Nurse Clinician I

Salary Range : $32.31 - $50.09 hourly

Location : 200 South 2nd Street, Renton, WA 98057

Would you like to have a career that makes a daily difference in people's lives? Do you want to be part of a caring, respectful, diverse community? If you answered yes to these questions, keep reading!

HealthPoint is a community-based, community-supported and community-governed network of non-profit health centers dedicated to providing expert, high-quality care to all who need it, regardless of circumstances. Founded in 1971, we believe that the quality of your health care should not depend on how much money you make, what language you speak or what your health is, because everyone deserves great care .

Position Summary :

Responsible for providing primary care in a family-based clinic environment in a holistic manner including the assessment of physical, psychosocial, health education, and discharge needs of for the patients we serve while maintaining a high level of professionalism and quality care across the life span in a clinic, virtual or community / shelter settings.

Compensation is dependent on skills and experience.

Your contribution to the team includes :

• Use client data and nursing scientific principles to develop nursing diagnosis and to identify client problems in order to deliver effective nursing care.
• Implement the plan of care by initiating nursing interventions through giving direct care and supervising other members of the care team.
• Collaborates with patient and Care Team for wrap around services.
• Performs independent visits while operating under standing order procedures
• Assess walk-in patients for acuteness of need and / or priority of intervention and document assessment information of all activities.
• Education of patients, families, and communities in a wide variety of health care subjects such as maternal / child health care, nutrition, hypertension, diabetes and lifestyle, sexually transmitted infections, basic health care maintenance, and self-administration of medications with chronic and acute conditions.
• Perform complex procedures as appropriate for the RN scope of licensure and the individual RN's competency (may include wound care, IV insertion and fluid / medication administration, urinary catheter insertion and removal).
• Perform patient follow-up including notifying patients of laboratory results, scheduling referral appointments, maintaining charts and records and responding to patient telephone calls
• Monitoring patients' ongoing conditions, adjusting treatment plans, and health promotion as needed
• Provide motivational interviewing and harm reduction counseling
• Engage, participate in improving the performance of identified quality measures and population health initiatives.
• Engage and collaborate in case management related to specific patient populations to ensure utilization of specialized healthcare services.

Secondary duties :

Must have's you'll need to be successful :

Proof of vaccination for COVID-19 is required, prior to start. HealthPoint does not accept the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as proof of vaccination. If you have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, we ask that you provide documentation demonstrating proof of an alternate COVID vaccine or vaccine series. All new employees are also required to show proof of immunizations and / or immunity to MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Varicella, annual Influenza and TB QuantiFERON Gold Titer . Additionally, if you work in a HealthPoint clinic, Tdap (within last 10 years) is required. Hepatitis B. is required for clinical employees with potential exposure to blood / blood products. All immunizations are a condition of employment. Upon hire, employees must provide proof of their immunizations and / or immune titer results prior to starting or no later than their fifth (5) business day of employment.

Where to gather your records :

HealthPoint is committed to offering all employees a competitive compensation package, including benefits and several other perks.

To learn more about HealthPoint, go to www.healthpointchc.org ! #practiceyourpassion

It is the policy of HealthPoint to afford equal opportunity for employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, because of sensory, physical, or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity or any other factor protected by local, state or federal law, and to prohibit harassment or retaliation based on any of these factors.