REGISTERED NURSE (BILINGUAL-SPANISH/ENGLISH)

El Centro de Corazón; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

El Centro de Corazón in Houston seeks a Registered Nurse to promote community wellness through education, screening, and supervised intervention activities. You will provide primary and preventive care education in English and Spanish, with a focus on cancer prevention, women’s health, reproductive and chronic disease management.

The role involves working with integrated care teams, participating in outreach events and mobile health units, administering immunizations, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bilingual in English/Spanish required (Written/Spoken).
• Active, unrestricted Texas RN license.
• At least two years of paid experience in a community health setting.
• Certified in CPR and AED.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Offers education and counseling to individuals and populations in a community health setting through events and mobile health units.
• Provide clinical advice, information, education, and counseling for testing, diagnosing, and treatment of outpatient, community health conditions.
• Collaborates with City of Houston/Harris County Public Health for reporting and surveillance of reportable illnesses.
• Perform age-based and risk-based screenings and administer immunizations as appropriate.
• Provide services to patients of all ages in a culturally safe, judgment-free environment.
• Participate in compliance, risk, patient safety, quality assurance, and performance improvement activities.
• Support integrated care tasks such as pre-visit planning, medication reconciliation, refills, and telephone triage.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Community health education

Counseling

Immunizations

Care coordination

Education

Registered Nurse license (Texas)

Tools

CPR Certification

AED Certification

BLS Certification

Job description

The Registered Nurse position is a very heavily community-focused position with the overall aim of promoting community wellness through health promotion, education, screening, and licensed independent practitioner-supervised intervention activities. The Registered Nurse provides general education in the pertinent areas of primary care and preventive care by utilizing standard nursing concepts and skills. Primary areas of focus include cancer prevention, women’s health, reproductive health and sexual health and chronic disease management.

Essential Functions

• Offers education, and counseling to individuals and populations in a community health setting, through various events including general health fairs, focused topic events/activations and care through mobile health units.
• Serve as an integrated care team member by providing clinical advice, information, education, and counseling to clients for testing, diagnosing, and treatment of outpatient, community health diagnoses and illnesses, including sexually transmitted infection or blood-borne infections,
• Collaborates with City of Houston and/or Harris County Public Health for reporting and surveillance purposes of mandatory reportable illnesses and diseases.
• Perform age-based and risk-assessed screenings and administer immunizations and injections as appropriate
• Provide services to patients of all ages in an appropriate, culturally safe, and judgment-free environment
• Participates in El Centro’s compliance, risk, and patient safety, quality assurance, and performance improvement (QAPI) activities.
• Perform supportive integrated care team tasks such as pre-visit planning, medication reconciliation, medication refills and telephone triage

Qualifications

• Bilingual in English/Spanish required (Written/Spoken)
• An active, unrestricted Texas RN license
• At least two years of paid experience in a community health setting
• Certified in CPR and AED
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification is required.