RN, Charge Nurse

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc.; Lawrence (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive benefits

Growth opportunities

Great working environment

Job summary

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc. is seeking an RN, Charge Nurse to provide day-to-day leadership to the nursing staff and deliver high-quality care to patients across multiple sites in Lawrence, Methuen, and Haverhill.

Responsibilities include triaging patients, administering vaccines and medications, performing assessments, education, wound care, and ensuring safety and quality control in vaccine fridges and equipment.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Three to five years of nursing experience.
• Current MA RN license.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides day to day leadership to nursing staff.
• Performs nursing visits, assessments, evaluations and patient education.
• Triages walk-in patients and patients over the phone.
• Safely administers and documents immunizations and medications.
• Reviews lab results and determines next steps for care.
• Provides wound care treatment.
• Conducts functional assessments.
• Follows OSHA standards and ensures safety of equipment and processes.

Skills

Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Nursing experience

Patient care

Education

Nursing degree or diploma

Job description

Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc. (GLFHC) is a multi-site, mission-driven, non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to a culturally diverse population throughout the Merrimack Valley. Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites in Lawrence, Methuen, and Haverhill and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

GLFHC is currently seeking an RN, Charge Nurse. The RN, Charge Nurses provide day to day leadership to the nursing staff, and nursing and health care services to clinicians and patients. Demonstrates strong nursing knowledge, sound judgment and assertive decision making. Performs nursing visits, assessments, evaluations and patient education.

• Must be able to don appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Provides day to day leadership to nursing staff.
• Safely administers and accurately documents immunizations and medications.
• Reviews lab results and determines next steps for care.
• Triages walk-in patients and patients over the phone.
• Provides patient education (Medication, Asthma, Healthy Eating).
• Provides wound care treatment.
• Performs mental exams (SLUMS, RUDAS MOCA).
• Performs purified protein derivative (PPD) testing.
• Performs intravenous therapy (IV) insertion.
• Conducts functional assessments.
• Conducts vision screenings.
• Responsible for quality control of vaccine fridges, crash cart and oxygen machines.
• Oversees ordering and inventory of medication and vaccines.
• Follows OSHA standards, identifies potential safety hazards and takes action to remedy these situations.

Qualifications

• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Three to five years of nursing experience.
• Current MA RN license.
• Current BLS certification.

GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement.