Registered Nurse

Position Summary

Under direct supervision and within established scope of practice, the Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse ensures the delivery of patient-centered services as directed by organizational policies and procedures in a clinic setting.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Uphold the organization's Policies and Procedures, Core Values, and competencies, as well as applicable state, federal, and local laws.
• Perform assessment/data collection focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and cognitive status; including nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.
• Document pertinent patient information, nursing procedures, and patient responses in patients' medical records, following established guidelines and maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Establish patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).
• Identify patient/family learning needs and act to meet them.
• Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age-specific needs, cultural, and ethical beliefs.
• Provide/coordinate care for patients/patient populations.
• Establish effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.
• Delegate appropriately and coordinate duties/activities of health care team members.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of care given by team members.
• Implement patient care functions including but not limited to: sterile wound dressing/packing, urine catheter insertion/removal, suture and staple removal.
• Utilize effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority as appropriate.
• Handle clinic use medication inventories and orders, replenish medical supplies, medications, and materials as needed, and maintain clinic inventory logs.
• Prepare and administer medications per standing orders and as directed by physician orders, in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and apply safety principles as identified by the organization.
• Lead efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Oversee the autoclave process to ensure the cleaning, processing, sterilizing, and checking of instruments is in compliance to meet audit and infection control requirements.
• Coordinate immunization oversight of clinic's daily routine workflow, excursion reporting process, and emergency vaccine management plan.
• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
• Participate regularly in staff development trainings and activities for clinic to support continuous quality improvement.
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
• Participate in unit and department Performance and Quality Improvement activities.
• Participate in nursing research activities as requested.
• Provide data for staffing decisions and demonstrate flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrate flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking, and conveying information.
• If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfill the expectations established for the particular role.
• Perform other related duties as necessary.
• This job has no supervisory responsibility.

Customer Service/Patient-Centered Care

• Practice customer service standards as defined by the organization and specified clinic.
• Anticipate the customer's needs, take proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.
• Promptly respond to patient requests.
• Facilitate the customer's ability to utilize resources.
• Assure a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.

Team Commitment

• Be an effective team member who is adaptable, cooperative, and willing to assist others.
• Work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Manage difficult or conflict situations constructively and seek appropriate assistance.
• Take accountability for own actions.
• Actively participate in departmental professional development activities.
• Adhere to Attendance Policy.

Job Requirements

Experience Preferred:

• 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse

Education Required:

• High School Diploma/GED
• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.

Education Preferred:

• ADN and/or Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN)

Certifications Required:

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
• Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification (American Heart Association)

Verbal and Written Skills Required to Perform the Job

• Ability to read, write, and comprehend medical information and terminology.
• Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Continuous standing/walking/twisting.
• Occasionally lifts, pushes, and/or transfers patients.
• Exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, and illness).
• Reliable transportation necessary for traveling to assist with providing coverage as needed throughout all clinic locations.
• Ability to work a varied, 40 hours per week schedule to include evenings and/or weekends, between the hours of 8 am to 8 pm.

Universal Requirements

• Pre-employment requirements include I-9, positive background and reference check results, complete application, new hire orientation, and completion of employee health screening.

HIPAA/Compliance

• Maintain privacy of all patients, employee, and volunteer information and access such information only on a need-to-know basis for business purposes.
• Comply with all regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations. Report unethical, fraudulent, or unlawful behavior or activity.

OSHA Compliance

• Comply with all regulations and required schedules regarding OSHA training.

PPD Compliance

• Required health screening to be performed annually.

Policies and Procedures Compliance

• Responsible for following all organizational policies and procedures.

Meal Period Compliance (Non-exempt employees only)

• Punch out before 5 hours from the start of shift for meal periods.

Sexual Harassment Training

• Comply with all regulations and required schedules regarding sexual harassment training.