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Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN)
Job Details
Level
Entry
Job Location
GEN Norwich - Norwich, CT
Remote Type
N/A
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Not Specified
Salary Range
Undisclosed
Travel Percentage
Undisclosed
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Health Care
Description
Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN)
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to make a genuine difference for patients? Join our team at Generations Family Health Center! We are a non-profit regional Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that has served eastern Connecticut since 1984. Our healthcare professionals provide a full continuum of primary health care, oral health care, behavioral health care and case management services, primarily to a medically underserved population.
We are seeking a Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN) to assist us in providing our patients with quality, compassionate healthcare. Ideally, you will have prior experience in an ambulatory primary care setting and teaching experience. We currently have an opening working in our facility in Willimantic, CT. If this sounds like the kind of career opportunity that you’ve been waiting for, and if you meet our qualifications, we want to talk with you. Contact us today!
Connecticut Location: Norwich, CT
Job Responsibilities
To assess and identify patient needs to ensure that safety and high-quality care is provided through nursing interventions, supervision of staff, education, patient advocacy and coordination of services. The Primary Care RN may also assist in the organization’s effort to provide COVID testing and vaccination at our office locations and in community settings. This individual will collaborate with our existing testing and vaccination teams to facilitate high quality, best practice COVID testing and vaccination according to company policy and procedure.
Your specific duties in this RN role include:
Provide smooth and timely flow of patients, responding to high volume of patients in short-term time spans
Provide clinical supervision of clinical support staff
Perform triage activities for all appointed & walk-in patients and medical phone inquiries
Develop and provide individualized and group counseling, guidance, and health instruction
Provide nursing care during nursing visits based on provider orders
Administer medications, injections, and vaccinations
Carry out standing orders for medication refills, ordering tests, diagnostic imaging, labs
Conduct newborn weight visits and lactation education.
Collaborate in the coordination of chronic disease management
Follow up INR visits, specialty visits, ED visits, hospital discharge
Perform a range of nursing procedures, including dressing changes, suture removal, oxygen administration, and basic wound care.
Teach patients and/or families proper home health care activities and provide health materials, resources and education
Be able to assess patient condition, recognize adverse signs and symptoms, and react swiftly in emergency situations.
Participate in the ongoing Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiatives.
Participate in grant preparation/development/reporting, as well as policy development as appropriate
Assist with ensuring quality and regulatory compliance
Job Requirements
As a Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN), you must be highly detail-oriented with superior analytical skills as well as the ability to accurately nursing duties and to react quickly in emergency situations. You must also have a positive and empathetic personality with the ability to work effectively with others as part of a multidisciplinary team.
As a Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN) with Generations Family Health Center, you will be part of a growing and dynamic not-for-profit organization committed to a diverse and ever-changing work environment that rewards honesty, loyalty, commitment, and integrity. We are committed to continuously providing the highest level of quality services and standards for our patients as well as our employees. We offer the opportunity to work in a professional and pleasant environment that is conducive to both personal and professional growth and development.
Generations is also proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:
Salary Scale: $72,800
Sign-On Bonus: $3,000
Attractive and competitive salary
Primarily day-time schedule, some evenings (8 hour shifts, Monday-Friday) / one Saturday per month (4 hour shift, stipend)
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance
Short Term Disability coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Wellness Program
403(b) retirement savings plan
5 weeks paid time off
9 paid holidays
Malpractice insurance provided
CME days & CME/CEU and CPE stipends
Qualifications
Specific qualifications for the RN role include:
Current RN license in the State of CT
Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) / Basic Life Support (BLS)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), preferred
Experience in an ambulatory primary care setting,preferred
Teaching experience, desirable