Clinic Registered Nurse

Title: Clinic Registered Nurse (RN)

Location: CA-Palo Alto

Work Setting: Healthcare Facilities

Category: Nursing

Job Type: Travel

Contract Duration: 13

Est. Pay: $3268 / Week

Position ID: 1196100

Job Description: "

The Registered Nurse – Clinic/Wellness/Immunization works in a variety of either remote or clinic locations to serve a specific population's health and wellness needs. The Registered Nurse demonstrates the ability to make clinical judgments effectively and efficiently to provide quality appropriate care in accordance with facility’s policies and protocols.  These variety of sites include but are not limited to community or employment immunization clinics, wellness clinics, job safety and workers compensation sites and travel health clinics from pediatric to geriatric age populations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Evaluates a patient’s health status, estimates the level of health risk and informs/provides feedback to patients to motivate behavior change to reduce health risks
• Identifies and prioritizes actions based on patient care requirements
• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and clinic/site policies
• Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient environment
• Initiates patient and family education when appropriate
• Documents patient’s responses to nursing care and other interventions as well as follow up recommendations
• Monitors the safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment
• Must have working knowledge of universal precautions
• Knowledge of protocols for reporting adverse reactions, incidents, and injuries
• Knowledge of Workers Compensation assessments and reporting if applicable
• Knowledge of Immunization and Vaccine schedules and safety
• Administers vaccines or any necessary medications per site/facility protocols
• Appropriately stores, transports, and handles vaccines 
• Safely and appropriately transports biological material, sharps, and other required supplies to clinic sites
• Appropriately handles and disposes of biological waste
• Completes appropriate participant consent forms and clinic records
• Inputs information into the client’s database for tracking per policy/protocol and state regulations if applicable

Minimum Requirements:

• Current Registered Nurse License for the state in which the nurse practices
• One year experience as a nurse in a clinic or immunization setting preferred • Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice 
• Participation and completion of Amergis' Competency program when applicable
• Current CPR if applicable
• TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable 
• Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation) 
• Must meet all federal, state and local requirements 
• Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site 
• Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements  
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required  
• Computer proficiency required 
• Must be at least 18 years of age 

Benefits

At Amergis, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits:

• Competitive pay & weekly paychecks
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• Awards and recognition programs 

*Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.