RN Outpatient | Children's Primary Care Clinic

Job Description Summary:

Join our Children's Primary Care Team!

We are searching for a compassionate and adaptable part-time Registered Nurse (RN) to join our busy Children’s Primary Care team. Our outpatient clinic is located in beautiful Kalispell, MT, and serves patients ages newborn to young adult. This position plays a key role in patient care, working closely with medical providers, certified medical assistants, and fellow nurses to deliver high-quality, family-centered care.

What you'll be doing:

• Room patients and obtain accurate vital signs.

• Assist with weekly triage phone line and patient inquiries.

• Administer immunizations

• Provide education to patients and families

• Offer clinical support to the medical providers

• Support providers with procedures and daily patient care needs.

• Collaborate with the care team to deliver high-quality care

What We’re Looking For:

• A passion for working with children and their families.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing needs.

• Strong team player who works well with providers and medical staff.

• Flexible and proactive in supporting clinic daily operations.

• Pediatric nursing experience is preferred

If you're passionate about pediatric care and eager to contribute to a supportive, dynamic team, we invite you to apply!

Qualifications:

• Current Montana RN license or a multi-state compact license with authorization to practice nursing within the state of Montana; required. BSN preferred. 

• Healthcare Provider (HCP) CPR, and/or BLS certification required and/or as dictated by each practice/service line.

• Knowledge of equipment, supplies, and instruments used in a medical office, simple routine clinical laboratory methods, universal blood and body fluid precautions.

• Must have knowledge of OSHA rules and regulations, established protocol for storing poisons, narcotics, acids, caustics, and flammable items; restriction imposed by various manage care carriers, various forms inherent to profession.

• Understanding of the confidentiality laws that govern the provider-patient relationship, including but not limited to HIPAA guidelines.

• Additional Certification(s) requirements may vary by work location.

• Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, a self-starter, possess critical thinking skills and be able to set priorities and function as part of a team as well as independently.

• Commitment to working in a team environment and maintaining confidentiality as needed.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with various audiences.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.

• Possess and maintain computer skills to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn other software as needed.

Job Specific Duties:

• Develops, implements and coordinates individualized, goal directed nursing care to patients using the nursing process as appropriate for RN’s as applicable to the assigned area(s).

• Maintains nursing standards of care and responds to changing workloads and patient conditions by remaining calm, making objective assessments, prioritizing, and asking for assistance as appropriate.

• Transcribes and implements provider orders and treatments both verbal and written accurately and efficiently as noted by chart reviews and observation. Consistently problem solves issues affecting patient care.

• Exhibits a thorough practice of infection control procedures per policy and procedure as applicable to the assigned area(s).  

• As applicable to assigned area(s); Performs clinical testing using a variety of automated and non-automated techniques; collects, packages, and accurately labels all specimens immediately upon receipt; forwards to designated lab(s) according to established protocols.

• Provides individual instruction to patients and families concerning health and medical needs via telephone triage and/or patient visit.

• Performs administrative duties to include protocol review, clinical education, clinical competencies, and clinical onboarding.

• Exhibits competency in telephone triage, abnormal diagnostics and/or lab results, assesses the problem, and plans the appropriate interventions in coordination with providers. Utili