Registered Nurse

OneTogether Solutions; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar Wellness Center is seeking an experienced RN to join our ambulatory care team in a clinical setting. The role includes patient assessments, education, care coordination, and contributing to treatment plans, with a focus on empathy and patient-centered care.

Responsibilities include dosing methadone, maintaining documentation, and collaborating with providers to manage chronic conditions and acute issues. Indian Preference applies per policy.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited RN program; bachelor’s degree in nursing highly desirable.
• Active RN License in good standing.
• Continue education credits as required by licensure.
• 5 years clinical experience.
• One year leadership position desirable.
• BLS Certification, ACLS Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient assessments, obtain vital signs, document history, identify needs.
• Support ambulatory visits including chronic disease management, acute complaints, wound care, and minor procedures.
• Carry out provider-ordered treatments, tests, and interventions.
• Provide patient education related to medications, chronic conditions, preventive care, and treatment plans.
• Safely dispense methadone per regulations; maintain logs.
• Observe and report patient behavior, withdrawal symptoms, or safety concerns during dosing.
• Prepare exam rooms, assist with procedures, maintain clinical supplies.
• Perform in-clinic testing (strep, flu, UA, UDS) and obtain specimens for lab processing.
• Review lab results and communicate findings to patients under direction.
• Support care coordination with specialists, hospitals, and community resources.

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

Position Overview

At Cedar Wellness Center, we understand the central role that nurses play in the experience of each patient. Nurses are often the most crucial source of empathy and support for patients during routine treatment and times of crisis. At Cedar Wellness Center, we have built our staff training and our patient treatment model around empathy, connection, compassion, and respect. Our values are demonstrated every day in the way that each staff member treats patients and their teammates.

We acknowledge that addiction medicine is a tough calling with many challenges and heartbreaks, but we are committed to our work on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. We need the organized approach, model work ethic, rigorous training—and the humanizing touch —that the best nurses bring to patient care. Are you ready to make a difference with us?

Ambulatory care nursing practice is a complex, multifaceted specialty that is both independent and collaborative as nurse partner with patients, caregivers, physicians, and other health care professionals to meet the health and illness needs of individuals, groups and communities.

The RN will also perform nursing services to patients in a clinical setting. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, telephone triage, performing patient education, care coordination, assessing patient’s physical and psychological needs, administering medications, assisting providers with procedures, and responding to medical emergencies.

Indian Preference applies. Qualified Indian (American Indian or Alaskan Native) applicants will receive preference in accordance with 25 U.S.C. § 5323 and 25 U.S.C. § 472a.

Minimum Requirements

• Graduate of accredited RN program, bachelor’s degree in nursing highly desirable.
• Active RN License in good standing.
• Must maintain continuing education credits as required by the Board of Licensure and organizational needs.
• 5 years clinical experience.
• One year leadership position highly desirable.
• BLS Certification, ACLS Certification preferred.

Essential Job Duties

Ambulatory Clinical Nursing Care

• Perform patient assessments, obtain vital signs, document clinical history, and identify physical or psychological needs.

• Support ambulatory care visits including chronic disease management, acute complaints, wound care, and minor procedures.

• Carry out provider-ordered treatments, tests, and interventions according to nursing standards.

• Provide patient education related to medications, chronic conditions, preventive care, and treatment plans.

Methadone Dispensing

• Safely dispense methadone in accordance with federal, state, and tribal regulations.

• Maintain accurate controlled-substance documentation and daily dispensing logs.

• Observe and report patient behavior, withdrawal symptoms, or safety concerns during dosing encounters.

• Recognize and respond appropriately to opioid overdose or adverse reactions.

Ambulatory Care Support

• Prepare exam rooms, assist with procedures, and maintain clinical supplies.

• Perform in-clinic testing (e.g., strep, flu, UA, UDS) and obtain specimens for laboratory processing.

• Review lab results and communicate findings to patients under provider direction.

• Support care coordination with specialists, hospitals, and community resources.

Ambulatory Clinical Nursing Care

• Perform patient assessments, obtain vital signs, document clinical history, and identify physical or psychological needs.

• Support ambulatory care visits including chronic disease management, acute complaints, wound care, and minor procedures.

• Carry out provider-ordered treatments, tests, and interventions according to nursing standards.

• Provide patient education related to medications, chronic conditions, preventive care, and treatment plans.

Methadone Dispensing

• Safely dispense methadone in accordance with federal, state, and tribal regulations.

• Maintain accurate controlled-substance documentation and daily dispensing logs.

• Observe and report patient behavior, withdrawal symptoms, or safety concerns during dosing encounters.

• Recognize and respond appropriately to opioid overdose or adverse reactions.

Ambulatory Care Support

• Prepare exam rooms, assist with procedures, and maintain clinical supplies.

• Perform in-clinic testing (e.g., strep, flu, UA, UDS) and obtain specimens for laboratory processing.

• Review lab results and communicate findings to patients under provider direction.

• Support care coordination with specialists, hospitals, and community resources.

$70 - $70 an hour

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this classification, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, bend, use hands to keyboard or type, handle materials used in performing the essential functions of the classification, and reach with hands and arms. The employee will be asked to perform repetitive behaviors (e.g., typing and data entry). The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds (think boxes of paper). Specific vision abilities required by this classification include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing abilities required by this classification includes those which permit the employee to discern verbal instructions and communicate effectively in person, by telephone. While performing the duties of this classification, the employee works in an office setting where the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee must also analyze and evaluate situations and adopt effective courses of action.

Why Work for Us?

Our team is a family with each person vital to our mission. Our team members are forward-thinking and passionate about creating change. We foster a culture of autonomy and ownership made possible by the trustworthiness and honesty of our team members. In a field that can sometimes leave staff feeling numb or powerless, we support active teamwork by responding with engagement, participation, and empathy.

We treat patients with respect. And we believe that being curious and positive makes a difference. Our vision is to guide people to a new life. Our hope is to inspire individuals, families, and communities—and to save lives in the process. Our team embodies the values of Respect, Growth, Compassion, Teamwork, and Commitment.

We support our team through a competitive salary and benefits package and opportunities for continuing education and professional advancement. Cedar Wellness Clinic staff will also be cross trained to meet the needs of patients and to make each day a success. On-the-job training will empower team members, as we believe the excellence of the clinic and the professional development of our staff complement one another.

Please visit www.cw.health for more information.