Staff Nurse - Full Time - CHC of New Britain - $1,000 Sign on Bonus!

Full-time position: Monday - Friday with one evening a week and one Saturday a month.

About the role

The Primary Care Nurse (PCN) provides high-quality, comprehensive, professional nursing care to individuals and families throughout the lifespan. As part of a clinical team, the PCN works at the top of their licensure to enhance the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of care through both professional nursing responsibilities and delegation of technical and clerical functions to medical assistants. The PCN provides patients with general and focused health education on preventive, chronic, and episodic health care issues. In collaboration with primary care providers, the PCN coordinates care, supports transitions between levels of care, and counsels, educates, and supports patients in improving health status. Applies principles of advanced access, planned care, the chronic care model, and rapid cycle performance improvement using the PDSA approach.

Responsibilities

• Support primary care of patients under the planned care model.
• Collaborate with primary care providers (PCP) to identify needs for preventive care, evidence-based chronic disease care, and care coordination.
• Provide general and specific health care education.
• Work with patients to identify and monitor self-management goals.
• Collaborate care with other community-based providers.
• Follow up on emergency room visits and hospital discharges.
• Assist providers with exams, treatments, and procedures as needed.
• Ensure safe, accurate, and clinically appropriate collection, storage, and processing of all biologic specimens.
• Administer medications, including vaccines and immunizations, orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intradermally, or via nebulizer at the order of the prescribing provider and under standing orders.
• Adhere to CHC protocols regarding documentation of medication, route, dosage, and information provided to the patient.
• Monitor patient response to medication; detect, report, and respond to any adverse reaction.
• Provide patient education as appropriate to the administered medication.
• Perform a wide range of nursing activities such as wound care, catheterization, etc., after initial prescription by the primary care provider.
• Accurately document all aspects of patient care in the medical chart on a timely basis.
• Schedule tests and referrals for specialty care on the order of the provider.
• Maintain strict infection control standards in accord with CHCI protocols and universal precautions (OSHA and CLIA standards).
• Act as a resource person for medical assistants regarding patient preparation, needs, and procedures.
• Monitor and ensure follow-up of all abnormal Pap smear results, STDs, lead screens, and other tests and screens performed at CHCI.
• Oversee the maintenance of supplies and equipment, ordering supplies as necessary.
• Maintain compliance with agency mandatory annual training (Patient Safety, Abuse, Age-Based Competencies, EOC, Abuse trainings, etc.).
• Expert use of the electronic health record to ensure timely, safe, confidential storage and retrieval of patient information.

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 403B retirement plan

Schedule

Monday - Friday with one evening a week and one Saturday a month.

Location

Community Health Center of New Britain, New Britain, Connecticut