Primary Care Nurse (RN) - Full Time - No Nights or Weekends

As the Primary Care Nurse, you will provide patient-centered care in close collaboration with the primary care provider, medical assistant and multidisciplinary departments, including but not limited to triaging acute illnesses, patient education, monitoring of controlled medication refills, transition of care from hospitals, and nurse visits.

Come to work every day knowing your efforts make other people’s lives better. You will be part of a supportive, dynamic, multidisciplinary team – including medical, dental, and behavioral health care providers, social workers, family workers, and others – working together to meet the needs of the whole person. Your days will be busy, varied and interesting, and you will have opportunities for career growth; many employees take on new challenges and increasingly responsible positions during their years with us.

Salary Range: $34.00 - $39.00

Job Duties

• Places patient experience at core of all actions.
• Effectively triages acute patients' complaints.
• Provides accurate, detailed and effective medical assessments to provide safe, efficient, and accurate nursing knowledge.
• Supports the patient in improving access to health resources and social services.
• Supports the primary care team in meeting performance measures and quality improvement goals.
• Collaborates with all members of the Care Team to coordinate and manage care for the patient.
• Provide a Culture of Safety by providing safe, high quality care to patients.
• Performs health screening procedures under the direction of the Provider including lab procedures (e.g., lead screening, hematocrit, immunizations, etc.).
• Participates in the preparation of patient’s charts. As directed by the Provider, assists with the patient intake and discharge procedures.
• In collaboration with Director of QI and Population Health, Healthcare Data Coordinator and Clinical Manager, assists in creating and maintaining care management systems to prospectively identify and track patients who are at highest risk of chronic disease, or who are high utilizers of the health care system to assist in population health management.
• Proactively engages patients in their care with strategies to improve self-management, including assisting patients in identifying and improving upon self-management goals. Provides patient/family/caregiver education and act as patient advocate in the delivery and coordination of patient care.
• Collaborates with all clinical staff to ensure care coordination elements of a Patient Centered Medical Home are being met.
• Facilitates coordinated continuity of care for patients, thus reducing or eliminating fragmentation, duplication, and gaps in treatment plan, especially as a result of care transitions.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration with provider and other members of the care team.

Qualifications

• Current New Hampshire Nursing License required
• Experience in primary care and ambulatory health care setting preferred
• Current BLS certification required

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Ability to work harmoniously with coworkers and patients
• Experience working with diverse and vulnerable populations
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Organizational skills
• Strong clinical and assessment skills
• Compassionate and nonjudgmental attitude

Work Location(s):

Goodwin Community Health, Somersworth, NH

Hours Per Week: 40 (8:00am – 5:00pm) (Flexibility for the right candidate)

Days: Monday – Friday (Flexibility for the right candidate)

Job Status: Full-Time (Non-Exempt)

Eligible for Benefits: Yes

This position is eligible for a one-time sign-on bonus of up to $5,000.00.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical and dental insurance with an agency subsidy. One of the GSCH health insurance plans has a no-premium option for employee-only coverage. GSCH offers a 401(k) plan with an employer match, employer-paid group term life insurance, and short-term disability coverage. Voluntary benefits include vision, long-term disability coverage, Flexible Spending Account, and access to local discounts. GSCH offers earned time accrual (15 days in your first year [pro-rated by FTE]), plus seven (7) paid holidays. Eligibility starts at 24 hours/week, with full benefits offered at 32 hours/week and above.

About Us

Greater Seacoast Community Health’s mission is to deliver innovative, compassionate, integrated health services and support that are accessible to all in our community, regardless of ability to pay.

The Greater Seacoast Community Health network includes Families First Health & Support Center in Portsmouth, Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth, and Lilac City Pediatrics at both locations. Strafford County Public Health Network and WIC Nutrition Program are also affiliated with Greater Seacoast.

Greater Seacoast Community Health is a network of community health centers providing primary care, pediatrics, dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, mobile health services, WIC, social work services, a pharmacy, parenting classes, playgroups, and home visiting.

We believe everyone should be empowered to maximize health and well-being and strive to make our array of programs and health services integrated, high quality, affordable, recovery friendly, trauma informed, inclusive, and easy to access.

Learn more at GetCommunityHealth.org.

Greater Seacoast Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law. Qualified Veterans are encouraged to apply.