Registered Nurse (RN)

Position Title: Registered Nurse

Reports To: Clinical Director

Position Purposes: The Registered Nurse (RN) serves as a key clinical member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, supporting the delivery and coordination of comprehensive services related to HIV treatment and prevention, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), hepatitis care, and any other HIV-related condition.

The RN provides clinical assessment, patient education, and care coordination under the direction of the clinical management team, ensuring services are patient-centered, evidence-based, and aligned with current clinical guidelines.

The RN plays an active role in supporting continuity of care, medication adherence, and patient understanding of diagnosis and treatment plans, while collaborating with providers and support staff to optimize patient outcomes. This role requires the ability to function in a dynamic clinical environment, including travel to rural clinic sites as needed.

Essential Functions:

· Serve as a clinical liaison between patients and providers, addressing patient inquiries, supporting care coordination, and advocating for patient needs across internal and external services.

· Perform comprehensive nursing assessments and contribute to development and implementation of patient care plans in accordance with provider direction and scope of practice.

· Provide patient education related to HIV care and prevention, STIs, hepatitis, and any other HIV-related condition including treatment adherence, risk reduction, and follow-up care.

· Coordinate and facilitate patient care, including scheduling and managing internal and external referrals, ensuring timely access to appropriate services.

· Execute medication administration, treatments, and standing orders with accurate and complete documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).

· Perform laboratory-related activities, including specimen collection, processing, and ensuring compliance with organizational and OSHA standards as needed

· Communicate critical lab values to providers as appropriate.

· Maintain clinical areas to ensure cleanliness, safety, and infection control standards are met.

· Conduct phone triage by assessing patient needs, determining urgency, providing guidance, and coordinating appropriate levels of care, including follow-up communication to support positive outcomes.

· Complete required clinical and regulatory documentation.

· Participate in quality improvement activities and initiatives, including data collection, review of outcomes, and implementation of process improvements.

· Support integration of supportive services (social services, behavioral health services, linguistic services, etc.) through coordination, scheduling, and telehealth facilitation as assigned.

· Maintain clinical competency through continuing education and required certifications.

· Ensure clinical environments meet safety, infection control, and hygiene standards.

· Adhere to all clinical protocols, agency policies, and regulatory requirements, including HIPAA, OSHA, and applicable state nursing regulations.

· Maintain appropriate access, use, and protection of PHI in accordance with legal and organizational standards.

· Provide care in a professional, respectful, and nonjudgmental manner to diverse and unique patient populations.

· Participate in community education and outreach efforts as appropriate to support prevention and awareness initiatives.

· Support and uphold the organization’s mission, vision, and core values in all aspects of care delivery.

· Remain up to date with organizational training requirements

· Perform other duties as assigned to support clinical operations.

Qualifications:

• Associate degree in nursing or higher from an accredited institution
• Active and unencumbered state licensure
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (or ability to obtain)
• Experience in managing and treating patients with HIV and related conditions preferred
• Knowledge of preventable diseases, transmission, and treatment preferred
• Ability to treat patients in a compassionate, non-judgmental manner
• Ability to work with staff, patients, and family members from unique backgrounds
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as a part of a collaborative team
• Ability to prioritize and organize work assignments
• Ability to use computer programs/software including but not limited to EMR, Excel, and Word
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability and willingness to comply with all FHHS core policies and procedures
• Demonstrate attention to detail
• Ability to complete all tasks fully according to their specification
• Demonstrate organizational skills, self-accountability, and responsibility
• Ability to meet attendance requirements of regular and predictable attendance
• Ability to interact positively with co-workers, managers, supervisors, clients, and vendors to be a good representative of FHHS.

Additional Requirements:

• Attend all assigned meetings (virtual or in-person)
• Travel when necessary or as indicated by the supervising leader
• Assume additional responsibilities as assigned by leadership as per chain of command.

Physical Requirements

§ Work is in-person and clinic-based.

§ Must be able to lift at least 30 pounds.

§ Occasional carrying, pushing, and pulling.

§ Standing and/or sitting for extended periods of time

Physical ability to participate in training sessions, presentations, a

Pay: $63,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person