist with medication distribution at pill line.
Monitor and evaluate responses to therapy.
Perform skin testing.
Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services.
Take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays.
Perform venipuncture to obtain laboratory specimens.
Maintain accurate logs and screen laboratory test results for normal and abnormal values; notify physicians as appropriate.
Ensure sharps are secured, accounted for, stored, and disposed of according to institutional and national policy.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
Operate an EKG.
Clinically manage injuries by splinting and immobilizing.
Attend to medical emergencies.
Collaborate with staff and consulting physicians in planning, instituting, evaluating, and revising program plans.
Assist in determining the conditions, resources, and policies essential to delivering health care services.
Distinguish normal from abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
Manage daily clinic operations and conduct daily sick calls, including obtaining health histories, recording findings, and providing clinical evaluations.
Provide a wide range of emergency services in the absence of a physician.
Accept only nursing assignments commensurate with educational preparation, training, experience, and licensure laws.