RN or LPN - Behavioral Health
RN or LPN - Behavioral Health
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JOIN THE CHC FAMILY!
Community Health Connections (CHC) is a multi-site non-profit health care center offering urgent care primary family medical and pediatric care preventative and restorative dental care oral surgery behavioral health services for children and adults and substance use disorder treatment and specialty services including optometry eye care optical shop acupuncture nutrition consultations and podiatry. CHC is mission-driven providing compassionate quality health care regardless of income or health insurance status. CHC has five sites within Fitchburg Gardner and Leominster with decades of experience as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 36 communities in North Central Massachusetts.
Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager the Nurse performs direct and indirect nursing activities in accordance with licensure by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the policies and procedures of the health center.
Essential Duties Include:
- Schedules Nurse visits with patients as appropriate
- Orders appropriate laboratory & Diagnostic testing according to established guidelines
- Prepares patients for visits with providers by performing and recording vital signs (including blood pressure temperature pulse respirations weight and other procedures as needed)
- Reviews patients medical records for completeness and updates prior to patients visit.
- Assists in routine physical examinations by preparing the patient the equipment and supplies and assisting the provider as needed.
- Assists in preparing patients for routine diagnostic procedures (i.e. urine specimens) and performing selected screening tests (including urine dipsticks urine hCG and rapid strep throat cultures)
- Assists in preparing routine diagnostic request forms.
- Books patients for tests and appointments with outside facilities and/or specialists
- Executes medical orders for specific drugs treatments and other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
- Administers and records medication administration consistent with his/her knowledge of pharmacology in accordance with health center policy.
- Administers routine vaccines. Is aware of current vaccine schedules catch up schedules & complies with vaccine storage guidelines as set by the MA DPH
- Participates in preventive health teaching and education pertinent to procedures being conducted.
- Provides case management type oversight to an identified patient population as assigned by the Nursing Coordinator
- Provides guidance to non-clinical staff regarding clinical issues (i.e. phone triage)
- Near visual acuity to observe changes in health/illness status of patients. Manual skills required include good eye and hand coordination in combination with finger dexterity for administration of injections treatments etc. Good color vision is required for perceiving changes in skin color and colors of medicines solutions etc
Minimum Qualifications:
- Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse Massachusetts License required
- Bachelor of Science Nursing preferred.
- 2 years similar work internship or volunteer experience required.
- Work experience equivalent to one year as a Nurse in an ambulatory medical office environment preferred.
- Bilingual in Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus
- Computer skills for accurate data entry
- AHA BLS Health Care Provider certification or equivalent.
- Demonstrated interpersonal relationship skills.
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced medical office environment.
Benefits available if 20 hours/week
Employment Type
Full-Time
