Spectrum Healthcare Resources has an opportunity for a civilian Full Time Registered Nurse – Urgent Care at the Fort Belvoir-sponsored Family Health Centers in Dumfries, VA.  This position will require regular evening and Saturday shifts. 

• Health, Dental and 401(k) benefits
• Outpatient Setting
• 10 Paid Holidays

Essential Functions:

• Oversee the functions of the Urgent Care Medical Assistant to include competency assessment and scheduling.
• Performs assessment and triage of walk-in patients per protocol.
• Handles urgent/emergency situations. Utilizes the nursing process to coordinate and provide patient care.
• Provides safe, accurate and clinically competent direct care to patients and families, recognizing patient needs.
• Seeks appropriate assistance and uses clinic resources to enhance clinical decision-making.
• Prepares patients for examinations. Obtains health history information, takes accurate vital signs, and reviews medications.
• Documents plan of care. Documents phone calls per protocol.
• Assists with office procedures. Administers treatments and performs diagnostic testing as ordered by the provider.
• Administers injections and medications. Start IV’s, maintain and administer IV fluids/meds as ordered by provider.
• Performs patient intake: vital signs, height and weight, reason for visit, interim history, allergies, medication lists, and other interventions as required.
• Intervenes in complex patient and family situations.
• Utilizes the nursing process based on research and evidence-based outcomes.
• Under supervision of the practitioner, inform patients of clinical results, to include lab, radiology, and other studies and manage secure messaging communication.
• Ensure that the patient or family understands follow-up and referral information.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of basic nursing skills and effective English (written and verbal) communication skills.