Staff Nurse-- CHC of New London - 24 hours/Week - $600 signon

Responsibilities

• Support primary care of patients under planned care model.
• Collaborates with PCP to identify needs for preventive care, evidence based chronic disease care, and care coordination.
• Provides general and specific health care education.
• Works with patients to identify and monitor self management goals.
• Collaborates care with other community based providers.
• Follows up on emergency room visits and hospital discharges.
• Affords assistance to providers with exams, treatments, and procedures as needed.
• Ensures safe, accurate, clinically appropriate collection, storage, and processing of all biologic specimens.
• Administers medications, including vaccines and immunizations, orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intradermally or via nebulizer at the order of prescribing provider and under standing orders as established by CHCI.
• Adheres to CHC protocols regarding documentation of medication, route, dosage, and information provided to patient.
• Maintains strict infection control standards in accord with CHCI protocols and universal precautions OSHA and CLIA standards.
• Acts as a resource person for medical assistants regarding patient preparation, needs and procedures needed.
• Maintains compliance with agency mandatory annual training (Patient Safety, Abuse, Age Based Competencies, EOC, Abuse trainings, etc.).
• Expert use of electronic health record to ensure timely, safe, confidential storage and retrieval of patient information.

Qualifications

• Associates of Science in Nursing (ASN)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• 403B
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

40 hour/week opportunity, with one Saturday per month