Registered Nurse - Primary Care

**Job Specific Position Duties:**

**Core Responsibilities:**

- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to optimize clinical outcomes, ensuring effective patient care management that aligns with quality and cost efficiency metrics.

- Uphold compliance with established standards of care, policies, procedures, and guidelines pertinent to the Military Treatment Facility (MTF).

- Execute comprehensive physical examinations and compile detailed health histories.

- Implement health promotion initiatives, along with patient education and counseling strategies.

- Administer medications, provide wound care, and deliver a variety of tailored interventions as per individualized care plans.

- Oversee and direct the medical care provided by other healthcare personnel, ensuring adherence to scope of practice and competency levels.

- Assess and respond to adverse clinical signs and symptoms, particularly in emergency scenarios, with prompt clinical intervention.

- Facilitate clear communication and collaboration among diverse healthcare stakeholders to relay care plans and enhance patient and family education, ultimately benefiting both the patient and the healthcare organization.

- Coordinate referrals and schedule appointments for specialty care as clinically indicated. - Execute nursing services delineated in the To. - Engage in research activities aimed at advancing clinical practice and enhancing patient outcomes.

**Work Schedule:** - Monday to Friday, 8.5 hours per day, scheduled between 7:00 AM and 6:30 PM. - No weekend or holiday shifts; no on-call duties or callbacks.

**Minimum Qualifications:** -

**Education:** Associate's Degree in Nursing from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), or as specified in the To. -

 **Experience:** A minimum of one year of nursing experience in a primary care setting within the last two years.

- **License:** Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license. - 

**Board Certification:** Not applicable.

- **Life Support Certifications:** 

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from either AHA or ARC. - 

**Security Clearance:** Candidates must successfully pass a government background check to obtain the required security clearance.