Registered Nurse (RN) – Community Wellness

Job Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional nursing care across the lifespan in accordance with organizational standards, policies, and evidence-based practice. The RN utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care while delivering high-quality, culturally sensitive, and patient-centered services. Collaborating with providers and interdisciplinary teams, the RN promotes optimal patient outcomes, safety, and positive patient experiences.

Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized plans of care.
• Implement and evaluate nursing interventions and patient responses.
• Administer medications and treatments safely and accurately per provider orders and policy.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and initiate appropriate interventions or escalation of care.
• Provide patient and family education related to care, medications, and discharge needs.
• Deliver culturally responsive, patient-centered care.

Nursing Judgment & Clinical Decision-Making

• Perform and interpret comprehensive assessments, recognizing significant changes in patient condition requiring intervention or provider notification.
• Exercise independent nursing judgment in determining appropriate nursing actions, interventions, and priorities.
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized nursing plans of care based on needs, responses, preferences, and clinical circumstances.
• Integrate clinical findings with ethical principles, cultural considerations, patient safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Accept accountability for nursing decisions, delegated tasks, and outcomes of nursing care.

Care Coordination & Documentation

• Collaborate with providers and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate care.
• Facilitate referrals, follow-up care, and continuity of services.
• Document assessments, interventions, and outcomes accurately and timely in the electronic health record.
• Advocate for patient care and assist patients in navigating the healthcare system.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Practice within nursing scope of practice, adhering to regulatory, safety, and infection prevention requirements.
• Participate in quality and performance improvement activities.
• Maintain required competencies and certifications.
• Report adverse events, near misses, and unsafe conditions in accordance with policy.

Teamwork & Professional Practice

• Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, flexibility, and teamwork.
• Provide appropriate guidance and delegation to ancillary staff.
• Support orientation, mentoring, and education of staff, students, and peers.
• Float to other departments or assignments as needed.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of Alaska.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Case Management certification must be obtained within two years of hire.
• Clinical competency required within three months of hire and every three years thereafter.
• High-Risk Competency required within three months of hiring and annually thereafter.

Additional Information

New nursing program graduates are expected to obtain all certifications required for their area of practice within six (6) months of hire. Experienced nurses entering a new specialty must also obtain the required specialty-specific and advanced certifications within six (6) months of hiring.

Physical & Work Requirements

• Ability to lift, push, pull, and move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stand for extended periods and perform bending, stooping, and kneeling.
• Ability to work in a moderate-to-high noise clinical environment.

Safety Responsibility

Employees are responsible for complying with safe work practices, reporting injuries and unsafe conditions, and cooperating in safety investigations.