Registered Nurse

Overview

Job Title:

Registered Nurse
FLSA:
Hourly Non-Exempt
Bilingual:
Preferred
Representation:
Represented
Department:
Medical

Reports to:

Clinical Team Supervisor

At Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, we honor all members of our community and acknowledge the dignity of each person we serve. Our purpose is to provide high quality, comprehensive primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farm workers and a view to removing barriers to health care. We strive to provide an environment that welcomes and values the people we employ and serve.

If you are unsure whether you meet all the required qualifications for this role but are interested and passionate about this potential position, we encourage you to apply.

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides holistic patient care service as a member of the primary care team. The RN performs routine clinical tasks necessary for efficient patient care and assists other patient care providers as needed.

• Assess patient needs through problem-oriented history, including past medical history, current problems and vital signs.
• Identify patients with significant health risks, including hereditary factors, lifestyle, diet, substance abuse, social/cultural/environmental factors, and/or inadequate understanding of their disease process or treatment plan.
• Perform patient education involving explanation to the patient of diagnosis, treatment plan (including use of medications and their effects and side effects), infection control (if indicated), and preventative techniques to lower patient risk of future disease or accident.
• Assess patient needs through telephone interviews
• Advise patients over the phone and identify patients with urgent care needs.
• Triage patients who arrive without appointments, including assessment and evaluation for need of medical care based on medical history, present complaint, vital signs, and physical assessment (after physician consult if necessary).
• Dispense medication under M.D. supervision and administration of oral, IM and IV medications as ordered by M.D., FNP, and CNW.
• Case manage high-risk patients.
• Facilitate patient/family group education sessions.
• Coordinate patient flow and triage patients in the absence of the provider when provider is out or unavailable.
• Update on-call providers daily on changing needs of complex, high maintenance or high-risk patients.
• Maintain infection control within the clinic.
• Perform laboratory procedures when necessary.
• Handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with HIPAA.
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, safe driving record and insurance coverage required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The RN will use PHI to answer patient questions about their medical problems or plan of care, to triage and schedule appointments for urgent medical problems, to relay information from the health care providers to the patient and to provider nursing visits at patients homes. Applying the minimum necessary rules of HIPAA, the designated record sets to which this employee will have access include: scheduling, demographics, and view only patient account information in the practice management system, and the complete medical record, including confidential sections.

• Proficiency in English and Spanish, both written and spoken language preferred.
• Commitment to providing quality health care to all.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with patients and staff from a wide range of ethnic, economic, cultural and social backgrounds.

• Current Oregon RN License.

• Accountability:
  Role model VG s mission, vision, and shared values
• Customer-Focus:
  Listen to the voice of the customer and strive to delight them by exceeding their expectations
• Teamwork:
  If someone needs help, help them
• Initiative:
  Be innovative, apply fresh ideas, and continuously improve how you do your work
• Confidentiality:
  Maintain strict confidentiality and respect the privacy of others
• Ethical:
  Demonstrate integrity, honesty, and stewardship in all encounters at work
• Respect:
  Demonstrate consideration and appreciation for co-workers and patients
• Communication:
  Demonstrate the ability to convey thoughts and ideas as well as understand perspective of others

Percentage of time spent

• Standing: 10%
• Walking: 25%
• Sitting: 60%
• Lifting/Carrying: 5%
• Physically demanding tasks:
  Must be able to occasionally lift/carry up to 30 lbs.
• Supplies

• Work in well-lighted, ventilated environment
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens and to potentially hazardous chemicals

Staff members must meet immunization requirements as stated in VGMHC s immunization policy and state and federal guidelines.

Job descriptions represent a general outline of the essential and major job duties, functions and qualifications required.…