Registered Nurse

Description

Position Announcement Registered Nurse

Outside In seeking a dedicated and passionate Registered Nurse to help provide care to the underserved community including folx at all ages and stages from across the spectrum of lived experiences and needs.

This Registered Nurse Opportunity

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides care management of primary care client populations with chronic illness and/or multiple co-morbidities for the primary care team at the Main Building. This position works in coordination with multiple primary care providers, behavioral health providers, and care team members. Through skilled assessment, education, collaboration, and coordination of healthcare and community resources, this position helps patients achieve optimum functional health status and improve quality of life. This position also provides triage in-person or by phone as needed.

This is a full-time, exempt, union-represented position with a starting annual pay of $90,104.35 to $99,458.35, depending on skills and experience. Outside In offers an excellent benefits package, including comprehensive medical and dental insurance; Employee Assistance Program; short term and long term disability coverage; life insurance; health, dependent care, and transportation flex plans; 403(b) retirement plan with vestment on day one; 18 days of paid vacation in your first year with increases every year until your sixth year; paid holidays; an Employee Discount Program that offers employer discounts on everything from dining to cars.

About Outside In

For more than 50 years, Outside In has transformed thousands of lives by helping break the cycles of chronic homelessness, poverty, and poor health among Portland's LGBTQIA community, people of color, those experiencing homelessness, and the underserved. Our health clinics and young adult programs strive to meet people where they are and provide safe, affirming spaces for our community to receive judgment-free care and support. Outside In offers services in Portland Metro Region.

Who You Are

• You are excited and passionate about working with the underserved, including children and babies, migrants, and transgendered folx from across the spectrum of lived experience.

• Your friends and colleagues would describe you as a creative problem-solver who thrives in the face of new challenges.

• Being actively anti-racist, culturally competent, and queer competent are things you view as paramount to your personal and professional lives.

• You have experience recognizing patient needs quickly and address them efficiently, while maintaining your flexibility as those needs shift.

• You understand and apply a trauma-informed lens in your work with patients and stakeholders.

• You understand how intersectionality, culture, and identity can impact how patients receive care and process information and adjust your approach to ensure highest quality care for all patients.

• You are comfortable shifting in the moment as needs arise for clients while maintaining high-level partnerships and program needs.

• You excel at time management and organization; able to remain calm in the face of timelines and the pressures of day to day needs in the clinic

What Youll Do (ask us for a full position description if you are interested in seeing more detail)

• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary providers and clinic team members to provide innovative, patient centered, evidence-based care.

• Actively care manage both acute conditions and chronic care clients.

• Provides resources and patient education for initial prenatal intake and then coordinates with primary care provider for first prenatal appointment.

• Assist with triage or nurse advice of urgent matters that occur over the phone and in person.

• Provide general guidance and education on lactation activities and services for postpartum and newborn visits.

• Demonstrate effective listening, motivational interviewing, harm reduction methods, and narrative skills.

Qualifications

We are committed to having an applicant pool for this position that reflects the diversity of the people we serve, and we highly encourage Black, Indigenous and People of Color and Queer folx to apply.

Studies have shown that women and Black, Indigenous and People of Color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We know that the best candidates for this job might include individuals who havent engaged in traditional educational systems, and if this position speaks to you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our described qualifications.

Required Qualifications

• Oregon RN license.

• Certified Lactation Counselor or Certified Breastfeeding Counselor Certification highly desirable or must be willing to obtain one or have one-year previous experience in mother baby.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual Spanish & English highly desirable.

• Experience with chronic disease management and high-risk populations highly desirable.

• Experience with providing pediatric or primary care with this population is highly desirable.

• Experience with prenatal, mother baby, or lactation care highly desirable.

Application Instructions

Please follow the link of the position for which you wish to apply and complete the online application. A resume and cover letter are required. You can submit these documents in any format, but pdf works best. In your cover letter please address the following:

• How would this position contribute to the pursuit of your long-term professional goals?

• If you were selected for this position, how would you use your skills and experience to contribute to equity, inclusion and community growth at Outside In?

Applications will be considered as they are submitted so you are encouraged to apply early. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Qualifications

Qualifications

We are committed to having an applicant pool for this position that reflects the diversity of the people we serve, and we highly encourage Black, Indigenous and People of Color and Queer folx to apply.

Studies have shown that women and Black, Indigenous and People of Color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We know that the best candidates for this job might include individuals who havent engaged in traditional educational systems, and if this position speaks to you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our described qualifications.

Required Qualifications

• Oregon RN license.

• Certified Lactation Counselor or Certified Breastfeeding Counselor Certification highly desirable or must be willing to obtain one or have one-year previous experience in mother baby.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual Spanish & English highly desirable.

• Experience with chronic disease management and high-risk populations highly desirable.

• Experience with providing pediatric or primary care with this population is highly desirable.

• Experience with prenatal, mother baby, or lactation care highly desirable.

Application Instructions

Please follow the link of the position for which you wish to apply and complete the online application. A resume and cover letter are required. You can submit these documents in any format, but pdf works best. In your cover letter please address the following:

• How would this position contribute to the pursuit of your long-term professional goals?

• If you were selected for this position, how would you use your skills and experience to contribute to equity, inclusion and community growth at Outside In?

Applications will be considered as they are submitted so you are encouraged to apply early. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

Salary : $90,104 - $99,458