About Us
We’re more than just quality treatment for substance use disorders.
We’re a total health community. At SSTAR, our mission is healing the
community, one person at a time. We will provide a personal level of
healthcare and addiction treatment that addresses the mental,
physical, and spiritual well-being of everyone we touch. SSTAR
is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) which affords our
employees eligibility to apply for one of our three Loan Repayment Programs.
The
Registered Nurse (RN) in our
Health Center is responsible for direct
patient care, performing assessments, improving patient outcomes,
mentoring medical assistants, supporting efficiency of the day-to-day
operations of the nurse’s station and workflow.
Shift: This is a Monday-Friday position, NO weekends, NO
on-call responsibilities!
Pay Rate: $37-42/hour, commensurate upon experience. SIGNING
BONUS: Up to $2,500.00!
Benefits
- 403B
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance through Massachusetts PFML
- Employee discounts, cell phone, eyewear etc.
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Opportunities to earn CEU's
- Voluntary Benefits including but not limited to, Disability, Life,
Critical Illness, Accident and Disability Insurances (LTD included
for this position)
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ability to provide in-person nursing visits to patients of the
Health Center under the supervision of a Medical Provider and bill
through EMR.
- The Registered Nurse (RN) performs telephone triage in the onsite
call center and in the health center clinic and bills out the
appropriate telephone visits in EMR.
- Schedules in person same day sick or nursing visits based on
information obtained through triage calls.
- The Registered Nurse (RN) provides patient education in areas such
as chronic, new or acute diseases, new or changed medications, lab
results, etc.
- Documents accurately all nursing activities in the EMR such as
immunizations, therapeutic injections, medication administration or
wound care.
- Delegates and oversees appropriate tasks to support staff.
- Assists medical providers during patient examinations as needed.
- The Registered Nurse (RN) maintains patient flow, including
patient assessment, history, weight, vital signs, chief complaints,
allergies, review of medications and patient preparation as indicated.
- Assists in completion of necessary medical forms for Health Center patients.
- Liaison between physicians and patients.
- Responsible for patient’s medication prior authorizations.
- Review and refill prescriptions that are ordered and appropriate.
Advise patients when follow up appointments and labs are required.
- Assist in completing orders for Durable Medical Equipment and VNA services.
- Use of linguistic capacity required as part of the position when appropriate.
- Participates in care team meetings