Part-time Registered Nurse

Position Summary:

Registered Nurses (RN) observe, assess and report symptoms and conditions of patients. The position is required to take and record vital signs, assess body systems, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, provide point of care testing, and performs office administration duties. RNs follow standing orders, nursing protocols, and written policies as needed for the nursing management of patients.
RNs at the SHC provide outreach education to Fort Lewis College campus classes, events, clubs, and affinity centers. RNs provide administrative support to clinic office operations including Insurance Billing, Immunization Compliance, paying bills, ordering supplies, create and run reports that are communicated to Admissions and Registrar Departments on campus, participate in EMR implementation meetings, and integrate with Bursar and IT departments both on campus and with SHC EMR support for improved efficiencies in daily operations. RNs provide quality, affordable, inclusive, and convenient healthcare and treatment to FLC students.
It is essential for this position to be flexible and adaptable to a changing work environment and maintain professional relationships with all students, faculty, staff, and colleagues.

Job Description:

Registered Nurses (RN) observe, assess and report symptoms and conditions of patients. The position is required to take and record vital signs, assess body systems, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, provide point of care testing, and performs office administration duties. RNs follow standing orders, nursing protocols, and written policies as needed for the nursing management of patients. 

RNs at the SHC provide outreach education to Fort Lewis College campus classes, events, clubs, and affinity centers. RNs provide administrative support to clinic office operations including Insurance Billing, Immunization Compliance, paying bills, ordering supplies, create and run reports that are communicated to Admissions and Registrar Departments on campus, participate in EMR implementation meetings, and integrate with Bursar and IT departments both on campus and with SHC EMR support for improved efficiencies in daily operations. RNs provide quality, affordable, inclusive, and convenient healthcare and treatment to FLC students. 

It is essential for this position to be flexible and adaptable to a changing work environment and maintain professional relationships with all students, faculty, staff, and colleagues.

 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

 

• Perform daily nursing tasks.
• Maintain good working relationships with the Student Health Center staff, the Health Services Departments, the greater Fort Lewis College including all students, faculty, and staff, and the health care community in La Plata County and State CDPHE.
• Work within the scope of Registered Nurse training and experience.
• Follow the nursing standard of care guidelines at the Student Health Center.
• Provide excellence in customer service to students.
• Perform daily nursing and administrative tasks.
• Place IV and administer IVF replacement when directed by medical providers.
• Observe/assess and report symptoms and conditions of patients, record vital signs, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, provide point of care testing, and implements the nursing process.
• Makes decisions about health care needs of patients within the scope of nursing training and experience.
• Follows nursing standard-of-care guidelines in provision of health care services. Nurses observe and report symptoms and conditions of patients, develop nursing treatment plans, take and record vital signs, educate patients on health issues, administer medications, and implement the nursing process.
• Follows established nursing protocols and written policies to provide safe and effective nursing care to patients.
• Performs functions and duties at the Health Center in compliance with institutional policies of Fort Lewis College.
• Provide travel appointments to students providing researched data including CDC guidelines for travel vaccines: Yellow Fever, typhoid, and polio, and medications for malaria prevention and traveler’s diarrhea treatments.
• Draw labs on patients and perform point of care testing on them if needed.
• Process labs according to Labcorp/ARUP Guidelines including researching correct specimen tubes/containers, centrifuge, use of LabCorp interface within EMR to route and prin