Staff Nurse-- CHC of signon

Primary Care Nurse

40 hour/week opportunity, with one Saturday per month. Comprehensive healthcare benefits, 403B, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

The Primary Care Nurse (PCN) provides high quality, comprehensive, professional nursing primary nursing care to individuals and families throughout the lifespan. As part of a clinical team, the PCN works at the top of license to improve safety, effectiveness and efficiency of care through professional nursing responsibilities and delegation of technical and clerical functions as appropriate. The PCN provides patients with general and focused health education regarding preventive, chronic and episodic health care issues, and collaborates with primary care providers to coordinate care, support transitions, and counsel patients in improving health status.

• Support primary care of patients under planned care model.
• Collaborate with PCP to identify preventive care needs, evidence‑based chronic disease care, and care coordination.
• Provide general and specific health care education.
• Work with patients to identify and monitor self‑management goals.
• Collaborate on care with community‑based providers.
• Follow up on emergency room visits and hospital discharges.
• Assist providers with exams, treatments, and procedures as needed.
• Ensure safe, accurate, clinically appropriate collection, storage, and processing of all biological specimens.
• Administer medications, including vaccines and immunizations, by various routes under standing orders as established by CHCI.
• Adhere to CHCI protocols regarding medication documentation and monitor patient response.
• Perform nursing activities such as wound care, catheterization, etc., after provider prescription.
• Accurately document all aspects of patient care in the medical chart promptly.
• Schedule tests and referrals for specialty care upon provider order.
• Maintain strict infection control standards per CHCI protocols, universal precautions, OSHA and CLIA standards.
• Serve as a resource for medical assistants regarding patient preparation and procedures.
• Monitor and ensure follow‑up of abnormal Pap smear results, STDs, lead screens and other CHCI tests.
• Oversee maintenance of supplies and equipment and order supplies as necessary.
• Maintain compliance with mandatory annual training (Patient Safety, Abuse, Age‑Based Competencies, EOC, Abuse trainings, etc.).
• Use electronic health record effectively to ensure timely, safe, confidential storage and retrieval of patient information.

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Community Health Center of New London, New London, Connecticut.

Part time