Registered Nurse - El Pueblo - Family Medicine

El Rio; Tucson (AZ); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic healthcare team as a Registered Nurse, where you'll provide vital patient care and support in a collaborative environment. This role involves direct patient interactions, triaging needs, and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards. You'll work closely with physicians and interdisciplinary teams, making a significant impact on patient health and well-being. If you're passionate about nursing and ready to make a difference in the community, this opportunity at a leading health center is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to grow your skills while providing compassionate care to those in need.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in patient care in hospital or clinic settings.
• Must have current RN license and BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and triage walk-in patients.
• Maintain emergency supplies and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Patient Care

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Emergency Response

Infection Control

Education

Degree or Diploma as a Registered Nurse

One year experience in patient care

Tools

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job description

El Pueblo Health Center, 101 West Irvington Road, Building #10, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America Req #6312

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Schedule: Monday - Friday 7am - 8pm with rotating evenings and rotating Saturday 8am - 5pm

Salary: $30.50 - $44.17 Depending on Qualifications

JOB PURPOSE: The Registered Nurse serves as part of the team providing quality healthcare to El Rio Health patients. In this role, the Registered Nurse provides direct patient care, both clinical and non-clinical within the scope of practice for a Registered Nurse under the Arizona State Board of Nursing and policies and procedures set by El Rio Health. The Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing process, collaborating with the physicians and interdisciplinary team members and provides physical and psychological support to patients and their families.

Essential Job Functions:

• Triages walk-in patients to determine the need for healthcare services and the appropriate disposition of the patient using appropriate assessments guidelines for adult and pediatric patients. Provides any first aid needed until the provider arrives.
• Maintains emergency supplies and medications and checks them monthly for expiration dates. Replaces any outdated medication or equipment. Maintains weekly and monthly logs of inspection and testing of emergency equipment ensuring and maintaining compliance with all Joint Commission standards.
• In partnership with Health Center Manager and Associate Health Center Manager, conducts periodic audits on charts prepared by nursing staff to clarify accuracy. Assigns duties and assists with coordination of nursing services in the assigned unit.
• Performs and/or completes all clinical and non-clinical assigned duties, tasks, responsibilities, and assignments within reasonable time frames while meeting established rates of performance for the position, ensuring the highest standards of excellence and the lowest error rates in performance of assigned duties.
• Maintains proficient skill levels that meet defined performance expectations as evidenced by successful completion of competency skills evaluations on an annual basis.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and hygienic work environment in compliance with all Policies and Procedures including but not limited to work areas, workstations, examination rooms, hand washing, infection control etc. as required for a Registered Nurse.
• Maintains patient confidentiality by controlling the environment and information being disclosed to authorized individuals ensuring HIPAA and corporate compliance requirements at all times.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and proficiency with the application of all compliance and reporting requirements respective to Joint Commission Certification (JCC) standards.
• Understands and complies with all organizational Code of Conduct standards, Policies and Procedures, Standing Orders, and Service Excellence requirements at all times with all patients, visitors, and employees.
• Ensures a work environment safe and free from hazards; immediately addresses or informs management of safety issues or hazards; adheres to Health and Safety Policies and Procedures; participates in all safety programs, which may include assignments to an emergency response team.
• Completes all of the steps and actions that are defined in the Patient Intake Process, which includes accurately documenting all of the information, patient responses to inquiries and actions taken into the patient’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) prior to the patient seeing a provider.
• Assists, performs, or completes procedures, and/or activities, within the scope of practice while complying with all Nursing Policies and Procedures.
• Anticipates, identifies, and responds to the needs of the patient based upon the patient’s reason for the visit, including the coordination and availability of all outside medical records, as well as laboratory and radiology results.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• A Degree or Diploma as a Registered Nurse from an accredited school of nursing, college, or university.
• One (1) year experience with hands-on patient care nursing, either in a hospital or clinic setting.

Required Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations:

• Current Registered Nurse license in good standing from the Arizona Board of Nursing.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers.
• Level I fingerprint clearance card: current valid and in good standing or have applied for it within seven working days after beginning employment.
• Employees in this position are required to have reliable transportation that can meet any operational reassignments of the organization during the workday. If an employee is driving during work hours, the employee is required to possess a valid driver’s license and must comply with Arizona vehicle insurance requirements.

Preferred Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities:

• Three (3) years’ experience with hands-on patient care nursing, either in a hospital or clinic setting.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) with the ability to speak, read and write in both languages.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices to perform the essential functions of the job.

El Rio Health does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.