Registered Nurse (RN), (PRN)

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides excellent care to our patients, acting as a frontline representative of our Patient Promise: “We are only and always about the patient. We promise to always fight for their greatest good.” The RN provides medical care at the direction of the provider of the Health Center based on the needs of the patient and works to meet the individual needs of each person that walks in the doors of the Health Center.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides complete patient assessment, including vital signs and pre-examination procedures.
• Gathers and assesses objective and subjective data from the patient.
• Documents data and assessments in the patient record.
• May use a computer system and information technology to ensure standard documentation, coding, and completion.
• Assists the providers in all aspects of the consultation, treatment, procedures, and follow-up care.
• Executes medical regimens and nursing interventions as appropriate for the setting and their competency.
• Patient health counseling and instruction, including meeting with families and caregivers.
• Medications reconciliation, management, patient compliance, inventory, education.
• Operates medical equipment.
• Maintains medical supplies, inventory, and disposal.
• Ensures regulatory compliance with OSHA, CLIA, and HIPAA guidelines.
• The position may include triage of calls for urgent appointments, referrals for patient consults and testing, insurance pre-certification, and documentation.
• May use general office skills including keyboarding, office computer software, filing, answering telephones, email, faxing, copying.
• Excellent customer service skills are needed for interacting with patients, families, and caregivers.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• RN with a current nursing license in state of practice
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Current BLS certification through American Heart Association valid for at least 90 days after start date
• 1+ year of clinic nursing experience preferred
• Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as state, federal requirements
• Must be able to interpret and implement the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures of Proactive MD

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.