Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) - 30 hours/week

About the job

Kaniksu Community Health, a nonprofit community health center in Sandpoint, is hiring a full-time clinical registered nurse (RN). The nurse works on a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team under the Director of Nursing and medical providers.

Kaniksu Community Health offers medical, dental and behavioral health care for all ages in north Idaho, regardless of ability to pay.

What you'll do

• Room patients for nurse visits, record the reason for the visit and take a history
• Take vital signs and do screenings, routine labs and tests allowed by the CLIA certificate
• Assist providers with procedures such as Pap tests, pelvic exams, minor surgery and dressings
• Give medications and injections and call in prescriptions on provider orders
• Review charts, fill out lab and test requests, make appointments and prepare referral records
• Track vaccine inventory in IRIS and monitor storage temperatures with PharmaWatch
• Clean and sterilize instruments and follow infection control rules
• Teach patients about procedures, advise non-clinical staff on phone triage and help orient rotating clinical staff

What you need

• An associate degree in practical nursing or registered nursing, or equivalent
• An Idaho LPN or RN license
• 2+ years of similar work or internship
• Some familiarity with care management, such as insurance benefits, discharge planning or chronic disease management
• Accurate computer and data entry skills
• Willing to work flexible hours when patient needs call for it

Preferred

• Past work at a community hospital, a community health center or in public health

Schedule

• 30 hours a week, full-time
• Three 10-hour days, Wednesday to Friday

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Guided career pathways and education assistance
• A 401K with a 4% employer match
• In-house medical, dental and behavioral health services
• Affordable on-site childcare year round