Registered Nurse

Newly Created Position - Career Opportunity!

Overview: Family Centers is seeking a caring, motivated, and well-organized Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN) to support us in delivering a healthcare experience that is of high quality, comprehensive, and compassionate for our patients. Family Centers Health Care, a FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) provides primary healthcare, dental, and mental health services to children and adults living in Greenwich and Stamford with an emphasis on the special population living in or near public housing.

Summary Of Responsibilities

• The Primary Care Registered Nurse (RN) effectively collaborates with healthcare providers to guarantee the provision of safe and high-quality patient care, fostering excellent communication and prioritizing a timely and seamless patient experience.
• Evaluates patient responses to care plans, collaborates with the integrated care team for personalized treatment adjustments, and educates patients/families on optimal home health care activities.
• Provides nursing care during visits in alignment with provider orders, encompassing tasks such as medication administration, injections, and executing standing orders.
• Registered Nurse plays a key role in coordinating chronic disease management, diligently following up on lab visits, hospital admissions, discharges, and specialty referral visits.
• Assumes responsibility for managing nursing care, meticulously documenting assessments and interventions to uphold a comprehensive patient care approach.
• Efficiently conducts triage activities for both scheduled and walk-in patients, addressing medical inquiries with expertise.
• Executes various nursing procedures, including dressing changes, suture removal, oxygen administration, and basic wound care.
• Demonstrates a keen ability to assess patient conditions and respond promptly in emergency situations.
• Actively engages in ongoing Quality Assurance and Improvement initiatives, ensuring strict adherence to quality standards and regulations, contributing to infection control committee reports.
• Proactively participates in training, consultations, and supervisions.
• Effectively implements directives and advice from supervisors, training personnel, and coworkers, while also excelling in other assigned duties.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing program
• Holds a a current RN license in the State of CT
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) / Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Highly detail-oriented with superior analytical skills
• De-escalation and ability to address emergency events
• Excellent customer service/ communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to utilize computer technology, EMR and to willingness learn
  
  

Preferred

• Experience in an ambulatory primary care setting, preferred
• Bilingual (Spanish) is strongly preferred
• Infectious Control Certified
• EPIC experience
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to stand for up to 8 hours a day
• Must be able to bend without restrictions
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Must have excellent hand/eye coordination
  
  

About Family Centers

Family Centers is a private, nonprofit organization offering health, education and human service program to children, adults and families in Fairfield County. Our team includes 300 professionals and over 500 trained volunteers collaborate to provide our communities with a wide range of responsive and innovative services. Through our comprehensive network of services, more than 23,000 children, adults, families and communities receive the care, encouragement and resources needed to realize their potential.

Family Centers is a United Way, Community Fund of Darien and New Canaan Community Foundation partner agency and is a member of the Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies and the Alliance for Children and Families. The agency is also accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), The Joint Commission, licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, and is a Department of Children and Families-licensed child psychology center.

Rewards

Salary commensurate with experience. Sign-on bonus may be available. A suite of benefits including generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tax-free spending accounts, disability, life and AD&D insurance. Additional benefits include an employee assistance plan, pet insurance, critical accident and illness, wellness services, tuition assistance, and retirement savings. The opportunity to work for an employer consistently rated one of the Top Workplaces in Western Connecticut by Hearst Connecticut Media and a perfect 100 Encompass rating by Charity Navigator 10.

For fully licensed staff working in our FCHC and SBHC program: Eligibility for Student Loan Repayment Program through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP), which offers primary medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health care clinicians the opportunity to have up to $50,000 of their student loans repaid, while earning a competitive salary, in exchange for providing health care in urban, rural, or tribal communities with limited access to care.

Special Note: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our community and beyond, it is Family Centers’ commitment to the safety of employees, contractors, volunteers, patients, clients, and student interns, by requiring proof of vaccinations for COVID-19 (or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file).

If you are a dedicated professional with a passion for patient care and meet the requirements above, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity! Please submit your resume, cover letter and salary requirements at www.familycenters.org/careers or on our LinkedIn page

Family Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a competitive salary, training, and generous benefits package