Clinical Nurse II

Base Pay $24.87 - $36.53 / Hour Employee Type FT Non-Exempt Required Degree 4 Year Degree Manage Others No Contact information Phone View phone number on click.appcast.io Description Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide direct patient care including physical assessments and triage. Assist the provider as needed to include but not limited to providing patient education, vaccinations, therapeutic injections and electrocardiogram testing. Provide medication education and administer medications as ordered by the provider. Assists Provider(s) with facilitating referrals and prior authorizations with appropriate documentation.
2. Ensure appropriate vaccinations are being given depending on patient’s insurance or lack of insurance.
3. Facilitate an efficient clinic by assisting providers and medical assistants with keeping patient appointments running on time.
4. Work with clinic staff during morning huddles to develop a plan for patients scheduled for that day to include medications, referrals, labs, imaging and adherence to quality measures.
5. Assess patient medication adherence and assist patients in developing a medication adherence plan; address any questions that the patient may have concerning medication or provider plan of care; follows up on medication side effects or barriers and communicate with providers; provide patient education and injection training to Gender Aff… patients and diabetic patients.
6. Collaborate with local jails to coordinate HIV care for incarcerated patients. Responsibilities include tracking of HIV patients in jail, send and receive lab orders, schedule inmates for clinic visits, work with jail so inmate receives medication, serve as liaison between jail and provider.
7. Assist in maintaining 340b compliance. Responsibilities to include weekly medication inventory, maintaining the 340b logbook, and report of discrepancies to RN Clinic Nurse Manager or Director of Nursing.
8. Assist with medication management, , immunization, and medical supply purchases including:

b. immunizations and therapeutic injections c. 340b and retail in house medications d. Dispensary of Hope medications e. clinic and laboratory supplies 9. Provide medication follow up for patients who are initiating or changing medication therapy for HIV or Hepatitis C or other medication identified by the provider. Communicates any concerns, side effects or barriers to providers. 10. Triage patients via telephone and walk-in. Report abnormal findings to provider and complete orders, as needed. Assist Medical Assistants with telephone encounters and walk-ins that require a determination of acuity. 11. Perform phlebotomy and CLIA waived testing as necessary; process and send test specimens to Thrive lab and enter results into EMR. 12. Collaborate with medical and case management staff to develop adherence strategies with patients. 13. Review daily charts with providers to address patient preventive healthcare maintenance, immunization schedule, potential risk factors and CDSS alerts. 14. Reports all communicable diseases to ADPH. 15. Assist in evaluation of patient encounters for coding in the EMR for all procedures completed to optimize billing. 16. Assist in compliance with OSHA standards and organization policies and procedures for infection control by maintaining a clean and sterile environment, including daily cleaning of the work area, #J-18808-Ljbffr Thrive Alabama