Neighborcare Health·Shoreline, Washington
The Registered Nurse provides comprehensive primary care to patients across the lifespan in an outpatient clinic setting. Responsibilities include performing complex clinical procedures, conducting emergent triage, and delivering patient education to optimize health outcomes.
The Primary Care Registered Nurse works in partnership and joint accountability within an interdisciplinary team to achieve Neighborcare’s Mission, Guiding Principles and goals. The primary focus of the RN is to optimize the health status of patients across the lifespan through working in partnership and joint accountability, patient education, emergent triage, and performing complex procedures. RNs build relationships with their patients through face-to-face, virtual, and telephonic care and work in partnership with other care team members to meet the needs of patients throughout Neighborcare Health. The RN follows the Nursing Process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in an outpatient clinic setting.
Union: SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Working in Partnership and Joint Accountability
Provide care to patients in the outpatient clinic setting as part of Neighborcare’s nursing team, maintaining shared accountability with the clinic team and the medical program as a whole.
Collaborate with team members and leaders to define and reassess priorities, and to plan, communicate, and execute patient care.
Participate in quality and performance improvement initiatives to improve patient outcomes.
Serve as a preceptor for new staff and/or students completing clinical rotations at Neighborcare.
Patient Care & Health Management
Partner with patients and families in person, virtually, and by phone to support optimal health outcomes.
Identify patient goals for improving health status and managing chronic physical and mental health conditions.
Apply the nursing process (assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate) to meet patient needs.
Assess patient understanding of their condition and readiness for behavior change.
Deliver wound care, foot care, chronic disease management, and ongoing injections.
Monitor, track, and follow up to ensure care needs are met.
Apply Neighborcare Health guidelines, standing orders, and evidence-based clinical practices.
Patient Education
Provide education across the lifespan.
Identify barriers to learning and tailor education to patients’ individual needs and learning styles.
Educate patients on medications, abnormal lab results, and management of acute and chronic conditions.
Promote preventive care and wellness strategies.
Use motivational interviewing and harm reduction counseling to support patient-centered care.
Triage & Clinical Procedures
Respond to emergent health issues in person and by phone; provide assessment, advice, first aid, and Basic Life Support as needed.
Perform clinical procedures within RN licensure and individual competency, which may include wound care, foot care, IM injections, IV insertion and administration of fluids/medications, and urinary catheter insertion/removal.
Administer injections and medications per standing orders and protocols.
Family Practice/Medicine Registered Nurse
Rotate between clinics, programs, and patient populations based on organizational needs and training. Assignments will be made by the Nurse Manager.
Provide anticipatory guidance and education to families regarding development, preventive care, and wellness.
Support families with multiple members receiving primary care by aligning care plans and facilitating communication.
Work closely with providers to support all ages and all health needs.
Participate in activities to support preventive care and family health.
Provide hands-on nursing care including wound care, foot care, and controlled substance injections.
Partner with Care Management RNs to provide in-person care to identified patients.
Since 1968, Neighborcare Health has been removing barriers to health care for our neighbors. We believe everyone deserves a place to call their health care home, where a team of medical, dental and mental health professionals work in collaboration with each patient to develop a personal health improvement plan.
We are one of the largest providers of primary medical, dental and behavioral health care services in the Seattle area serving low-income and uninsured families and individuals, seniors on fixed incomes, immigrants, and people experiencing homelessness. Each year we care for nearly 60,000 patients at our nearly 30 non-profit medical, dental and school-based clinics. We ask everyone to pay what they can, but no one is turned away due to inability to pay.
Our clinics are located in neighborhoods where health disparities are the greatest, and our care teams, who speak over 55 languages and dialects, are as diverse as our patients. No matter who you are, or where you come from, regardless of your insurance, income or immigration status, you are welcome at Neighborcare Health.
Learn more about us here [https://neighborcare.org/].
The full job description is available upon request
Market context
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