Staff Nurse-- Norwalk - 40 Hours--$1000 Sign On Bonus!
Community Health Center · Norwalk, CT · 2 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
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.
- 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.).
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- 403B
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off