Registered Nurse - Primary Care/OBAT

Job Summary

***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***

Hours

Full-time, Monday – Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

Union

Union Name: n/a

Patient Facing

Yes

Responsibilities

• Participates as a member of the patients’ care team by attending case conferences and collaborating with other disciplines.
• Attends daily team huddles, clinic staff meetings, and team break- out sessions.
• Participates in ongoing clinical quality improvement endeavors and participates in identification of, and care planning for, high risk/ enhanced care patients.
• Performs initial assessment and intake obtaining social, medical, mental health, substance use and medication history.
• Provides education to patients regarding PCMH. Provides all nursing related activities in association with primary care/urgent care clinical operations at BHCHP primary clinic settings: including direct care and nursing care management activities, immunization, and screenings.
• Follow State and Federal guidelines in providing care to patients with addiction in collaboration with licensed, prescribing providers and pharmacy.
• Provides triage and nursing assessment of walk-in and scheduled patients.
• Manage medication logs, dosing schedules, and inventory in compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Assists in procedures for clinical operations. Administers long-acting therapeutic injections to patients as ordered.
• Conducts witnessed buprenorphine inductions as ordered.
• Performs clinical withdrawal screenings with patients as appropriate.
• Provides patient education concerning their prescribed MOUD and for risk reduction concerning any ongoing substance or alcohol use.
• Provides quality monitoring as directed through record keeping and patient health indicator analysis.
• Works with the pharmacy and prescribing BHCHP providers in obtaining medication orders, prescriptions, refills, and communication as needed.
• Assists in providing access to primary and episodic care to patients from outreach sites; provides access and patient care with BHCHP nurse liaisons.

Qualifications

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts RN license.
• Previous experience in community health center or primary care experience.
• Previous experience with addiction management and medication assisted therapy.
• Strong medical/surgical assessment skills.
• Interest in public health, addiction, primary and preventive nursing/medicine.
• Interest in working with underserved populations.
• Understanding of substance use disorders and mental health issues.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and flexible environment, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities to address the needs of our patients.

Benefits

• The compensation ranges from $40.00 -$58.00 per hour and increases based on years of experience.
• HCHP full time employees are eligible for our competitive time off program, health, dental and vision insurance, 403B retirement savings plan, pre-tax MBTA pass program with 40% discount, additional compensation for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and more. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.

Covid-19 Vaccination

Covid-19 Vaccination: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) is optional for employment. Candidates who are offered employment will be given details about how to demonstrate receipt of vaccination if they choose to.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Application Instructions

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