Team Nurse

About the role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Reporting directly to the Practice Manager and Senior Director of Nursing, the Team Nurse RN position is responsible for performing the duties of a RN in an outpatient primary care or family medicine practice and serves as a clinical resource for the medical practice.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with providers to identify needs for preventive care, evidence-based chronic disease management and care coordination.
• Provide general and specific healthcare education.
• Work directly with patients to identify and monitor self-management goals.
• Collaborate care with community based providers.
• Follow up on ED visits and inpatient discharges.
• Assists providers with exams, treatments and procedures as needed.
• Perform a direct patient care role, including Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) and Chronic Care Management (CCM).
• Manage INR for patients on Coumadin.
• Administer vaccines and medications, document accurately in the Electronic Health Record.
• Schedule tests and referrals, monitor and ensure follow-up of abnormal test and imaging results.
• Oversee inventory and ordering management of clinical supplies and equipment.
• Ensure safe, accurate and clinically appropriate collection, storage and processing of all biologic specimens.
• Delegate and act as a resource to unlicensed staff, provide ongoing education and training.
• Maintain compliance with organizational mandatory annual training.
• Ensure PHI is used only for patient treatment, payment and operations.
• Report adverse patient events and near misses to BIDHC Risk Management Dept.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• License Registered Nurse in Massachusetts required and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
• 1-3 years related work experience required. New graduate RN’s considered.
• Strong interpersonal skills, patient communication and education skills.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications.
• Knowledgeable in standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies.
• Team work and customer service skills.

Skills

• Decision Making
• Problem Solving
• Independence of Action
• Written Communications
• Oral Communications
• Knowledge
• Team Work
• Customer Service

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$32.24 - $55.32 per hour.

Schedule

Not specified.