Registered Nurse Triage
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Job Location:
Oakland, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 61 - 64
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Asian Health Services founded in 1974 provides medical dental and behavioral health services to more than 50000 patients. Our approach to well-being focuses on whole patient health for all. We go beyond our clinic walls and invest in our communitys overall health. We know that income housing and environmental struggles lie at the heart of poor health. Thats why we also address food insecurity youth leadership and culturally competent care while working towards supporting safer streets and vibrant communities.
LOCATION: Frank Kiang Medical Center (FKMC)
JOB SUMMARY:
Under general supervision performs professional nursing care for patients in a clinic setting including nursing triage nurse visits; initiates plans and evaluates nursing care and treatment plans; provides direction to licensed and unlicensed clinic staff.
Triage
- Performs a nursing assessment and patient triage which includes prioritizing cases providing medical advice making complex referrals providing test results and problem-solving complex cases by handling patient telephone inquiries and walk-ins requesting care.
Other Clinical
- Records medical histories using appropriate format; takes and records physiological measurements such as height and weight temperature and urinalysis; performs basic in-clinic laboratory tests obtaining and processing specimens for outside laboratory analysis.
- Performs basic nursing procedures such as injections skin tests phlebotomy and dressing changes; performs or assists with tests such as electrocardiograms spirometry and audiometry; assists physicians during examinations as needed.
- Performs additional clinic and non-triage nurse duties such as instructing patients in general and specific medical care and health issues providing skilled nursing services and treatment administering and/or dispensing medication and injections; performs nurse visits as required.
Administrative
- Maintains awareness of current nursing protocols; participates in formulation/revision of protocols and practices; attends and participates in staff meetings and in-service education.
- Assists in the coordination of day-to-day clinic activities; orients trains and directs other clinic staff in specific clinic operations and procedures.
- Maintains inventory and orders supplies medications controlled drugs and equipment.
- Performs quality control by activities such as monthly quality control check log and maintaining update calibration and quality control check for medical instruments and equipment.
- Assists other assigned R.N.s in overseeing clinical programs such as tuberculosis hepatitis B and immunizations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (B.S) oneyear of professional nursing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bilingual/bicultural in an Asian language required (Burmese Cantonese Korean Khmer Mandarin Mien Mongolian etc)
Preferred Qualifications
- Commitment to working in the Asian community and to community health care with familiarity with community health clinics is preferred.
- At least one year of nursing experience.
Certifications Licenses Registrations
- California Registered Nurse license
- Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification
$61.54 - $64.40 an hour
*On-call employees does not qualify for benefits.
On-call employees does not qualify for company benefits.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Hospice Care
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Catheterization
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
