REGISTERED NURSE at The Institute for Family Health

Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides and coordinates the care of patients/families and significant others in the ambulatory care setting by assessing, diagnosing, planning and intervening in actual or potential health problems, including evaluation of the patient's response to the care.

• Conduct comprehensive nursing assessment, including social, medical, mental health, substance use, and medication history.
• Provide ongoing care management and chronic disease management, education, and support for patients.
• Work with the PCP to manage substance use disorder (SUD) medications and facilitate the contingency management program for intervention patient participants with stimulant use disorder (StUD)
• Complete timely and appropriate documentation and record keeping in the electronic health record
• Population management, including proactive outreach, use of a clinical registry, and regularly reviewing cases with the addiction specialist (a consultant who supports the NCM and PCP in formulating treatment plans and adapting them to optimize treatment response and meet the needs of individual patients)
• Provide intervention patient participants with health education and counseling on risk reduction, overdose prevention, and self-management skills
• Provision of care and advocacy for patients of all ages and their families based on prudent nursing judgment and acceptable standards of practice.
• Perform tasks and procedures within the scope of a registered nurse (R.N.) and legal guidelines of the Nurse Practice Act.
• Involve patients in the development of the treatment plan, and working with the patients' needs
• Ability to practice trauma-informed care and apply de-escalation techniques
• Identify community resources and promote access or referral to them
• Maintain patient confidentiality in alignment with HIPAA
• Return phone calls, emails and other forms of communication in regards to trial and routing questions to appropriate prescriber as needed.

• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with participants and study site affiliates.
• Demonstrates a commitment to foster inclusiveness and diversity though interactions and communications with others.

Education/Qualifications:

• Knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform this job are typically acquired through a minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in nursing including assessing patients.
• Demonstrated knowledge of medications.
• Must be proficient in using computer applications and using the internet.
• Must be able to multi-task successfully.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Telephone communication skills with empathy, respect, restatement, using open-ended questions.
• Must have the ability to make critical independent decisions and prioritize appropriately.
• AAS/BS in Nursing Bachelors Degree Preferred
• Minimum of one year nursing experience in an Ambulatory/Medical Surgery/ER setting preferred.
• Minimum of two years nursing experience
• Demonstrated experience with telephone triage and diagnosis procedures.
• Current New York State Registered Professional Nursing license
• Current BCLS
• Current Infection Control Certificate
• Current Child Abuse Certificate