Center Nurse

Core Responsibilities

• Support patient assessment and prioritization for both walk-in and telephonic triage to ensure patients receive the right level of care and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
• Execute protocol-driven chronic condition management.
• Perform skilled nursing procedures including wound care and medication administration (including vaccines).
• Provide comprehensive patient and caregiver education regarding chronic conditions and preventative care in person, over the phone, or in group settings.
• Conduct medication reviews within nurse-led visits to ensure patient safety and adherence.
• Conduct onsite testing (including point-of-care labs, EKGs, and specimen collection) and use patient data to identify and close gaps in preventative screenings, ensuring compliance with state scope of practice.
• Review and act upon high-priority abnormal laboratory results in a timely manner to maintain patient safety and continuity of care.
• Partner with providers and the interdisciplinary team to manage complex care plans and coordinate weekly transitions for patients moving from the hospital back to the clinic.
• Utilize standardized protocols for medication management, prescription renewals and prior authorizations.
• Ensures clinical communications are managed, tasks are completed and patient visit encounters are closed in a timely manner.
• Delegates to medical assistants and phlebotomists as needed to support patient flow and efficiency.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Supports the coordination, integration, communication, and implementation of nursing practice and standard operating procedures.
• Identifies barriers to optimal care, e.g., physical, cognitive, language, literacy, socioeconomic, cultural, and behavioral.
• Fosters an engaging and welcoming environment to meet the needs of our patients, communities, families and teams where they are.
• Delivers an exceptional patient experience through service, responsiveness and respectful care.
• Serves as a key clinical voice in daily care team meetings to align on patient priorities and clinic operations.
• Serves as a support and resource for nursing, other clinical staff and providers.
• Ensures clinical compliance with Patient Safety initiatives and reporting.
• Provides emergency care in accordance with organizational procedure.

Professional Responsibilities

• Engages in self-evaluation and participates in activities to promote own professional growth and development.
• Sets, acquires and maintains current nursing knowledge and competence to fulfill responsibilities as a Center Nurse.
• Maintains awareness of current patient centered, evidence-based practice and considers applicable research data to patient care delivery.
• Fulfills obligation to identify and report professional misconduct appropriately.

Required Qualifications

• Active, Unrestricted Registered Nurse Licensure in the state that you reside.
• BLS or CPR Certification.
• Fluent written and spoken English language skills.
• Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience.
• Able to maintain patient confidentiality and process information in a confidential manner.
• Able to assess patients without face-to face interaction, strong communication and assessment skill.

Strongly Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to collaborate and communicate with members of an interdisciplinary care team.
• Excellent computer skills with ability to read, interpret and analyze data from various computer systems.
• Effective problem solving and prioritization skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in clinic setting.
• Able to work independently.