Registered Nurse

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Oak Street Health

Center Nurse-Bilingual Spanish Preferred

The Center Nurse is a clinical care team member operating within a Value-Based Care model, which prioritizes patient health outcomes and long-term wellness. In this model, the Center Nurse supports the health of patients by utilizing standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery to prevent complications before they occur. Our Center Nurses drive quality care through clinical assessments, chronic condition management, and collaborating with the care team to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.

You will foster an engaging and welcoming environment through effective team communication and delegation, empowering everyone on the team to deliver the best care to our patients.

Our Center Nurses report to the Practice Manager.

• Support patient assessment and prioritization for both walk-in and telephonic triage to ensure patients receive the right level of care and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
• Execute protocol-driven chronic condition management.
• Perform skilled nursing procedures including wound care and medication administration (including vaccines).
• Provide comprehensive patient and caregiver education regarding chronic conditions and preventative care in person, over the phone, or in group settings.
• Conduct medication reviews within nurse-led visits to ensure patient safety and adherence.
• Conduct onsite testing (including point-of-care labs, EKGs, and specimen collection) and use patient data to identify and close gaps in preventative screenings, ensuring compliance with state scope of practice.
• Review and act upon high-priority abnormal laboratory results in a timely manner to maintain patient safety and continuity of care.
• Partner with providers and the interdisciplinary team to manage complex care plans and coordinate weekly transitions for patients moving from the hospital back to the clinic.
• Utilize standardized protocols for medication management, prescription renewals and prior authorizations.
• Ensures clinical communications are managed, tasks are completed and patient visit encounters are closed in a timely manner.
• Delegates to medical assistants and phlebotomists as needed to support patient flow and efficiency.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Supports the coordination, integration, communication, and implementation of nursing practice and standard operating procedures.
• Identifies barriers to optimal care, e.g. physical, cognitive, language, literacy, socioeconomic, cultural, and or behavioral.
• Create a welcoming and engaging environment to meet the needs of our patients, communities, families and teams where they are.
• Deliver an exceptional patient experience through service, responsiveness and respectful care.
• Serve as a key clinical voice in daily care team meetings to align on patient priorities and clinic operations.
• Serves as a support and resource for nursing, other clinical staff and providers.
• Ensures clinical compliance with Patient Safety initiatives and reporting.
• Provides emergency care in accordance with organizational procedure.

• Engages in self-evaluation and participates in activities to promote own professional growth and development.
• Seeks, acquires and maintains current nursing knowledge and competence to fulfill responsibilities as a Center Nurse.
• Maintains awareness of current patient centered, evidence-based practice and considers applicable research data to patient care delivery.
• Fulfills obligation to identify and report professional misconduct appropriately.

• Active, Unrestricted Registered Nurse Licensure in the state that…