Registered Nurse I/II

Primary Care Nurses: Building Healthy Communities

Major Areas of Responsibility

• Provide professional nursing assessment and initial nursing care to clients.
• Offer medical advice by phone and/or in the clinic.
• Facilitate and support medical providers with procedures.
• Perform medication reviews, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, wound care, and referrals for DME.
• Interview patient and/or family to obtain required history and accurate assessment.
• Explain medical information and provide case management.
• Evaluate work flow and activities to assure efficiency and quality health care to all patients.
• Have flexibility in meeting patients’ needs, and participate in evening and Saturday triage clinics.

Collaboration & Teamwork

• High degree of interpersonal competence with both staff and patients.
• Excellent time management skills and evidence based approaches to medical care.
• Suggest improvements for clinic flow, patient scheduling, and service delivery.
• Collaborate professionally with interdisciplinary team members, including providers, health educators, medical assistants, and case managers.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Knowledge and experience with Electronic Health Record programs, such as NextGen or Epic.
• Familiarity with Electronic Panel Management.
• High degree of interpersonal competence with both staff and patients, and thorough knowledge of evidence based care.
• Top-notch time management skills and evidence based approaches to medical care.
• Cultural competence working in diverse/low income communities.

Abilities

• Deal courteously and effectively with complex patient profiles, and maintain good working relationships with other staff.
• Work courteously and effectively as a team member to support the quality/efficiency standards established for the clinic; work independently.
• Work under pressure and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate flexibility and ability to accept changes gracefully.
• Work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity, equity and inclusion.
• English/Spanish fluency required.

Experience & Other Certifications

• Requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Possession of a valid RN license in the state of California supplemented by two to three years clinical experience in the areas of adult medicine, pediatric, obstetrics, and gynecology that include triage.
• BSN preferred but not required.
• Two or more years of case management and triage experience working in primary care clinic setting.

Other Requirements

• Must hold a current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate. You will have a 30-day grace period to obtain your certificate from the date of hire.

Salary

$41.11 to $56.68 DOE