Nurse
R00030403
Poughkeepsie, NY
Department
Health Services
Job Family
Staff - Union
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Job Description
Duration of Position: Academic year / Full time
Union Representation: CWA
Pay Rate: 35.01 per hour
Position Summary
The Nurse in Health Services is a professional role that requires the ability to work in collaboration with a dynamic team as well as to work independently. The Nurse provides routine, urgent, and emergent nursing care to adolescent/young adults and employees both in the clinic and responding to emergencies on campus. The nurse should possess strong critical thinking, time management, and organizational skills. This position is benefit eligible.
Responsibilities
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Administer care according to established nursing protocols and standards of care.
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Nursing triage care and treatment of routine and urgent health care problems including patient appointments, walk-ins, phlebotomy, EKG tracing and immunizations.
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Administer medications as ordered including oral, injectable, nebulizer treatments, and intravenous fluids. Post treatment monitoring or adverse reactions and efficacy.
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Support employees exposed to or diagnosed with an infectious illness and provide clearance when appropriate. Assist with the process of contact tracing infectious diseases.
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Assist injured employees by triaging, providing first aid care, and initiating an incident report.
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Provide travel health counseling for students and employees.
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Collaborate with off campus Allergists to obtain orders and administer allergy injections.
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Evaluate and treat individuals on campus when emergencies arise. It requires preparation and the ability to quickly change priorities from routine tasks to emergency assessment and response.
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Maintain quality control testing of all diagnostics testing equipment including Autoclave sterilization log and quality.
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Maintain necessary equipment, inventory and supplies including crash cart safety checks.
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Collect and process laboratory specimens from patients.
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Manage medical records and documents in the electronic health record.
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Represent Health Services and Vassar College at campus events.
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Cross train to fill in for the front office Administrative Assistant and Certified Medical Assistant for lunch breaks and sick calls.
Follow all regulations regarding OSHA and hazardous waste and perform respirator fit testing. -
Required knowledge, skills and abilities
- Two- or four-year nursing degree and valid RN license.
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A minimum of one year of acute care nursing experience.
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CPR certification.
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Well-developed physical assessment skills.
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Ability to work independently.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities
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Experience in college health, public health, urgent care or emergency medicine.
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Allergy desensitization injection experience.
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Phlebotomy and IV Skills.