Clinic Charge Nurse / RN, Family Medicine

Charge Nurse / Registered Nurse

• Out-patient Primary Care / Family Medicine

Albuquerque, New Mexico

At Medici, a new kind of health system, we are reinventing the patient experience with clinics that are built around advanced preventative primary care, wellness programs, care navigation and education. Our on-site clinics offer a new level of workplace wellness, delivering the best-in-class care to patients, in an environment that allows our providers and nurses to spend the time needed to facilitate better clinical outcomes.

We are actively seeking a fulltime Charge Nurse (RN) for our clinic located in Albuquerque, NM. This out-patient primary care clinic cares for a pediatric and adult patient population. Must be comfortable drawing blood and prior EMR experience is required. Clinic hours are 8:00am

• 5:00pm, Monday

• Friday. NO WEEKENDS, NO NIGHTS, NO LATE HOURS, NO 12-HOUR SHIFTS. This clinic will also be implementing a Mobile Unit, so willingness to obtain a New Mexico Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is highly desired. Competitive compensation and benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, generous PTO, 401K and more! Apply directly or for more information, email karen.hogan@medi.ci or call Karen Hogan, Senior Talent Director, #210-723-6733.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited nursing program preferred but will also consider an associate degree as well.

• Current Registered Nurse License, New Mexico

• Minimum 1-2 years prior nursing experience (direct patient care), and prior Charge experience is preferred.

• BLS

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for the daily oversight of exceptional clinic operations

• Coordinates with the Practice Manager to monitor patient care, quality control, process improvement, and regulations

• Coordinates with the Practice Manager to work wit vendors

• Participates in clinic staffing

• Coordinates with the Practice Manager to monitor the clinic expenses

• Assesses, triages, plans, directs, provides, evaluates, and delegates patient care for a designated shift or clinic ensuring execution of physician orders and in accordance with company policy and procedures

• Works with the Practice Manager to evaluate and monitor clinic activities to ensure quality patient care, good staff relations and efficiency of service

• Performs phlebotomy and other lab tests, monitors blood pressure, blood sugar, EKG and other vital measurements as ordered by the physician

• Assists physician with procedures, dressing changes, and administering medications

• Coordinates with patients regarding follow up test results, medication refills, referrals, and insurance issues

• Administers allergy and other injections as ordered by patient's personal physician or allergist

• Responds to a variety of medical emergencies

• Provides patient health and wellness education.

• Maintains a functional clinic; overseeing supplies inventory; equipment calibrations, checks, or maintenance; ensures clinic is clean and orderly, coordinates infection control and other safety programs such as blood borne pathogen and other regulatory requirements

• Works with the Practice Manager to orient new staff and assure training and education needs are met

• Ensures documentation and coding in the patient electronic medical records are accurate and complete and reviews to ensure that all nursing notes are locked

• Reviews and approves timecards biweekly, approves PTO requests for the clinic team members, and coordinates staffing with central scheduler.

• Supervises clinic staff on a daily basis and collaborates with the Director of Nursing to complete annual performance appraisals for all clinic staff members

• Functions independently under standing orders when needed

• Serves as a steward for Medi.ci On-Site philosophy and resources

• Works through the Practice Manager and Account Manager to communicate, coordinate, and promote clinic services with client company's Human Resources and leadership team

• Performs necessary administrative responsibilities, to include, but not be limited to, answering phone calls and voicemails, scheduling appointments, scanning, and faxing patient documents, to ensure optimal clinic workflow

• Attendance is an essential job function

Education: Bachelor's degree preferred but will accept Associate's degree or Hospital Diploma with equivalent experience

Experience: Minimum of two years nursing experience (direct patient care)

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Registered Nurse License in the state where services are provided
• CPR Certified
• BLS - Basic Life Support Certified

Required Skills:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make independent nursing decisions

• Ability to build cohesive teams

• Ability to provide leadership and guidance to team members

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Basic nursing skills to include the ability to respond to emergencies

• Basic mathematical skills

• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills

Preferred Skills:

• Computer skills including, but not limited to, electronic medical records, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Ability to perform phlebotomy and other lab collections, EKGs, wound care, nebulizer treatments, allergy injections

• Ability to operate and maintain the clinic medical equipment

• After employee orientation, the above preferred skills will become required for the position

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; talk; and hear

• The team member is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch

• The team member may regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, with occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds