Registered Nurse - Pulmonary

Pay range: $42.95 - $64.42 hourly, depending on experience

Pulmonary Clinic – Bend, Oregon

JOB DESCRIPTION

Registered Nurse - Pulmonary Clinic

Clinic Manager of Operations

Pulmonary Clinic

August 2025

Creating America’s healthiest community, together

In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

St. Charles Health System encompasses practices in three Central Oregon counties and numerous specialties including family care, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, immediate/urgent care, cardiology, pulmonology, rheumatology, general surgery, cancer care, and sleep medicine. We encourage collaboration between clinical and non-clinical staff to assure we are providing our community with comprehensive and compassionate health care.

The Registered Nurse - Pulmonary Clinic provides quality patient and family centered care as a member of the health care team in accordance with St. Charles Health System mission, philosophy, policies, and procedures. The Registered Nurse applies standards for professional nursing practice and focuses clinical care to enhance the experience for patients, families, and others. This position assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies and the standards of professional nursing practice utilizing the framework for professional nursing practice and development.

The Registered Nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under their direction. This position utilizes specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data and plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of the patient. This position does not directly manage any other caregivers.

• Conducts in clinic and phone triage of patients including urgent/emergent walk-ins; makes recommendations for care utilizing approved standing orders and protocols.
• Uses critical thinking to follow physician approved protocols for prescription refills, medication titration and home treatment; utilizes appropriate physician consultation to work within scope of practice.
• Assists patients with scheduling acute or routine appointments, educates patients regarding abnormal test results and/or medical conditions, and explains medical terms and procedures.
• Conducts nurse-only visits for patient education and/or medication administration with a Provider on site and may assist with clinic procedures.
• Assists the Cardiology team as needed.
• Demonstrates independent critical thinking with the ability to multi-task in various departments including: urgent situations, conscious sedation, giving work direction, and prioritizing work.
• Collaborates with healthcare providers and community partners to develop an evidence-based, comprehensive individualized plan of care. Interventions are patient centered and facilitate effective and efficient medical utilization.
• Develops, documents, and monitors patient/family response to plan of care, and revises the plan as indicated. Provides patient self-management support and tools with a focus on empowering the patient/family to build capacity for self-care.
• Participates in multidisciplinary team conferences, and participates in overall program evaluation of processes, identifies problems, and proposes/develops process improvement strategies to enhance care management services.
• Acts as a clinic resource to acute care departments and referral agencies to help develop best practice and up-to-date education.
• Supports the vision, mission, and values of the organization in all respects.
• Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, supporting the organization’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violations of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient, and accurate.
• Participates in creating a healing environment that supports all aspects of the care environment and the wholeness of each individual, patient, and caregiver.
• Provides a therapeutic presence in service to others by purposefully responding to the needs of patients in a caring way, including introducing oneself and explaining role in patient care, asking the patient his or her preferred name, sitting with the patient to determine his or her care goals, active listening, and communicating effectively and…