Ambulatory Care Nurse; Bilingual Spanish​/Promotional

NOTE:
This recruitment was amended on August 26, 2025 to place a hold on accepting new applications. Applications are not being accepted.

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.

San Mateo Medical Center is part of San Mateo County Health Department and is located in San Mateo County, California, just south of San Francisco. We have clinics located around the County where we currently have full‑and‑part‑time opportunities to be part of a care team providing continuity care. Our clinics are located in San Mateo (Edison Clinic, Innovative Care Clinic, Medical Specialty Clinic, OB/GYN Clinic, and Surgical Specialty Clinic), Redwood City (Fair Oaks Health Center and Sequoia Teen Wellness Center), Daly City (Daly City Health Center and Daly City Youth Health Center), South San Francisco (South San Francisco Health Center), and Half Moon Bay (Coastside Clinic).

For more information regarding our clinics and services provided at each location, .

• (1) Extra help vacancy at the Surgical Specialty Clinic, bilingual Spanish Required.
• (1) Extra‑help vacancy at the New Patient Connection Center.
• (2) Extra‑help vacancies at Daly City Clinic.

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.

Salary $59.49 - $70.31 Hourly
$4,75…