Urgent Care Clinical Nurse

Job Details

Level:
Experienced

Job Location:
Winslow Indian Health Care Center - Winslow, AZ

Position Type:
Full-Time

Education Level:
Associate Degree

Salary Range:
Undisclosed

Travel Percentage:
None

Job Shift:
Any

Under the general supervision of the Urgent Care Nurse Manager, the Urgent Care Clinical Nurses are accountable for the coordination of care for patients and their families including, direct patient care, patient education and discharge planning. Ensures adherence to established policies, protocols, regulations, and standards. Provides nursing care, within scope of practice to patients in accordance with standards of nursing care and providers orders.

Required to ensure efficient and effective delivery of patient care in the urgent care environment. Upholds the principles of WIHCC's Vision, Mission, and Value Statements. Maintains confidentiality of all privileged information at all times.

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
• Provides safe, high quality patient centered care.
• Provides direct care to tribal members and service eligible patients in the Urgent Care setting.
• Greets patients and provides nursing care to patients with a variety of injuries and illness.
• Triages and provides immediate/urgent treatment, according to the status of patients and level of care needed within scope of practice and learning.
• Prepares patients for tests, exams and treatment.
• Maintains health records by proper and complete documentation of nursing assessment, observations, interventions, therapeutic measures and patient education.
• Set-ups and operates specialized equipment, such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, breathing machines, EKG machines, ventilators, etc.
• Observes, documents and reports patient conditions and changes.
• Provides counseling and teaching to patients and families on preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures involved in health care.
• Observes patients for conditions that require emergency measures, interprets data, establishes and monitors intravenous therapy which may include medication(s) and intervals as necessary; understands side effects.
• Safely and correctly prepares, administers and monitors prescribed oral medications, subcutaneous (SQ), intramuscular (IM) intravenous (IV) medication and oxygen therapy.
• Performs intravenous cannula insertion for IV therapy and venipuncture for blood draws.
• Maintains a clean and safe patient environment.
• Maintains professional knowledge and skill in nursing by attending the continuing education, staff meetings, workshops, and webinars provided by the SDPI Program.
• Requires completion of tasks or duties assigned by a supervisor.
• Serves as medical interpreter for Navajo-speaking patients as needed.
• Upholds all principles of confidentiality and patient care to the fullest extent.
• Adheres to all professional and ethical behavior standards of the healthcare industry.
• Adheres to WIHCC’s Personnel Policies and Procedures, departmental policies, rules, and regulations.
• Interacts in an honest, trustworthy and dependable manner with patients, employees, visitors, and vendors.
• Possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Maintains compliance with all Human Resources requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned such as rotating out to the satellite clinics.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate’s Degree in Nursing required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred. One year or greater of urgent care or related experience required. Current licensure as Registered Nurse required. Current BLS/CPR is required. ACLS PALS, and NRP required within six months of hire; TNCC/ATCN and ENPC required within one year of hire;
Basic dysrhythmia and 12-lead EKG interpretation training required within six months of hire. Bilingual skills in English and Navajo language preferred. Must maintain a valid unrestricted and insurable driver's license. Must successfully pass a background investigation and maintain suitable requirements for a Child Care position. This position is considered as a Child Care position, which requires a satisfactory background check investigation and is subject to the requirements of the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, as amended (henceforth referred as the ICPFVP Act).

Knowledge, Skills, Ability:

• Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and practices of personal patient care, patient teaching and documentation.
• Knowledge of use of medical equipment and supplies for diagnostic and treatment procedures.
• Knowledge of health related issues, medical terminology, and health and child care education.
• Knowledge of strong work ethics in the workplace.
• Knowledge of basic application of confidentiality.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills, e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to analyze situations and adopt appropriate courses of action.
• Knowledge of and ability to…