Staff Nurse-Hartford Pediatrics - Primary Care

Job Description

Summary:

Part‑time opportunity Monday and Thursdays 9am‑6pm or 8am‑5pm. The Primary Care Nurse (PCN) provides high quality, comprehensive, professional nursing primary nursing care to individuals and families throughout the lifespan. As part of a clinical team, the PCN works at the top of his or her licensure to enhance the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of care through both the performance of professional nursing responsibilities and the delegation of technical and clerical functions as appropriate to medical assistants.

Provides patients with both general and focused health education regarding preventive, chronic, and episodic health care issues. Assumes responsibility, in collaboration with primary care providers, to coordinate care, support transitions between levels of care, and counsel, educate, and support patients in improving health status. Applies principles of advanced access, planned care and the chronic care model, and rapid‑cycle performance improvement using the PDSA approach at CHCI.

The Primary Care Nurse (PCN) works in a clinical team to deliver comprehensive nursing care, coordinate with primary care providers, and promote health education, ensuring safety, effectiveness, and efficiency across all patient interactions.

• Support primary care of patients under planned care model, including pre‑visit planning, daily huddles, and execution of nurse‑led and nurse‑assisted visits.
• Collaborate with PCP to identify needs for preventive care, evidence‑based chronic disease care, and care coordination.
• Provide general and specific health care education during patient visits and by telephone.
• Work with patients to identify and monitor self‑management goals.
• Collaborate and coordinate 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, clinically appropriate collection, storage, and processing of all biologic specimens.
• Administer medications, including immunizations, at the order of prescribing provider and under standing orders as established by CHCI.
• Adhere to CHC protocols regarding documentation of medication, route, dosage, and information provided to patient.
• Monitor patient response to medication based on specific medication administered; detect, report, and respond to any adverse reaction. Reconcile medications. Provide patient education as appropriate to the administered medication.
• Perform wide range of nursing activities as needed and after initial prescription by primary care provider such as wound care, catheterization, etc.
• Accurately document all aspects of patient care in the medical chart on a timely basis.
• Schedule tests and referrals for specialty care on order of provider.
• Maintain strict infection control standards in accord with CHCI protocols and universal precautions (TJC, OSHA, CLIA standards).
• Act as a resource person for medical assistants regarding patient preparation, needs and procedures needed.
• 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 electronic health record to ensure timely, safe, confidential storage and retrieval of patient information.
• Participate in Project ECHO complex care management to continually advance knowledge and skills in care management and care coordination.
• Present nursing information and insight into patient care with other members of the care team at Integrated Care Team meetings.

• Required Skills and Education
• Registered nurse, in good standing.
• Preferred Skills
• BSN or ASN
• Bilingual
• Electronic health record experience
• 1+ year of experience as a nurse in ambulatory care, preferred. New graduates and experienced nurses from other settings with a strong interest in chronic disease management and primary care nursing are encouraged to…