Clinical Nurse

Essential Duties: 

• Assesses participant’s physical and functional needs, along with psychosocial status and needs, utilizing professional knowledge, skills of observations and interviewing skills. 
• Documents change in the participant’s condition noted in clinic and inform appropriate care members.
• Regularly informs the interdisciplinary team of the medical, functional, and psychosocial condition of each participant. 
• Assumes responsibility for continued professional growth, such as in-service programs. 
• Responsible for day to day operation and activities of the clinic
• Responsible to ensure that clinical procedures requested are performed in the appropriate time frame
• Interface with transportation companies to ensure residents will be transported to appointments.
• Deal effectively, professionally and tactfully with residents and families. ( add participant instead of resident
• Perform TB test or QuantiFERON blood test for employees when indicated
• Administer flu and COVID to employees when needed.
• Administer influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis and PPD to participants
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize priorities in organization of workflow. Able to perform duties independently with minimal need for direct supervision.
• Responsible for tracking and documenting PHS for participants
• Responsible for daily and weekly logs in clinic.
• Responsible for ensuring any item that is expiring is reordered
• Notify nurse manager or Program Director when equipment not working properly.
• Ensure steady follow of clinic
• Coordinate with scheduler when a ppt is due to be seen in clinic.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Current NY State Registered Nurse License

Education:

• Associate Degree
• BSN Preferred