Part-time, Limited-term Staff Nurse

Position Overview

Be The Difference Begins with Great People.

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We’re always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team – people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community.

We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind.

We believe in our mission:
The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community.

This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.

As a member of the Marquette University Medical Clinic team, the Staff Nurse provides health care to students, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention. This RN position functions independently following medical protocols and orders. The RN serves as a health care resource and advocate for students and their families. This is a part time, limited term position without benefits.

• 1. DAILY RN SCHEDULE . Students are scheduled on the daily nurse schedule for nursing care provided independently by RN.
• 2. IMMUNIZATIONS . As a vaccine advocate, RN reviews vaccine records and administers vaccines following CDC guidelines and State of Wisconsin protocols. Requires in-depth knowledge of vaccines and immunizations to include required, recommended and travel vaccine guidelines.
• 3. FLU CLINICS . Coordinates travelling flu clinics with the Nursing School for the entire university to promote wellness. RN must be a flu vaccine advocate and have extensive knowledge of influenza vaccines with the ability to teach and oversee nursing students in the administration process.
• 4. TB SCREENING . RN administers and reads TB Skin Tests. RN must have working knowledge of tuberculosis, latent infection vs. active disease. Must be able to administer intradermal injection and recognize a positive result. Must be able to educate students about positive result and need for follow-up care/medication treatment with referral to TB Control Clinic/Milwaukee Health Dept.
• 5. TB CLINICS . Coordinate off-site TB Clinics with Dental School.
• 6. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION . RN must have medication knowledge and ability to administer oral/ IM/subcutaneous medications from medical order from both MUMC providers as well as provider outside MUMC .
• 7. STD ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING / EDUCATION . RN must be able to provide education based on information collected from student during visit as well as collect a lab specimen. RN notifies student of test results; if positive result, RN collaborates with medical provider to have student treated.
• 8. WOUND CARE . RN must have wound healing assessment skills and provide wound care based on medical order from both MUMC providers as well as provider outside MUMC . RN must also have ability to provide triage wound assessment/plan of care.
• 9. NURSE TRIAGE / STUDENT WALK
  -IN OR TELEPHONE . RN must use critical thinking/assessment skills to evaluate student subjective and objective symptoms and vital signs. RN must collect and document data and use problem-solving skills to determine a plan of care for students. Lacerations, burns, orthopedic injuries, abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, headache, insect stings, rashes and anxiety are common triage concerns.
• 10. CLINIC PROCEDURES . RN will perform clinical procedures such as first aid/emergency care, IV placement/infusion, EKG , wound/burn care, ear lavage,…