Health Center RN

Overview

The Health Center RN provides comprehensive primary care to diverse patient populations. They offer a range of services, including preventative care, chronic disease management, and health education, with a strong emphasis on patient-centered care. Responsibilities include patient assessment, care coordination, medication administration, and health education, all within a collaborative team environment.

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

• PATIENT CARE
• Triage
• Screen patient telephone calls for providers.
• Perform clinical assessments, utilizing knowledge of disease process and treatment.
• Assist office staff in triaging call-in and walk-in appointments.
• Coordinate with office staff in monitoring and adjusting scheduling and workload of providers to ensure the smooth flow of patients.
• When requested by Nurse Manager, carry out standing orders for medication refills, ordering tests, and routine health maintenance services per Health Center protocols.
• Intake:
  Interview patients for health history and clinical information updates.
• Conduct nursing assessments and preliminary patient work-ups.
• Take patient vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, etc.).
• Treatment and Procedures:
  • Apply and change dressings/bandages.
  • Administer IM, SQ, intradermal, and inhaled medications and vaccines.
  • Administer allergy injections, as per local site protocols.
  • Perform catheterization per provider orders and within the scope of health center protocols.
  • Conduct vision screening.
  • Conduct audiometry screening.
  • Perform EKGs (if provided on site).
  • Assist in suturing procedures.
  • Other procedures as per health center protocols, for example starting IVs and responding to Code Blue/defibrillator needs.
• Health Education/Teaching:
  • Instruct patients about treatment regimens (medication, diet, activity, etc.).
  • Provide education and instruction on issues of health maintenance.
• Participate in the development and implementation of community health education initiatives (screening clinics, public information forums, etc.).
• LABORATORY:
  • Testing:
    Perform laboratory tests as per health center protocols.
  • Record tests and results in appropriate EMR.
  • Phlebotomy:
    Draw and prepare specimens for in-house or outside laboratory testing.
• PHARMACEUTICALS:
  • Dispensing:
    Dispense pharmaceuticals as per provider orders and in accordance with health center, NCHC, Vermont, and Federal guidelines.
  • Monitor inventory levels and outdates of on-site pharmaceutical supplies.
• RECORDS:
  • Medical Records:
    Document nursing activities and relevant patient care information in medical records as per health center protocols.
  • Tracking Systems:
    Record and maintain records and statistics (e.g., immunizations, perinatal data, etc.) as per protocols or request.
• INFECTION CONTROL:
  • Instrument Sterilization:
    Clean and sterilize instruments.
  • General office infection control.
• QUALITY ASSURANCE:
  • Participate in the development, implementation, audit, and continuous evaluation and improvement of protocols, services and programs provided by the health center.
• OTHER:
• It is expected that you will meet the productivity standards that are set forth by your Supervisor and/or NCHC Division protocols.
• The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.