Registered Nurse 1 for Internal Medicine/Adult Primary Care:

Pay range between $36.06 and $39.83 per hour depending on years of professional experience.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assessment of provider schedules and organize patient flow
  • Assist providers with patient care:
  • Rooming complex and acutely ill patients
  • Maintain data registries and Meaningful Use information
  • Medication reconciliation of complex medication lists
  • Take vital signs and weight
  • Perform point of care testing as directed by provider
  • Perform screenings per provider guidelines
  • Assist providers with clinical procedures
  • Give injections and immunizations as directed by provider
• Input patient care orders after Provider has noted them in patients progress note
• Document all clinical data correctly and appropriately in patient’s EHR
• Communicate patient information after consultation with Provider
• Preload patient records prior to routine visit per provider protocol and oversight
• Refill patient medications according to protocol per provider approval and oversight
• Prepare, stock and clean exam room(s), maintain supplies and equipment for treatment
• Oversight of clinical environment with attention to safety and infection control
• Oversight of clinical equipment including routine checks, calibration, cleaning and repairing
• Perform point of care testing; oversight of testing kits
• Maintain emergency equipment
• Maintain pharmacy stock
• Oversight of vaccine storage, handling and supply
• Administer routine regular and non-routine medications per standing order protocol, and/or provider orders
• Accurate documentation of all vaccine records
• Provide follow up with patient after hospital and /or skilled facility discharge
• Provide patient nursing care; facilitate patient education
• Coordinate and support individual, group and population based health maintenance and promotion
• Coordinate patient care management with in house specialties and resources; community resources; home health and other health care agencies; hospital care
• Manage telephone encounters utilizing triage and telehealth principles
• Excellent professional judgment, phone skills and decision making ability
• Work collaboratively with all team members
• Demonstrate initiative, responsibility, flexibility and decision making
• Demonstrate critical and reflective thinking
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
• Ability and willingness to provide excellent customer service to patients, InterMed colleagues and vendors
• Maintain confidentiality and compliance in all patient care activities
• Participate in continuing and professional development
• Complete InterMed clinical competence expectations Be an informed clinical care resource
• Special projects as assigned by lead, coordinator or manager

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
• Unencumbered active registered nurse licensure in state of Maine
• Professional appearance and demeanor
• Proficient in Windows applications, electronic medical record preferred 

Sign on bonus will be paid out at time of hire. Should the employee leave the corporation prior to the completion of one year of employment, they would be obligated to pay the bonus back in full. Current InterMed employees or candidates who are rehired or reinstated within 12 months of leaving InterMed are not eligible for the sign on bonus.

SCHEDULE:

Monday through Friday 40 hours per week, with minimal weekend shifts required. 

InterMed is an equal opportunity workplace and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.