Registered Nurse

POSITION SUMMARY:

Wood River Health provides team-based care consistent with the principles and standards of a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH).  

The Registered Nurse provides support to the provider with direct patient care activities such as assisting with procedures, performing point of care tests, and obtaining data using equipment i.e., EKG. The Functions as Team RN are to oversee, support, and delegate care given to patients. Promotes health through education, collaboration, and outreach activities. Utilizes nursing process, provides physiological and psychological support to patients. Participates in professional development by attending programs, workshops, in-services both internal and external, as well as department meetings.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES; include but are not limited to:

• Knowledge and Navigation experience with EHR; using the 4-point check, preferred. 
• Must be able to prioritize and complete information requested in a timely fashion.  
• Medication administration. 
• Preparation of Vaccine and administration, required. 
• Knowledge of pediatric immunizations preferred. 
• Communicate with the patient's provider on an ongoing basis.  
• Secure guidance or help as needed with department manager and support staff.   
• Educate patients regarding treatment procedures, medications, or physicians' instructions to patients.  
• Telephone and walk-in triage of patients. 
• In collaboration with the Finance Department, conduct 340b Drug Pricing Program self-audits to ensure program integrity and compliance in the following areas:  provider eligibility, site eligibility, patient eligibility, payer status, scope of service and inventory management.   
• Participate in professional development by attending programs workshops, in-services, assigned committees, department and staff meetings. 
• Maintain strict confidentiality in all matters
• Operate within the scope of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act to safeguard the privacy of protected patient health information 
• Enliven and support the mission, vision, and values of Wood River Health
• Adhere to organizational policies and procedures and Wood River Health Compliance Program Standards
• Performing other duties as assigned to meet business needs

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

None

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Graduate of accredited nursing program, BSN preferred           
• One to two years related experience, preferred 
• Electronic Medical Record experience, preferred  
• Experience working in a community health center, preferred  
• Ability to effectively use MS Office Suite, Internet, and email
• Cultural sensitivity necessary to work with a diverse patient and staff population

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

• Full, unrestricted, Registered Nurse license in the State of Rhode Island 
• Additional and ongoing care management training and certification is expected as part of licensure maintenance 
• CPR Certification, required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT 

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Major activities of this job include frequent movement between sitting and standing, frequent walking, and moderate physical effort performed on a level surface, some carrying, lifting, kneeling, bending, reaching, and squatting are involved in the health center environment. Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers; this includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision. The employee will have close visual contact with a computer monitor regularly. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift or carry 10 pounds or less, and 11-20 pounds occasionally. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

All patient information is to remain confidential except as reporting required by law. Patient records, clinical reports, personnel information, department budgets, financial reports and statistics are to remain confidential. This position may require review and other preparatory information of certain confidential information.