Primary Care Rn Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing with up to six (6) months Registered Nurse (RN) experience.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license within the state of California and BLS certified.
• Previous nursing experience in Emergency Room or Urgent Care experience.
• Commitment to HIPAA and ability to abide by standards of professional ethics and maintain confidentiality.
• Actively participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (QA/QI) activities.
• Comply with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicate the mission, ethics and goals of the organization.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing and demonstrate a high level of listening skills.
• Computer (PC) literate in general office functions such as MS Word, access, email and preparation of spreadsheets.
• Demonstrated commitment to the provision of services for the underserved and sensitivity working with a variety of people from low-income populations, with diverse educational, lifestyle, ethnic, and cultural origins; disabled, homeless, substance users, HIV (AIDS) infected, and/or physiologically impaired.
• Adhere to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
• Adherence to infection control procedures, including but not limited to, standard precautions of temperature monitoring, hand washing, symptom self-monitoring, masking and social distancing.
• Assist and support the Center/Department/Program to meet standards of High Reliability.
• Must be willing to successfully complete the credentialing process.

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in additional languages preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with other specialists as required and adjust nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Perform all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Accurately assign triage categories and direct patients to appropriate level of care.
• Answer telephone calls professionally; refer patient problems to appropriate licensed provider; schedule appointments.
• Maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation, including patient history, conditions, treatments, responses, and assessment of changes.
• Inform patients of results and answer questions per established protocols.
• Review Inbasket for refills, refill meds per set protocols, and connect with pharmacy as necessary for refills.
• As a link between provider and pharmacy for questions on dosages/alternative meds, etc, answer patient questions regarding medication.
• Respond to portal messages that require a clinical response (when appropriate).
• Respond to and complete requests from Home Health Agencies per an established protocol and obtain provider signatures when required.
• Review patient forms with the provider, complete them (when appropriate), and obtain the provider's signature per established protocol.
• Treat patients and their families with respect and dignity.
• Identify and address psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family—functions as a liaison between administration, patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers.
• Demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the patients served.
• Able to interpret data about the patient's status to identify each patient's age-specific needs and provide the care needed by the patient group.
• Interact professionally with patient and family and involve patient and family in forming the plan of care.
• Formulate a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluate learning effectiveness; include family in teaching, as appropriate.
• Maintain current knowledge of medications and the correct administration based on the age of the patient clinical condition.
• Follow the seven (7) medication rights to reduce the potential for medication errors.
• Demonstrate knowledge of lab requirements requisitions.
• Maintain established Center policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement program, safety, environmental, and infection prevention and control standards.
• Assist in cost containment through appropriate ordering and conserving of supplies and equipment.
• Cooperate with other staff to achieve outpatient clinic objectives and maintain good employee relations.
• Attend annual review and department in services, as scheduled; staff meetings as required.
• Support and maintain a culture of safety and quality.
• May assist Center Manager and Lead Clinician with training and supervision of medical assistants and other support staff.
• Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare plans.
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops; show responsibility for own professional practice and ongoing education.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Benefits

• Regionally competitive salary
• Above average health benefits at reduced costs
• Company paid life insurance & long-term disability insurance
• Additional voluntary retirement plan with company match and no vesting schedule requirement
• Paid bereavement and jury duty leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Flexible Spending Program
• Company paid malpractice insurance for all providers
• Professional development hours offered annually