Registered Nurse - Rotating Shifts

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist doctors and nurse practitioners during clinic hours.
• Assess walk-in students and treat patient symptoms according to protocol.
• Consult on-call physician as needed.
• Refer to emergency department as needed.
• Admit students to Health Center as needed and treat appropriately.
• Provide ongoing care for patients already admitted to the infirmary.
• Follow-up of students sent to emergency department and notify Residence Life of student hospital admissions.
• Administer allergy injections and immunizations.
• Perform blood draws and prepare specimens for laboratory pick up.
• Review labs and notify students of results.
• Distribute lab results to appropriate providers on evening/night shift.
• Organize charts for following day (allergy, scheduled appointments, protocol signature, MD/NP signature of lab results).
• Weekly check of urinalysis controls, nightly checks of refrigerator temperature.
• Surface cleaning of exam rooms and waiting room, and stock supplies for exam rooms.
• Perform other duties and assist with projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Formal Education: Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• Work Experience: Minimum of two years of recent clinical nursing experience.
• Experience: Experience with Phlebotomy, administration of immunizations, medications, allergy injections, and nebulizer treatments.
• Work Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills, strong organizational and administrative management skills.
• Specific Job Knowledge: Must convey highest degree of professionalism, be a team player, and have strong attention to detail. Must have a deep commitment to the flourishing of Villanova University, its students and mission, and an understanding of Villanova’s Augustinian and Catholic values and how these values inform our interactions with campus constituents.
• Equipment Knowledge: Strong computer skills and ability to learn new technologies.
• Other: Genuinely cares about students, their well-being, and their success, along with their families. Demonstrated familiarity with and sensitivity to cultural diversity concerns and anti-racism.

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN preferred.
• Experience in emergency department, family practice, or college health center.
• Experience using electronic medical records.