Registered Nurse – Healthcare for the Homeless Program
Salary: $39.62 – $59.15 Per hour, payable bi-weekly. The salary scale for this position is between steps 0 and 19, depending on experience. This is a non-exempt union position and 20 hours week on site. Applicants must pass an extensive background check.
About Us
Seattle Roots Community Health is a not-for-profit organization that operates two primary care clinics, an After-Hours Clinic, two School-Based Health Centers, a low barrier Medication-assisted treatment clinic, and a Dental Clinic. Our Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center was founded in 1970 by the Seattle Black Panther Party in Seattle’s Central District. Our Country Doctor Community Clinic was established in 1971 by residents of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in conjunction with the Seattle Liberation Front. The primary goal of each clinic was to provide low-barrier, high-quality healthcare services and promote social justice.
Seattle Roots is passionate about serving patients of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, languages, and backgrounds and employing individuals who are equally committed to this mission. To ensure our organization is best serving these populations, we strive to promote policies that enable us to work effectively in all cross-cultural situations, with patients, with coworkers, and with the community.
Our Mission and Commitment to Social Justice
We remain committed to health equity and our founding principle of social justice. Every day our actions are guided by our mission: to improve the health of our community by providing high-quality, caring, culturally appropriate primary health care that addresses the needs of people, regardless of their ability to pay. At Carolyn Downs and Country Doctor, health care is a right, not a privilege.
What You’ll Be Doing
The Healthcare for the Homeless program is hiring a mission-driven outreach nurse to cover the Tiny House Villages and Shelter sites. The nurse will continue our work in promoting health equity.
Duties and responsibilities:
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Treats patients in accordance with the mission and philosophy of Seattle Roots Community Health
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Treats clients with respect and dignity. Display sensitivity to clients enduring homelessness, mental health issues or substance use disorder
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Establish supportive therapeutic relationships with clients
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Maintain confidentiality according to Seattle Roots policy. Obtain signed consent when possible
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Comfortable working with patients experiencing substance use disorders, mental health conditions and homelessness
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Embracing of harm reduction, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed philosophies of patient-centered care
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Strong interpersonal skills and effective problem-solving skills
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Function in stressful situations and prioritize effectively with numerous competing priorities
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Effective conflict resolution
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Excellent verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, computer skills
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Completes documentation in a timely manner
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Independent work style with the ability to also work collaboratively
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Accepts feedback/gives feedback as indicated
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Participating in staff meetings, staff evaluation process, and quality/patient safety improvement activities as indicated
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Demonstrates cultural competence and respect and appreciation for diversity
Provides nursing interventions
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Triage clients with acute medical issues, provides health education, problem-solving, treatment (as needed), referral and follow-up care as needed
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Facilitates care for medically complex or chronically ill clients as needed
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Providing blood pressure checks and wound care/dressing changes as indicated
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Assists clients with chronic disease management
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Provide accurate and appropriate health education as needed
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Provides referrals to community resources as needed
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Assist clients in establishing a medical and dental home
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Assists client with referrals for mental health and substance abuse issues
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Parenting education and support (as needed)
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Provides health education to site staff (as needed)
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Collaborate with community partners
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Participating in and complete necessary continuing nursing education
You’ll need these qualifications.
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You hold a current RN license from WA state
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You have experience providing care to medically underserved populations
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You interact and work well with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds
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You’re comfortable working with Microsoft Office, Google products, and on personal computers
It would be nice if
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You have at least two (2) years of clinic nursing and triage experience and have case management experience.
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You bring experience with Epic electronic medical records (EMR) software
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You can read, write, and speak Spanish to provide interpretation for our patients
Benefits
We provide a robust suite of benefits, including the choice of three medical plans, two dental plans, long-term disability, life, and other insurance programs. You’ll have access to flexible spending accounts, a subsidy of up to 80 % of the cost of an ORCA pass, and a generous safe harbor 401K plan with a 3 % base employer contribution plus an additional 2% discretionary match. We’ve got you covered!