Ambulatory 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:
Day

Under the general supervision of the Ambulatory Care Nurse Manager, Ambulatory Care Clinical Nurses plan, direct, and coordinate the daily patient care activities. 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 primary care providers’ orders. Will serve as the clinical oversight and will receive medication direction from the medical staff.

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.
• Performs clinical procedures of taking vital signs, measuring heights and weights, testing capillary blood glucose, and obtaining blood draws in the outpatient setting.
• Triages and provides immediate/urgent treatment, according to the status of patients and level of care needed within scope of practice and learning.
• Completes patient and provider chart reviews.
• Completes wound care as per orders.
• Prepares patients for tests, exams, and treatment; gives medications as ordered via approved route; understands side effects of these medications.
• Greets patients and provides nursing care to patients with a variety of injuries and illness.
• 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.
• 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.
• Shares all pertinent clinical measures and appropriate patient information with the patient care team; consults charge nurse or provider on all abnormal or unusual findings to determine appropriate plan of care.
• Performs intravenous cannula insertion for IV therapy and venipuncture for blood draws.
• Safely and correctly prepares, administers and monitors prescribed oral medications, subcutaneous (SQ), intramuscular (IM) intravenous (IV) medication and oxygen therapy.
• Maintains professional knowledge and skill in nursing by attending the continuing education, staff meetings, workshops, and webinars provided by the SDPI Program.
• Adheres to all HIPAA and HITECH rules and regulations.
• 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:

Associates degree in Nursing required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred. One year or greater of ambulatory care or related experience required. Current licensure as Registered Nurse required. Current BLS/CPR is required. ACLS PALS, and NRP preferred; TNCC/ATCN and ENPC preferred. Basic dysrhythmia and 12-lead EKG interpretation training preferred. Bilingual skills in English and Navajo language preferred. Must…