CLINIC NURSE

Company: SUNNYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN HOME
Location: Martinsville
Posted on: October 31, 2024

Job Description:

The primary responsibility of the Clinic Nurse is to coordinate the Nurse and Physician Clinic providing care for the Residents and initial employees - i.e. medical and dental offices, foot care and employee health including new employee health assessments and evaluation of job-related injuries. In addition, being responsible for responding to off-the-hook phone calls for the Village, assessment of residents and coordination of extra duty sitter program ensuring all requirements are met.

Qualifications:

• Current licensed nurse with the Virginia Board of Nursing.
• Must have a minimum of two to five years related experience.
• Ability to work with confidential information and maintain its' integrity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong phone etiquette.
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and having good organizational skills.
• Strong customer service skills; maintain a hospitality approach to engaging with all individuals.
  
  Requirements
  
  --- Maintains the Nurse Clinic in an orderly fashion.
  
  --- Manages the Physician Clinics according to schedule.
  
  --- New Employee health assessment duties.
  
  --- Village and Residential Center PPD duties.
  
  --- Completes quarterly health assessment reviews on Residential Center Residents.
  
  --- Transcribes doctors' orders accurately.
  
  --- Conducts Flu Vaccine Clinic annually.
  
  --- Keeps Health Services Director (DOHS), Health Services Assistant Director (ADOHS), and/or Management aware of significant Resident/employee problems.
  
  --- Attends in-service and staff meetings to meet all training requirements as required by regulations and Sunnyside Community.
  
  --- Displays safe working knowledge of all medical equipment needed for Resident care.
  
  --- Practices universal precautions
  
  --- Processes admissions, transfers, deaths and discharges as necessary.
  
  --- Possesses strong communications skills.
  
  --- Provides oversight supervision of the Assisted Living Unit and Catered Living Program to meet regulatory compliance.
  
  --- Monitors frequency of Physicians' visits to the Health Care Unit to ensure compliance of regulations.
  
  --- Able to work under stressful conditions including medical emergencies.
  
  --- Performs AIMS (Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale) test on Assisted Living and Health Care Residents as recommended by pharmacy.
  
  --- Serves as RN Supervisor every other weekend.

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