RN/LPN - Walk In Care

Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas Inc•Pleasanton, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is part of the clinical care team and is responsible for performing in-office nursing care. This includes patient triage, immunization administration and supervision, and assisting with procedures. The role also involves overseeing or performing intake of new/establishing patients, conducting patient visit summary discharges, medication reviews, and maintaining continuity of care. Additionally, this position oversees the duties of the Medical Assistant.

Requirements

Possession of a valid license as a Registered Nurse in the state where nursing practice will occur or multistate license in nurse’s resident state; multistate license strongly preferred.
Two years nursing experience in an outpatient clinic, preferred.
Must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Heart Association within six (6) months from date of hire.
Social and cultural sensitivity appropriate to ethnically and economically diverse patient-and employee-base.
Demonstrate knowledge of the rationale of appropriate patient care.
Communicates through appropriate channels. Use proper chain of command for patient complaints.
Ability to handle emergency situations calmly and effectively.
Must be computer literate, especially with Microsoft Office products and be able to use the Internet.
Must be able to maintain good inter-personal relationship with co-workers and other members of the health care team and the organization.
Provide customer service in accordance to the organization’s mission.
Be courteous and respectful when interacting with patients and family members.
Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance to organization’s policy and procedure and HIPAA requirements.

Nice To Haves

Multistate license strongly preferred.
Two years nursing experience in an outpatient clinic, preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversees the rooming of patients in conjunction with other care team members such as medical assistants, prioritizing new/establishing patients or those with complex medical conditions.
Obtains health histories, updates/verifies medication lists and allergies, measures vital signs, and ensures patient rooms are clean and stocked.
Supports providers in patient care, including specialty-specific procedures/tests, injections, treatments, phlebotomy, EKGs, and routine in-house laboratory tests.
Provides vaccine oversight/verification for all medical assistants.
Performs patient summary visit discharge, educating patients on medications, provider orders, follow-up, and other relevant information.
Collaborates with providers and multidisciplinary team members for complete patient care.
Participates in daily Care Team huddles to facilitate communication regarding patients.
Maintains consistent patient flow by monitoring the scheduling system.
Triages patients in the clinic with medical needs and assists with triage/scheduling of patients not in the clinic who need to be seen.
Oversees or performs repository medication and sample distribution, cleaning and sterilizing instruments, inventory and stocking of medical supplies, and transporting specimens, equipment, or supplies.
Responds to and assists with medical emergencies in the clinic.
Performs all duties, services, and documentation in full compliance with CHC/SEK policies and procedures.