Registered Nurse

Definition

Performs work as a registered nurse in a busy acute care clinic for Partnership Health Center. Serves as a lead worker for clinic staff and as a clinical resource. May be assigned to work with specialty populations.

Representative Examples of Work

• Works with PHC medical providers to develop strategies to manage complex medical needs for clients with chronic illness.
• Develops patient education; assesses treatment readiness; identifies methods to manage treatment side effects; and makes referrals to onsite behavioral health services.
• Ensures ongoing, proactive quality assurance programs are identified, developed and implemented.
• Works within the chronic disease self-management model utilized at PHC to provide patient and family education to individuals and groups and to develop goals for improved health outcomes consistent with evidence-based guidelines.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary conferences, serves as a clinical resource for medical providers, care team nurses, dental, mental health and psycho-social case managers.
• Provides work direction for LPN and MA staff, giving clinical direction or serving as a clinical resource; contributes to performance management efforts.

  Supervision Received

  Works under the general supervision of the Clinic Director or designee. Supervision Exercised Serves as a lead work position; provides work direction and clinical guidance to LPN and MA staff; and volunteers or interns as assigned.

  Working Relationships

  • Works closely with Partnership Health Center medical care teams, hospital case managers or social workers, other case managers (home health, public health, mental health etc.).
  • Medical providers in the community working with clients on his/her caseload.

  Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Knowledge: Skills Working knowledge of chronic disease self-management strategies and nursing practices related to acute and chronic complex medical conditions such as diabetes, hepatitis C, cancer, cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, and chronic pain conditions.
  • Skills: Skill in the use of a personal computer and related software. Skill in the use of electronic health records.
  • Abilities: Ability to coordinate complex medical care plans consistent with the chronic disease self-management model. Ability to gather and analyze quality data and make appropriate recommendations to the medical care team. Ability to lead staff in continuous efforts to improve quality productivity and effectiveness. Ability to communicate in the English language, orally and in writing. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse individuals and groups.

  Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: None.
  • Experience: Requires current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in Montana. Requires a current Healthcare Professional BLS certification or the ability to obtain it within 90 days of hire. Subject to passing a criminal background check with fingerprinting. Requires immunizations or proof of immunity to certain infectious diseases and a TB test.

  Special Requirements

  • Special Requirements: Requires graduation from an accredited nursing program.

  Physical/Environmental Demands

  • The work requires some physical exertion such as bending, walking and lifting boxes of files (up to 20 lbs.).
  • Requires the manual dexterity to perform manual nursing skills, such as drawing blood, giving injections, filling syringes, etc.
  • The employee may risk exposure to potentially dangerous situations, including exposure to communicable diseases.

  To Apply

  Please complete all sections of the online application at www.partnershiphealthcenter.org/careers, even if a resume is submitted. A resume will not substitute for completing the work history section of the application. Please include with your completed application the following attachments: Cover Letter, Resume, copy of current RN License, a copy of BLS Certification, Transcripts, a copy of your diploma, and valid MT Driver’s License. Please describe why you would like to work at Partnership Health Center. Incomplete applications and applications without required attachments will be disqualified.