Clinic Nurse LAC​/USC - Per Diem

Overview

Shift

Schedule:

Per Diem (Hourly as Needed)

Position

Purpose:

The Clinic Nurse will participate as a member of a team providing nursing care to newly discharged homeless individuals in need of recuperative care. The Clinic Nurse will also participate as a member of a team in a primary care medical clinic.

• Admit new patients according to standardized procedures and criteria for admission.
• Conduct triage and daily physical assessments.
• Perform and provide case management services.
• Take and record patient complaints, follow appropriate procedures in resolving any complaint.
• Provide patient education and teaching.
• Assists in orienting and developing new staff.
• Monitors and/or administers oral medications as needed.
• Participates in patient triage calls and appropriate triage routine standing orders.
• Changes patient’s dressing as needed.
• Monitors and maintains adherence to the Nursing Training Manual and Agency Policies and Procedures.
• Collect blood and urine specimens.
• Orders medical and patient welfare supplies as needed.
• Performs other duties as required by the program.

• Licensed by the State of California as a Registered Nurse
• Current CPR card from American Red Cross or American Heart Association
• At least five (5) years in an ambulatory setting.
• Experience working with patients and staff from diverse socio-economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds
• Previous experience at a recuperative care program is a plus
• Bilingual Spanish/English
• All JWCH, Wesley Health Centers workforce members are recommended to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Wesley Health Centers JWCH Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer