Registered Nurse

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Upper Room AIDS Ministry (URAM) is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in the heart of Harlem. We provide Primary Care, Specialty Care, Dental Care and Wellness Care to those seeking diagnosis and treatment. All employees of URAM are responsible for performing their job practicing good risk management, quality assurance, and delivering excellent internal and external customer service. The Registered Nurse position is responsible for providing direct patient care, ensuring clinical planning and coordination, assisting with testing and vaccination processes, and patient triaging.  The registered nurse also plays a pivotal role in nursing administrative tasks (hospital discharges follow ups, vaccine inventory, prior authorizations, monitoring of chronic disease management tools). The Registered Nurse is a critical care team member and works with nursing staff to plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care based on the needs and concerns of patients and administration. The Registered Nurse serves as a leader and maintains quality of care through an on-going process of assessment, planning, and implementation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Clinical

1. Review patient charts for missing labs, reports, and/or open orders
2. Triage urgent same day or double book appointment requests.
3. Participate in daily hurdles.
4. Assist with inventory management.
5. Prepare equipment and aid physician during treatment, examination, and testing of patients
6. Verify chief complaint and take vital signs as requested.
7. Review the EHR active medication list with patients.
8. Conduct and document point-of-care tests based on protocol.
9. Perform testing, immunization, and other injections, as directed by providers and clinic protocols.
10. Perform phlebotomy as needed. 
11. Provide general nursing care to patients:
12. Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
13.  Perform wound care 
14. Plan, articulate, and coordinate care and interventions.
15. Maintain consideration for specific age-related characteristics, needs related physical development, communication, and socialization and safety, in collaboration with other member of the care team
16. Review after visit plans with patients as directed.

Administrative 

1. Perform prior authorizations and DME requests.
2. Monitor and update patient monitoring databases (e.g hospital discharges, injectables)
3. Monitor and respond to clinical messages.
4. Under PCP’s direction, provide abnormal test results to patients and provide recommendations. 
5. Document progress notes in electronic health record within 24 hours.
6. Manages patient flow through primary care clinic.
7. Perform CLIA waived tests as needed.
8. Maintain all environment of care quality logs
9. Participate in scheduled clinic rounds to maintain the environment of care
10. Ensure all CLIA WAIVED Testing Logs are completed 
11. Conducts medication management including performing medication reconciliation,) reinforce medication knowledge, and understanding of medication regimen; 
12. Ensures that the quality of care and environment are acceptable.
13. Enforces adequate Infection Control standards, with guidance from the Medical Director.
14. Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Must be a Registered Nurse licensed by the State of New York
2. A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or an Associate Degree in Nursing with 2 years’ experience  
3. Basic Life Support with AED certification  

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Strong phlebotomy skills
2. Ability to work Saturdays and evenings.
3. Strong computer skills

SPECIAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

In addition to the above-listed job responsibilities and educational requirements, the ideal candidate for this position possesses most or all of the following:

1. Exhibits professional integrity 
2. Experience with working at Federally Qualified Health Centers or other low resource settings 
3. Experience in caring for people with experiences of homelessness, people who are living with HIV, people who use substances, including people who inject drugs. 
4. Experience in delivering care in gender affirming spaces. 
5. Experience working in a setting that promotes interdisciplinary care planning
6. Strong working Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
7. Strong communication skills
8. Deliver excellent customer service reflecting a commitment to caring, courtesy, and respect for all patients upholding the mission of the organization. 
9. Excellent Organizational skills
10. Bilingual English / Spanish or English/French preferred

Special Requirements

The employee must be able to lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye/hand coordination.  Requires sitting, standing and walking for extensive periods of time.  The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to work with a moderate noise level in the work environment is required.

The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required in order to perform the work. The health center reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the business need arises. Additionally, this job description is not intended as an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and the Center continues to maintain its status as an at-will employer. 

If the essential functions of this position cannot be performed in a satisfactory manner by the employee, reasonable accommodations may be made.