Registered Nurse (RN) (Weekdays)

About the role

The Upstate Family Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Care Center (FQHC) located in Utica, NY, is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join its team. Clinic hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 6:00pm.

Responsibilities

• Multidisciplinary process of providing care and treatment to patients
• Provides clinical support and technical assistance to the professional, medical, and other staff
• Monitors clinical team workflow, delegating tasks as needed to help with daily clinical team flow
• Completes paperwork to the fullest within the RN scope of practice to handover to the provider to review and sign
• Tends to patient sick calls
• Maintains exam rooms for necessary supplies and materials
• Administers office medications as prescribed by Providers
• Performs Point of Care Testing as ordered by the Provider
• Maintains/reviews patient records, charts and other pertinent information
• Maintains patient confidentiality
• Attends in-service training, team and other appropriate medical, staff and health center meetings as delegated by the Director of Clinical Operations
• Universal Duties: Attends any mandated continuing education/training programs, complies with all pertinent regulatory and agency regulations and operating standards, establishes a work environment that creates positive communication between supervisors and employees, participates in activities as part of the team that may include meetings, trainings, and committees, promotes and maintains a safe working environment, other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 1 to 2 years of experience
• Preferred but open to new graduates
• Unencumbered Registered Nursing License
• 1-3 Years’ Experience In Medical Office
• 1-3 years of experience working with EMR systems and data reporting
• Intermediate PC skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Share Point)
• Ability to act calmly and effectively in an emergency situation
• Ability to be flexible to respond to changing demands
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that be met by and employee successfully perform the essential functions of this job and include the ability to type and operate a personal computer with various software programs, effectively operate standard office equipment, bend, stoop, crouch, kneel, twist, balance, and work at a desk, lift and carry up to 60 pounds, and communicate (written and oral) in a clear and professional manner.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with co-workers and patients, maintain regular attendance, understand and carry out a variety of oral and written instructions, have knowledge of proper English usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary, have the ability to learn office principles, practices, and methods, understand filing systems, including numerical, alphabetical, and chronological, learn a variety of procedures, policies, and services of the assigned work unit or program, perform assigned duties with efficiency and accuracy and maintain confidentiality.
• Certain deadlines and unanticipated developments may require work during evenings and weekends.
• Ability to quickly address any emergent issues without losing focus on the task at hand.

Benefits

• 403b
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retailer plan
• Vision insurance
• Additional Incentives available

Work Environment

• Blood Borne Pathogen Category (OSHA) – Category I – Job related tasks involve exposure.

Additional Information

Upstate Family Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.