FT Registered Nurse (RN)
Job description
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The San Diego American Indian Health Center (SDAIHC) is a patient-centered health home that provides comprehensive medical, dental, behavioral health, and community wellness services that are available to all San Diegans. Founded in May 1979, we honor the wisdom of community leaders who believed urban American Indians living in our city should have community-based health care rooted in traditional cultural values. The vision of our founder’s lives on after nearly forty years as we continue to grow and provide high quality health care services to a diverse community of all ages and walks of life.
Our Mission
The Mission of San Diego American Indian Health Center is to promote excellence in health care with respect to custom and tradition. Our goal is to reduce the significant health disparities of San Diego's urban American Indian population by increasing access to care and improving the quality of that care, resulting in increased life expectancy and improved quality of life.
Our Vision
We are a community health center dedicated to embodying the values central to American Indian cultures. This includes respect for our patients, acknowledgement of the whole person, and a focus on working together to ensure health for the individual, and therefore the community.
We invite persons of all tribes, ethnic backgrounds and walks of life to experience the comprehensive care we deliver and to contribute to the services we provide for children, youth, families, adults, and elders.
Summary:
The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for managing the individualized patient care by promoting and restoring patients' health through the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; and supervising assigned team members. The RN is responsible to the Clinical Manager.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Primary Functions:
Daily
- Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by physician in an accurate and timely manner
- Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family.
- Delivers care with appropriate age and cultural competence to specific patient populations according to individualized needs.
- Provides individualized patient/family education customized to the patient and his/her family.
- Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress towards problem resolution.
- Initiates emergency resuscitative measures according to adult resuscitation and advanced life support protocols.
- Maintains confidentiality in matters related to patient, family and client facility staff.
- Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to the patient’s and family’s diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity and rights.
- Reports patient condition to appropriate personnel during each shift.
- Maintains current competency in nursing specialty by attending educational workshops; procedures or protocols.
- Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by patient’s condition and/or the client facility’s policies, procedures or protocols and reprioritizes care accordingly.
- Develops plan of care that is individualized for the patient reflecting collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.
- Reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
- Possesses strong phlebotomy skills and is able to work in laboratory and perform successful blood draws, use appropriate tubes for labs, and send lab orders/specimen samples to Quest in a timely manner. .
- Consistently demonstrates superior customer service in interactions with patients; Utilizes strong interpersonal communication skills with staff in all different departments.
- Communicates effectively with MAs, Providers, and other RN’s to ensure successful workflows.
- Is able to guide MAs in workflows and assist with procedures / skills as needed.
- Oversee MA's in all day-to-day duties.
- Assists the Clinic Manager in training new and existing staff to ensure all clinical staff provide quality medical treatment.
- May assists clinic manager with disciplinary actions, and performance evaluations.
- Checks and oversees maintenance of clinic logs including refrigerator and freezer temperatures twice daily (AM/PM), room cleaning, hazardous waste, and expiration dates.
- Assists/oversees medical supplies inventory and materials.
- Utilizes strong time management skills among clinical tasks and administrative tasks; assists in reviewing incoming faxes for urgency, delegates’ tasks as appropriate to other MAs, Providers, front office, or RN.
- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of the clinic’s E.H.R, including appropriate documentation of visits, telephone notes, medical Rx refill requests, referral process, and data entry into patient’s chart.
- Checks CAIR for up to date IZ records.
- Ensures company policy is being adhered to by MA's, take corrective action when necessary.
- Assists clinic manager with HEDIS, UDS, GPRA measures.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Current/non-restricted licensure in good standing in the State of California.
- Evidence of 1 year of nursing experience in specialty within the past two years
- Current BLS and CPR certification
Preferred:
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) with experience serving a multinational, multicultural population
- Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified American Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934, (Title 25, USC Section 472).
Special Conditions of Employment:
- Has clean driving record and insurance as required by the state
- Has reliable transportation
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, record-keeping skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
- Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organizations EMR and other billing software systems.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Able to lift/move up to 20 pounds, move from place to place.
- Able to stand, bend and reach for prolonged periods.
- Ability to do math, organize and prioritize workload, work effectively and efficiently under stress
- Ability to supervise, multitask, understand and follow instructions
- Ability to proficiently read, write, speak and understand English
Customer Service:
- Actively supports, promotes, and works to fulfill the Mission, Vision and core values of SDAIHC.
- Provides excellent internal and external customer service.
- Demonstrates SDAIHC’s Standards of Customer Service Behavior: Compassion, Attitude, Communication, Appearance, Sense of Ownership, and Teamwork.
- Participates in on-going customer service trainings.
- In every action, seeks to promote SDAIHC as a top service organization.
Quality Management:
- Contribute to the success of the organization by participating in quality improvement activities.
- Complies with all SDAIHC policies and procedures and pro-actively participates in the implementation of new initiatives.
- Participate and ensures continuous quality improvement process as directed by clinic leadership.
Safety:
- Ensures regulatory compliance and adherence with policies and procedures related to safe work practices.
- Participate in infection prevention through appropriate use of infection control measures during patient treatment and patient interactions
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for maintaining physical spaces, equipment and supplies.
- Uses all appropriate equipment and/or tools to ensure workplace safety.
- Immediately reports unsafe working conditions.
Privacy/Compliance:
- Maintains privacy and security of all patients, employee, and volunteer information and access to such information. Such information is accessed on a need-to-know basis for business purposes only.
- Complies with all regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations. Reports unethical, fraudulent or unlawful behavior or activity.
- Upholds strict ethical standards.
Flexibility: Available for all shifts and, when required, able to work evenings and weekends
Disclaimer
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This description reflects managements' assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time.
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