RN​/LPN | CH Gastroenterology | M-F No Weekends

Summary

Reporting to the Clinical Leader or Clinical Manager and under the direction of the practice providers, the Clinical Practice Nurse 1 delivers high quality patient care including assessment, treatment, planning, and care evaluation. The Clinical Practice Nurse 1 uses knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses clinical data reflective of the patient's health status and interprets information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age specific needs.

The Clinical Practice Nurse 1 engages in caring relationships with patients, families, and caregivers, works collaboratively with the health care team, and uses sound judgments while performing nursing interventions.

Associate degree or diploma in nursing from an accredited school of nursing.

• Licensure required:
  New Hampshire Board of Nursing license.
• Certification required:
  Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification or Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers.

Demonstrated ability to effectively and positively interact with a multi-disciplinary staff, patients, and others.

• Establish priorities in organizing daily activities and maintain efficient patient flow.
• Triage patient phone calls following established guidelines and prescribed format for identifying patient health problems or concerns, and provide quality patient care.
• Administer prescribed medications.
• Provide education to patients in response to identified patient needs.
• Document health information, interventions, and outcomes into the patient electronic medical record.
• Delegate patient care activities using the five rights: right task, person, direction, circumstance, and supervision (ensuring tasks are completed satisfactorily and documentation is complete) and provide feedback to delegatee and manager.
• Apply principles of purposeful, organized thinking based on the nursing process to make sound clinical judgment and decisions.
• Complete practice‑specific clinical skill competencies on an annual basis.

Competitive and comprehensive employee benefits and growth opportunities await when you join our team.

• Health insurance and dental benefit – available to full‑time (30+ hours) and part‑time employees (20‑29 hours)
• Wellness programs
• Life / LTD insurance
• 403(b) retirement savings account with employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• On‑site childcare
• Complimentary on‑site employee fitness center
• Paid time off
• Career development
• Employee Activities Committee
• Military Program – supportive environment for those serving or who served in the armed services
• Streamlined military leave process
• Enhanced military leave policy
• Enrichments to benefits and paid‑time‑off
• Organizational resources committed to employees and their families
• Education for employees and managers
• Recognition of service

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling classification is LIGHT. Employees must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift or carry up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.

In performing duties, employees are regularly required to perform repetitive motion, hear, and speak. Employees frequently are required to bend, perform fine motor tasks, reach, sit, stand, and walk. Employees occasionally are required to climb, kneel, smell, and squat. Specific vision abilities required include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision. Employees are frequently exposed to blood borne pathogens and bodily fluids, and occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, electrical hazards—shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

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