Wellness Clinic Nurse (Per Diem)

Wellness Clinic Nurse

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Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest medical practices in New England with multiple locations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. We consist of a team of professionals ranging from Medical Assistants to Physician Assistants and everything in between. Our physician led medical group enjoys an excellent reputation with patients and the medical community, offering primary care, urgent care and more than 30 different specialties.

The Wellness Clinic Nurse is a Registered Nurse and/or a Licensed Practical Nurse who seeks to protect the community from vaccine preventable diseases by providing immunization services to the general public. The nurse assesses the immunization status of clients, administers vaccines, and educates clients and caregivers about immunizations.

The Wellness Nurse is a Registered Nurse and/or a Licensed Practical Nurse who promotes the wellness of seniors in the community by promoting awareness, motivation and tools to seniors in the community that will help them adapt and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Reviews protocols and age-specific vaccine requirements prior to the opening of the clinic
• Completes appropriate client Immunization Consent forms and clinic records to ensure correct vaccines are administered and documented
• Prepares vaccines for administration according to manufacturer's instructions and administers them using safe and proper techniques
• Disposes of bio-hazardous waste in the appropriate and prescribed manner
• Has knowledge of Vaccine Safety Control requirement
• Coordinate and maintain wellbeing programming including but not limited to blood pressure clinics, diabetes and cholesterol screening
• Provide educational information to clients based upon current health guidelines concerning hypertension, diabetes and elevated cholesterol, including referrals to clients PCP
• Perform other related duties as required

Qualifications

• One (1) year of prior professional nursing experience preferred

Licensure, Certification, Registration:

• Active professional nursing license in the state of practice

Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements:

• Knowledge of intramuscular injection technique, intradermal injection technique and subcutaneous injection technique.