Nurse Clinician - Newark, United States - Vitalief
Description
WHY VITALIEF?
Vitalief is emerging as an innovative Healthcare consulting company, focused on empowering Research and transforming Clinical Trials.
As a result, we are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Nurse Clinician (RN) to join our exceptional team (as full-time, fully benefited Vitalief employee) to support our mission and our clients' mission to impact and save lives.
Reasons to work for Vitalief:
- You can actively contribute to our clients' mission of advancing scientific discoveries that have the potential to change patients' lives for the better.
- Our PEOPLE FIRST culture prioritizes personal and professional growth for all Vitalief employees.
- We give everyone a seat at the table we encourage innovation.
- Life/work balance that includes 20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days plus 9 paid Holidays annually.
- Other benefits include Company paid life insurance and short / long term disability coverage; 401K retirement program; Robust healthcare plans to choose from.
Salary Range:
Market competitive - based on experience level.
Work Location:100% on site in Newark, NJ. Work hours are either Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, or at times there could be 4 day 10-hour work weeks. No weekend work
Responsibilities:
- Working in our client's Tuberculosis Institute, reporting to a Nurse Manager, in accordance with professional nursing standards, skillfully administers total patient care based on the individual needs of persons with tuberculosis and their families.
- Assesses the health status of assigned patients as outlined in the nursing standards.
- Plans, implements and evaluates individualized care based on patient assessment and medical plan of care. This includes pre and post counselling.
- Provides direct patient care or direction and supervision to other health team members to ensure proper implementation of plan of care.
- Teaches patient/significant others about health/illnesses state and plan of care.
- Ensures all procedures are performed based on established standards; demonstrates competency in performing all procedures within scope of practice.
- Documents all aspects of patient care.
- Is knowledgeable of and initiates emergency procedures.
- Administers medications and parenteral therapies in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Maintains patient safety, comfort and cleanliness.
- Develops and maintains good human relations skills consistent with the principles of the program with employees, patients, medical staff, and visitors in accordance with performance of duties.
- Reports all necessary information and/or unusual occurrences in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university preferred.
- Current valid New Jersey Nursing license and 2 years of clinical nursing experience is required.
- Phlebotomy and Epic experience preferred.
- Background in working with pediatric patients and individuals with tuberculosis is a plus (not required).
- Knowledge of prescribing medication; advising medication management, treating people with addiction with evidencebased treatment.
- Excellent communications and presentation skills able to translate medical and Neurobiology into layman's terms. Ability to engage and educate healthcare professionals effectively.
- Must be a team player. The current team is multidisciplinary.
- Very comfortable and confident (but not combative) interacting with the team in the clinic, including peer navigators and nurse clinicians.
- Proficiency in data analysis and report generation.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms, 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time.
Ability to lift and move patients with/without reasonable accommodations.IMPORTANT NOTE:
Vitalief partners with clients such as major medical centers and academic institutions that requires all on-site resources such as prospective Vitalief consultants to be inoculated annually for Influenza and successfully pass a Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
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