“Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. Our services include primary care, urgent care, nutrition, lab, diagnostic, health care education and resources for our patients. We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.”

 

Job Summary

This position is a Registered Nurse (RN) who performs work in the outpatient setting in an assigned geographical area at one or multiple facilities and serves as an onsite nursing level clinical and training support for other nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). This nurse works with the established company protocols and by the direction and guidance of Nursing Leadership. The RN reports to, supports and collaborates with operations and medical leadership of each assigned facility to ensure the clinical staff are performing at their highest potential. The Charge Nurse performs skilled nursing procedures that cannot be performed by or delegated to UAP. This role promotes quality outpatient bedside nursing care and leads by coaching and mentoring a core group of clinical staff. In addition, this position assists in ensuring a safe and effective work environment.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Performs required duties from one or multiple assigned medical center locations while supporting the clinical team with emergent patient care needs. Performs training and competency 90-day/yearly skills assessment for new/established clinical designated staff. Perform clinical interviews with medical assistants and nurse candidates as needed to ensure candidates possess basic clinical safety skills. Serves as role model to staff, reinforcing principles of service orientation and ensuring that the focus is always on improving patient care and/or services. Establishes effective, two-way communication with interdepartmental staff and leaders as a liaison between operations and clinical teams. Ensures a safe and effective working environment. Performs and coaches the staff on regulatory required safety guidelines and walkthroughs, including infection control, emergency kits and equipment, patient identification, and clinical errors prevention. Monitors compliance with policies, procedures, Standards of Practice and performs associated actions upon non-compliance after reporting to direct facilities management and Nursing Leadership. Practices and is proficient in proper delegation standards. Assist in the yearly policies and procedures required review as designated by Nursing Leadership. Communicates to Nursing Leadership the performance status of their area’s productivity, policy compliance and staff development. Oversee that clinical procedures are being performed properly such as vaccinations, medication injections, EKGs, earl lavages, among others. Assists in the maintenance of the medical center’s budget and inventory by placing cost-effective weekly orders of clinical supply and vaccines. Performs direct patient care nursing procedures such as wound cares, Intravenous Access, and those out of the scope of a medical assistant.