Ambulatory Care Nurse; Bilingual Spanish​/Promotional

Ambulatory Care Nurse

San Mateo Medical Center is seeking qualified and experienced Ambulatory Care Nurses for its outpatient clinics. Under direction, Ambulatory Care Nurses perform professional nursing duties for outpatient clinic patients; treat and educate patients, their families and the public about various medical conditions; record medical histories and symptoms; perform diagnostic tests and analyze results; operate medical machinery; administer treatment and medications; assist with patient follow-up and rehabilitation;

and perform other duties as assigned and required by the assigned clinical setting. This journey level Nurse is fully competent to independently perform a full range of professional nursing duties and procedures that require the exercise of a high degree of clinical judgment. Incumbents also provide lead direction to other nursing and paraprofessional personnel. In addition, Ambulatory Care Nurses assigned to community clinics provide preventive care and treat patients with a variety of illnesses and injuries.

The ideal candidate is a licensed Registered Nurse with at least one year of health care work experience preferred, ideally as a Registered Nurse (RN); is skilled in case management and triage assessment; knowledgeable in care coordination; experienced in medication reconciliation; has worked with the underserved population and on interdisciplinary teams. Bilingual in Spanish and English is preferred. The ideal candidate is also a critical thinker, fast learner and thrives in a dynamic environment.

Computer literacy, prior experience with electronic medical records (E-Clinical Works preferred) and registries strongly preferred, as well as flexibility to work nights and weekends.

Vacancies:

Part-time, regular vacancy at the Family Health Center/OB GYN in San Mateo.

Full time, regular vacancy at the South San Francisco Clinic, Bilingual Spanish Required.

Extra help vacancy at the Daly City Youth Center.

Extra help vacancy at the Ron Robinson Senior Care Center in San Mateo.

We anticipate using the list created from this recruitment to fill current and future extra help, limited term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies. These positions may be assigned to any of our locations throughout the County. Extra-help assignments are at-will and the employee is paid on an hourly basis. Some extra help positions are eligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act.

Extra-help workers are not guaranteed permanent status at the end of the extra-help assignment.

Term or limited term positions are at-will positions. Limited Term Employees are assigned to assignments not to exceed three years. They receive medical and dental benefits, similar to regular employees, and a defined contribution retirement plan. The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.

Unclassified positions are at-will and render services on a temporary basis for a specified project. Benefits are equal to classified employees in the same job classification, but are not covered by Civil Service Rules. However, the eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.

Ambulatory Care Nurse Salary $59.49 - $70.31 Hourly $4,759.20 - $5,624.80 Biweekly $10,311.60 - $12,187.07 Monthly

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Complete patient assessments and triage, record patient histories, symptoms and observations.
• Establish and implement nursing care plans for each patient through assessment, development, activation and evaluation.
• Participate in patient case conferences and rounds.
• Organize, assign and supervise duties and responsibilities of other staff members as a team leader; orient and teach new staff members of the nursing team and students.
• Perform nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
• Identify problems, assist in data gathering, propose solutions and participate in evaluation of quality assurance issues.
• Care coordination of patient centered care based on evidenced based guidelines (Patient Centered Medical Home); coordinate based on patients' health care needs and treatment recommendations to establish and maintain a plan of care, jointly created and managed by patients, family, and care team. Participate in educational programs to maintain level of expertise.
• Participate in non-clinical assignments, which may include maintaining records, preparing reports and/or serving on special committees.
• Maintain records and prepare reports.
• Operate a variety of medical machinery and equipment.
• Administer treatment and medications.
• Maintain knowledge of outpatient resources.
• Develop discharge plans for patients.
• Perform related duties as assigned and as required by assigned work setting, as described below.
• Provide preventive care and/or treatment to patients in a community or specialty…