Registered Nurse Float - North Side

• Mission: Rooted in LGBTQ liberation, Howard Brown Health provides affirming healthcare and mobilizes for social justice. We are agents of change for individual wellbeing and community empowerment.
• Vision: Howard Brown Health envisions a future where healthcare and transformative social policies actualize human rights and equity for all.
• Community-based health clinics in some of Chicago’s most underserved neighborhoods
• The largest LGBTQ health provider in the Midwest
• Latinx inclusive community based on respect, equal opportunity, and appreciation of diversity to provide the culturally competent support and services within Howard Brown Health.

What is in it for you:

• A commitment to work-life balance with:
  • 3-weeks paid vacation and 1-week of personal time
  • 12 accrued sick days per year
  • 9 paid holidays, including Juneteenth
  • PTO Exchange allows employees to turn unused PTO into liquid assets
• Employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance with two PPO plans and an HMO plan.
  • BCBS HMO, PPO, and PPO Select Plans
  • BCBS Dental
  • EyeMed Vision
• 401k program with up to 5% employer match after 90 days
• Employer-paid basic life insurance valued at one times the annual salary
• Voluntary Life and AD&D, and Short-term and Long-term disability
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefit account
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Forgiveness Programs; NHSC & PSLF
• Employee Assistance Program with 5 employer-paid counseling sessions
• 50% off at Brown Elephant Resale Shops and discounts at local businesses

Pay range: $39.86 - $46.26/hour based on years of experience

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as liaison between patient/client and Providers
• Provide education, screening and treatment to clients visiting the STD, syphilis and hepatitis walk-in clinics
• Coordinate medical care with other providers as required, schedule patient follow-up internal and external appointments as instructed by Providers
• Evaluate all patients /clients’ ability to understand health plans, perform health education as needed, and notify appropriate Provider as necessary
• Provide nursing care and education to patients/clients, their significant others, and staff in a compassionate manner
• Perform lab procedures as assigned including collecting, labeling, and processing all specimens including but not limited to urine, stool, semen, sputum, and blood
• Perform routine clinical functions, execute nursing skills and treatments
• Maintain accurate and necessary patient documentation in accordance with all regulatory bodies.
• Execute Phone Triage responsibilities: performs a systematic, comprehensive interview of the caller/patient/client to determine the urgency of the patient’s problem
• Schedules same-day appointments or follow-up appointments with the patient/client primary care provider or alternative health care provider as necessary
• Provide counseling, home treatment advice, and crisis intervention according to established protocols and standards of care
• Maintain clinical competency through continuing education, recertification (including CPR), and clinical practice
• Make referrals to the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period
• Adhere to OSHA standards in delivery of care to all patients
• Participate in Quality Improvement process via data collection, evaluation of results, and implementation of recommendations
• Perform other duties as directed.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILL REQUIRED:

Required:

• Nursing degree (BSN or Associates) PLUS current Illinois nursing license required; 1 to 2 years of experience in a hospital or outpatient setting is preferred.
• Current Illinois nursing license and CPR card
• Knowledge and experience with multi-ethnic, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Comprehensive Primary Care Nursing experience performed in an ambulatory/outpatient setting

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