Primary Care Registered Nurse - New Britain CT

Company: Jobot
Location: Stamford
Posted on: September 15, 2023

Job Description:

Excellent RN Opportunity - Sign on Bonus, Flex Schedules - Start ASAP!!This Jobot Job is hosted by: Donna GawroskiAre you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply" button and sending us your resume.Salary: $75,000 - $88,000 per yearA bit about us:One of the country's most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcareWhy join us?

• $1,000 Sign on bonus
• Beautiful facility offering great views, a outdoor break area with a garden
• 4 weeks' vacation
• 6 company paid holidays
• 403B Retirement plan with 6% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement of $3,000 per year
• CME - Continuing Education allowances
• Low-cost medical coverage through Cigna Health
• Low-cost Dental Coverage through CIGNA
• Vision Coverage through Eye Med
• Company Paid Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Flex Spending account
• Pet Insurance via MetLife
• License ReimbursementJob DetailsThe Primary Care Nurse (PCN) provides high quality, comprehensive, professional nursing primarynursing care to individuals and families throughout the lifespan. As part of a clinical team, the PCNworks at the top of his or her licensure to enhance the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of carethrough both the performance of professional nursing responsibilities and the delegation oftechnical and clerical functions as appropriate to medical assistants. Provides patients with bothgeneral and focused health education regarding preventive, chronic, and episodic health care issues. Assumes responsibility, in collaboration with primary care providers to coordinate care, support transitions between levels of care, and counsel, educate, and support patients in improving health status. Applies principles of advanced access, planned care and the chronic care model, and rapid cycle performance improvement using the PDSA approachResponsibilities:
  • Support primary care of patients under planned care model. Collaborates with PCP to identify needs
  • for preventive care, evidence based chronic disease care, and care coordination. Provides general
  • and specific health care education. Works with patients to identify and monitor self-management
  • goals. Collaborates care with other community-based providers. Follows up on emergency room
  • visits and hospital discharges. Assists providers with exams, treatments, and procedures as needed.
  • Ensures safe, accurate, clinically appropriate collection, storage, and processing of all biologic
  • specimens. Administers medications, including vaccines and immunizations, orally, subcutaneously,
  • intramuscularly, intradermally or via nebulizer at the order of prescribing provider and
  • understanding orders.to protocols regarding documentation of medication, route, dosage, and information provided to patient. Monitors patient response to medication based on specific medication administered; detects, reports, and responds to any adverse reaction. Provides patient education as appropriate to the administered medication.
  • Performs wide range of nursing activities as needed and after initial prescription by primary care
  • provider such as wound care, catheterization, etc. Accurately documents all aspects of patient care
  • in the medical chart on a timely basis. Schedules tests and referrals for specialty care on order of
  • provider.
  • Maintains strict infection control standards in accord with OUR CLIENTI protocols and universal
  • precautions OSHA and CLIA standards.
  • Acts as a resource person for medical assistants regarding patient preparation, needs and
  • procedures needed.
  • Monitors and ensures follow up of all abnormal Pap Smear results, STDs, lead screens and other
  • tests and screens performed at OUR CLIENTI.
  • Oversees the maintenance of supplies and equipment, ordering supplies as necessary.
  • Maintains compliance with agency mandatory annual training (Patient Safety, Abuse, Age Based
  • Competencies, EOC, Abuse trainings, etc.)
  • Expert use of electronic health record to ensure timely, safe, confidential storage and retrieval of patient informationInterested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply" button.

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