Registered Nurse (Erie)

Title: Floor Registered Nurse

Description: The Floor Registered Nurse will provide quality care to patients in a clinic setting. Ensuring the clinic is running smoothly and the patients are seen timely in our holistic, multicultural, LGBTQIA, HIV & Hep C health organization.

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and evaluate patient care needs.

• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.

• Collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers regarding patient status and treatment plans.

• Contacting/updating patients regarding visits if needed.

• Assisting with appointments.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collect patient health history.

• Administer medication, take patient vitals, perform phlebotomy, and injections for patients.

• Notify patients of positive and abnormal results.

• Counsel and educate patients and their families on treatment plans.

• Handle lab specimens properly and ensure they are labeled for processing.

• Review labs and explain results to patients.

• Collaborate with the lab to ensure results are reported to the state and local health departments properly.

• Room patients as needed.

• Receive and respond to patient emails.

• Complete letters for patients to return to work.

• Listens, communicates and documents simultaneously and navigates computer programs to assess, process, educate and document all information in a professional manner.

• Support providers with any assigned duties, i.e., prescription refills etc.

• Answer incoming patient calls.

• Meets established quality standards, competencies, and educational training and requirements.

• Demonstrates a commitment to patient centered care.

• Additional responsibilities as assigned.